Ideas to Inspire

I will be the first to say that secondary teachers that do not teach Language arts are NOT expected to be reading teachers. However, you ARE expert readers of your own subject area. So no, you are not expected to teach your students how to read, but it would be wonderful to give your students some insight into what a good reader in your subject area (YOU) does. Modeling your thinking using your textbook, or even talking out loud about your strategy for understanding your text is a great start.

If you want other ideas, I’m attaching a handout I used before. It lists some common elements of most textbooks and it lists some before and during activities that you can do with students to familiarize them with your particular book.

As always, if you want more information on something, let me know.

textbook-handout.pdf