{"product_id":"ready-to-use-reading-study-skills-mastery-activities-isbn-9780876285930","title":"Ready-to-Use Reading \u0026 Study Skills Mastery Activities","description":"This manual provides 218 reproducible activity sheets for quick, reliable practice in a broad range of basic to advanced reading and study skills. It also provides a reproducible Reading Skills Check List to help pinpoint individual or group needs and monitor students' progress in mastering specific skills. It is organized into six sections: vocabulary, word attack skills, basic comprehension, advanced comprehension, study skills, and creative writing.  About This Resource.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How To Use These Reading Skills Activities Most Effectively.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reading Skills Check List--SECONDARY LEVEL.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reading \u0026amp; Study Skills Activities--SECONDARY LEVEL.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART ONE: VOCABULARY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Word Recognition in Content.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Identifies Compound Words.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Root Words.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Prefixes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Suffixes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Knows Meanings of Terms in Vocabulary of Language.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e WORD ATTACK SKILLS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Knows Consonant Sounds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hears and Can Make Vowel Sounds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Knows Elements of Syllabication.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Uses Accent Properly.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e COMPREHENSION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Understands Structure of Story or Paragraph.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Can Repeat General Idea of Material Read.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Can Remember Specific Important Facts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Can Relate Material Read to Known Information or Experience.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Can Follow Printed Directions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Can Interpret Hidden Meaning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART TWO: COMPREHENSION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Interpretation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Application.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Analysis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Synthesis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Critical Evaluation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STUDY SKILLS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Uses Thesaurus, Almanac, Atlas, Maps, and Globes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Uses Variety of Media to Complete Assignments and Purposes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Uses Outlining and Note-Taking Skills.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adjusts Reading Speed to Material and Purpose.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Demonstrates Independence in Locating, Selecting, and Using Materials to Own Purpose.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Applies Problem-Solving Approach: Identifies Problem, Gathers Information, Devises Possible Solutions, Selects Option, Uses Option, Evaluates.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Designs, Uses, and Revises Own Study Schedules.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Locates Sources Within a Book by Using Table of Contents and Index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CREATIVE READING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Recognizes Figurative Language, Dialect, and Colloquial Speech.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Understands Literary Forms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Compares Value Systems of Characters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Understands Settings: Social, Economic, and Educational.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Responds to Author's Background.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Responds to Author's Style of Mood and Point of View.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Answer Key.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Class Record of Reading \u0026amp; Study Skills: SECONDARY LEVEL.  Henriette L. Allen, Ph.D., is a former classroom teacher in the schools of Coventry, Rhode Island, the Aramco Schools of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, The American Community School of Benghazi, Libya, and Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Allen served in several administrative roles, including assistant superintendent of the Jackson Public Schools. She is presently an education consultant recognized nationally.\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Allen is the senior author of the series Competency Tests for Basic Reading Skills (West Nyack, NY: The Center for Applied Research in Education). She has taught reading skills at both elementary and secondary levels, has supervised the development of a Continuous Progress Reading Program for the Jackson Public Schools, and has lectured widely in the fields of reading, classroom management, technology in the classroom, and leadership in educational administration. Dr. Allen is listed in the World Who s Who of Women and Who s Who School District Officials. She was the 1996 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award given by the American Association of School Administrators.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A nationally known authority in the fields of reading and learning disabilities, Walter B. Barbe, Ph.D., was for twenty-five years editor-in-chief of the widely acclaimed magazine Highlights for Children and adjunct professor at The Ohio State University. Dr. Barbe is the author of over 150 professional articles and a number of books, including Personalized Reading Instruction (West Nyack, NY: parker Publishing Co.), coauthored with Jerry L. Abbott. He is also the senior author and editor of two series Creative Growth with Handwriting (Columbus, OH: Zaner-Bloser, Inc.) and Barbe Reading Skills Check Lists and Activities (West Nyack, NY: The Center for Applied Research in Education) and the senior editor of Competency Tests for Basic Reading Skills. Dr. Barbe is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and is listed in Who s Who in America and American Men of Science.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e M. Therese A. Levesque, Ph.D., has had 25 years of experience as a language teacher and administrator in the schools Coventry, Rhode Island, and the schools of Chenango Forks and South Orangetown, New York. She has successively held positions as Language Department Chairperson, Assistant Principal, Middle School Principal, Title III Director, and Assistant Superintendent. Her activities include preparation of New York State Regents Examinations, curriculum development, and directing programs focused on reading. Dr. Levesque is presently a curriculum consultant and arbitrator for the Labor Panel of the American Arbitration Association. She is listed in Who s Who of American Women.  This unique practical resource gives classroom teachers, reading specialists, resource teachers and others who teach reading over 200 reproducible activities for building specific reading and study skills in students of all abilities, grades 7 through 12.  \u003cp\u003eFor easy use, the activities are individually printed in a big 8-1\/4\" x 11\" spiral-bound format that folds flat for photocopying as many times as needed. They can be assigned to individual students or groups as independent work or be monitored by teachers, paraprofessionals, parents, volunteers, or peers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplete answers for all activities are included in an Answer Key section following the activity pages. The Answer Key may be kept for the teacher?s exclusive use or be copied and placed at a central location to permit student self-checking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sequence of reading and study skills activities corresponds to the sequence of skills in the Reading Skills Check List and the Class Record of Reading Skills accompanying the activities, each of which is organized into two parts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003e provides a summary of all of the basic vocabulary, word attack, and comprehension skills needed for effective basic reading. This may be used in the reading class or the English class to review the basic reading skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e presents comprehension, study skills, and creative reading skills that are more advanced or have a different emphasis. Part Two presupposes mastery of those skills in Part One.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth the Reading Skills Check List and the Class Record of Reading Skills may also be reproduced as many times as needed for use in monitoring individual and\/or group progress in mastering specific reading and study skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou?ll find the activities and recordkeeping devices in this resource can be used with any reading improvement program to provide quick, accurate remedial help for all students. 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