Welcome to EDU 532

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Welcome to EDU 532

• Reading in the Content Areas

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Purpose

• It is designed to provide teachers with knowledge
  and practical strategies for improving
  reading/learning skills in various content
  subjects.

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Course Objectives

• Realize that reading is both a developmental and
  a learning process that spans the curriculum.
  Therefore, it must be supported as a tool for the
  mastery of any content area.
• Understand the importance of activities that
  should occur before/during/after reading or
  listening.
• Create instructional strategies for study guides,
  vocabulary and comprehension.

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Required Text and Supplemental Readings

• Required Texts
• Supplemental Readings

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Course Requirements

• Participate in class dialogues, group discussions
  and class exercises.
• Read all assigned material by the day designated
  in the syllabus.
• Demonstrate comprehension of reading material as
  evidenced by class projects.

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Course Assignments and Evaluation Criteria

• Journal Article Review 20 points
• Mid-term Exam 30 points
• Final Exam 50 points
• Content Area Portfolio 100 points

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Important Note

• Projects are always due on the designated days.
  Grades on late projects will be lowered by one
  letter. No projects will be accepted if they are
  late for five days.

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Attendance Policy

• Each absence will lead to one-half letter grade
  deduction in the final grade.
• Two late arrivals or two early leaves equal one
  absence.
• See the instructor for extenuating circumstances.
  

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Introduction

• What Is Reading?

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How to Ruin an Association

• Please read the story to your partner.

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How to Ruin an Association

• What did you learn about the act of reading as
  you did this exercise?

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Michigan Definition of Reading

• Reading is the process of constructing meaning
  through the dynamic interaction among (a) the
  readers existing knowledge, (b) the information
  suggested by the written language, and (c) the
  context of the reading situation.

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Michigan Definition of Reading

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Michigan Definition of Reading

• Reader
• Attitude
• Ability
• Interest
• Background knowledge
• Awareness of text

• Text
• Text patterns
• Specialized vocabulary
• Concept density
• Readability

Context         Self-selection        
Curriculum assignment         Pleasure        
Information
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Ordeal by Cheque

• Please read the checks and construct the meaning
  of the story.

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Ordeal by Cheque

• Prereading Activity for Ordeal by Cheque

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Ordeal by Cheque

• What did you learn about the act of
  comprehending?

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Traditional Format
Assignment
Reading
Discussion to see if students read and if they
learned proper concepts
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A New Format
Pre-reading Activities Discussion Predictions Que
stioning Brainstorming
Guided Active Silent Reading
Discussion to clarify reinforce extend