Teaching Reading in the Content Areas

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Educational Television Service (Georgia)

Description: Devotes attention to the five teaching tasks each content-area teacher has: (1) vocabulary peculiar to the subject, (2) development of concept background needed for understanding what is being taught, (3) knowledge of how to read the texts and other materials efficiently and effectively, (4) special reading tasks of the subject - such as map and graph reading, and (5) interpretation of symbols.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)