Reading Strategies for Social Studies

by Stephanie Macceca

Overview

Help students read social studies content and build their thinking skills! This 2nd edition resource was created to support College and Career Readiness Standards, and provides an in-depth research base about content-area literacy instruction, including key strategies to help students read and comprehend content texts. Each strategy includes classroom examples by grade ranges (1-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12) and necessary support materials, such as graphic organizers, templates, or digital resources to help teachers implement quickly and easily. Specific suggestions for differentiating instruction are also provided to help English language learners, gifted students, and students reading below grade level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781425811594
Publisher:	Shell Education
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Series:	Reading Strategies for the Content Areas and Fiction
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	5 - 18 Years

About the Author

Stephanie Macceca, M.A.Ed., earned her B.A. in English and American Literature from the University of California, San Diego, and earned her M.A. in Education from Claremont University. She taught high school English, Spanish, and Media Studies at Claremont High School and currently teaches English at Valhalla High School where she serves as the English Department Chair. Stephanie has also been honored with several scholarly awards, including the Peter Lincoln Spencer Fellowship, the Paul Douglas Fellowship, and the Renaissance Teacher of the Year.