Focus on the key reading skills teachers need by identifying key ideas and details, outlining the craft and structure of texts, and discovering how information shapes ideas.
This reading course covers concepts that prospective teachers should be proficient in to effectively teach general reading and comprehension skills. To prepare students for the general reading exam for teachers, this course considers how identifying key ideas and details can help determine meaning in a text, how to recognize the varying structure of texts, and the role of information in shaping the ideas of a text passage. Throughout the course, we will review strategies for taking the reading exam to help students succeed in the exam. By the end of this course, your students should be able to use these skills to better comprehend and examine a text passage.
- Unit 1: Identifying Key Ideas and Details
- Unit 2: Outlining the Craft and Structure of Texts
- Unit 3: How Information Shapes Ideas
- Recognize and recall key ideas and details of various texts and documents;
- Outline how texts are crafted and built; and
- Analyze how authors integrate information to shape ideas.