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“Do I really have to teach reading?” This is the question many teachers of adolescents are asking, wondering how they can possibly add a new element to an already overloaded curriculum. And most are finding that the answer is “yes.” If they want their students to learn complex new concepts in different disciplines, they often have to help their students become better readers.


Building on the experiences gained in her own high school language arts classroom as well as those of colleagues in different disciplines, Cris Tovani, author of I Read It, but I Don’t Get It, takes on the challenge of helping students apply reading comprehension strategies in any subject. In Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?, Tovani shows how teachers can expand on their content expertise to provide instruction students need to understand specific technical and narrative texts.

Are you interested in reading and discussing this book with some colleagues in your building or department?  Once again, C&I is supporting a year-long book study with an option for 3 graduate credits. 

• Intended audience:  Grades 6-12 teachers, support staff, and administrators
• Start Date:  Week of October 16 with discussions set up by participants each month through April. 
• Final assignment:  See blue box
• Cost for credit: $240 payable to Viterbo University* (credit is optional)
• Sign-up:  Call (262-1460) or email Lynn Linskens by September 29.  A book will then be sent to you.
  
  *participants may apply part or all of their $200 Title IIa allocation

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Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction  call or email Dave Vitale or Lynn Linskens to order a copy

posted July 11, 2006 « back to Message Center home

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