Strategic Reading Across the Curriculum

This workshop is designed to enhance educators' understanding of how to integrate strategic reading skills across various academic disciplines. Participants will explore standards specifically aimed at non-ELA classrooms, emphasizing the need for discipline-specific reading strategies. Through interactive activities, such as collaborative group tasks and practical reading exercises, educators will gain firsthand experience in applying effective reading techniques. The session also covers how to engage students before, during, and after reading, with targeted strategies like mind-mapping, vocabulary pre-exposure, close reading, and reciprocal teaching methods. Ultimately, this workshop equips teachers with actionable strategies to foster critical reading and deeper comprehension among all learners.

• Lack of strategic reading skills among students in non-ELA subjects
  
  
• Difficulty in integrating reading standards with content-area teaching
  
  
• Challenges faced by struggling readers, including limited vocabulary, comprehension difficulties, and low engagement
  

1. Effective Application of Reading Standards: Participants will clearly understand and apply reading standards focused on key ideas, structure, and integration of knowledge, tailored specifically to their content areas.
   
   
2. Strategic Reading Techniques: Educators will master practical strategies for engaging students at different stages of reading (before, during, after), including techniques such as mind mapping, vocabulary strategies, close reading, and reciprocal teaching.
   
   
3. Supporting Diverse Learners: Teachers will learn how to identify and address the characteristics and needs of struggling readers, employing specific strategies to improve student engagement and comprehension across diverse classroom settings.