Reading Across the Curriculum by: Kim Baskin EDU

Reading is an learning tool for making sense of everyday life Students Read: –books –maps –newspapers –letters –magazines –brochures –charts

Why read informational books? Available on many topics. Interesting and fun for children. Children find out about the world around them. Motivating for children. Books can include all curriculum areas. They are aesthetically pleasing which draws children’s attention.

Informational books differ from stories in three ways: Organizational Patterns Vocabulary –technical terms Special features –Includes graphs, maps, diagrams etc.

Integrating stories and poetry are important because... Literature brings content area studies to life. Children can view yesterday’s world and today’s. Settings of many stories provide historical and geographical information. Conflict situations the characters face provide us glimpses into cultural, economic, and political issues. Stories are an important way of learning social studies, science and math. Integrate drama and role playing events. Poetry books are also available for all content areas.

Content Area Textbooks It is recommended that teachers teach with textbooks and that they incorporate other types of reading materials and activities.

Textbooks can be difficult for children... They read differently then story books. Textbooks only briefly touch upon a subject.

Curriculum Integration Using books to teach math concepts. Mathematics is portrayed in a meaningful context and is fun. Literature demonstrates that math develops out of human experience.

NCTM’s recommendations NCTM has recommended that teachers move away from traditional text and empower students to construct their own knowledge of math. Using trade books meets this recommendation.

Bibliography Literacy for the 21st Century by:Gail Tompkins. 1997, Prentice Hall, Inc. Power Point Program created by Microsoft, 1997.