Check out this article Reading in the Content Areas: Strategies for Success. It discusses that content area teachers have to tackle reading strategies of reading their text in order to see students success; the responsibility does not lie solely with the language arts teacher. One valid point that made sense to me...someone with a Ph. D. in history may find a manual on building a car engine a difficult text for them. But because they are a proficient reader they have the skills to read, reread, paraphrase, consider context of the words, infer, question, reflect and consult other authentic texts to reinforce learning that is occurring. Struggling readers cannot read difficult texts because they do not have all the skills it took for the Ph. D. to make sense of the text. Check this out!
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