Study Smart Ready to Use Reading/Study Skills Activities for Grades 5-12

Now you can help your students develop the comprehension, organizational and test-taking skills they need to master any subject area, with the 150 reproducible reading and study skills activities provided in this resource. Readily adaptable for individual or group use, these classroom-tested activities are conveniently organized into 4 basic skills sections: Unit 1: Developing Reading Skills- 64 activities that help build skills such as Recognizing Organization, Adjusting Reading Rate, Reading Graphic Aids, and Increasing Vocabulary. Unit 2: Developing Study Skills- 23 ready-to-use activities that help your students gain valuable practice in Following Oral and Written Directions, Outlining and Highlighting, Recalling Facts, and Developing and Using Homework and Study Schedules. Unit 3: Locating Information Skills- 47 reproducible activities that teach your students how to use the Parts of a Textbook, the Card Catalog, Almanacs, Atlases, Encyclopedias, and other Library Reference Tools. Unit 4: Presenting Information Through Graphic Aids- 16 activities that help students learn alternative methods of communicating, information- other than the written word. These activities include Timelines; 3-D Maps; Scale Models; as well as Line, Circle, and Bar Graphs. And to help make your job easier, each unit comes complete with activity answer keys...detailed activity introductions and objectives lists...helpful diagrams and illustrations...as well as easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions for both student and teacher. You can use these activities in the same sequence in which they are presented or fit them into your curriculum in any order you desire. With Study Smart! is easy to provide your students with the reading and study skills they need to succeed in the middle grades, high school and beyond!Brescher, Antoinette is the author of 'Study Smart Ready to Use Reading/Study Skills Activities for Grades 5-12', published 1990 under ISBN 9780876288726 and ISBN 0876288727.