In the 1980s, several states implemented performance assessments to ensure that teachers were equipped with a uniform set of competencies
regardless of the content areas or grade levels they taught.
If you lack knowledge in adolescent reading strategies to support the
teaching of your content area, than I encourage you to develop your knowledge.
Like many first - year teachers, she struggled with classroom management, planning relevant and engaging instruction, and
mastery of her content area.
Then, take a look at your curriculum and create opportunities for your students to share information about their backgrounds, journeys, families, and culture in the
context of your content area.
Teachers in some departments began an in - depth look at the literacy
demands of their content areas and started to develop common agreements about what they expected students to be able to do.
If students can master these broad language verbs, they are more likely to find success in a wider
array of content areas throughout their academic career.
Description: A set of reading strategies that students apply in collaborative groups to improve their
comprehension of content area text and increase conceptual learning.
The following issues regarding dissemination and integration of technology in teacher preparation are more specific to the
culture of each content area.
In contrast, upon exiting the course all of the participants listed social studies at or near the
top of content areas that they most looked forward to teaching.
An appealing, inspiring collection of books,
regardless of content area, is a crucial literacy tool that every teacher should have in the classroom.
Take a look at your curriculum and create opportunities for your students to share their backgrounds, journeys, families, and culture in the
context of your content area.
For example, my district tasked all our professional learning communities (PLCs) with using our judgement to create a condensed list
of content area standards that we felt were most critical to summatively assess and report to parents.
You work with colleagues to plan, evaluate and modify teaching programs to improve student learning and keep abreast of the latest developments in your specialist content area or across a range
of content areas for generalist teachers.
She is co-author
of Content Area Reading Assessment: A Formative Measure of the Common Core State Standards, Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Assessment; So What Do I Do Now?
In this context, I would draw readers» attention to the description in the ACT Technical Manual (p. 11)
of the content areas from which selections are drawn for the ACT Reading Test:
The LDC initiative has continued to grow in the 2014 — 2015 school year, expanding the
use of content area modules focused on high - quality writing tasks tied to subject area texts.
This is the
whole of Content Area A for the new BTEC Nationals 2016 (Business Unit 3 - Personal and Business Finance).
For example, my district tasked all our professional learning communities (PLCs) with using our judgement to create a condensed
list of content area standards that we felt were most critical to summatively assess and report to parents.
Developers of programs to prepare teacher leaders should consider the apparent importance
of content area expertise if teacher leaders will work directly with teachers to support the implementation of instructional materials.
Language and literacy skills development in school content areas; Project - based learning; Stereotype threat and male readers; teacher education programs; classroom management; professional development for teachers
of content area literacy; Common Core Standards, curriculum, and assessments
This is the whole
of Content Area B for the new BTEC Nationals 2016 (Business Unit 3 - Personal and Business Finance).
Assign reading
of content area material from articles and textbooks, and have students write and present about content area learning objectives in your classroom.
Review the
vocabulary of your content area often and check in with ELs to assure they know the words and possibly the multiple meanings associated with the words.
As a content expert, an outside evaluator can provide feedback on the items outside
of your content area such as online tools to use, best practices in online teaching, how to build communities in your classroom, presenting new material, providing guidance, etc..
Although the law has many facets, Im drawn to how its testing mandates are impacting teachers
of content area subjects, especially in middle and high schools.
This article from the Atlantic on why the math word problems in the new SAT are proving to be so tough is a prime example of what is
expected of content area teachers.
Her most recent research uses a multiple literacies framework to investigate the role of the arts in supporting children's
acquisition of content area literacies.