Learning Vital Reading Strategies

Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students is a workbook that supplements the instruction offered in Help! My College Students Can't Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). The workbook focuses specifically on ready-made activities to help students learn vital reading strategies that are applicable to all academic texts.Staying engaged with academic content materialDeveloping purposes for readingMaking reading predictionsEvaluating textual informationDrawing inferencesDeveloping higher-level questionsMaking connections to prior knowledgeCreating visuals to enhance comprehensionNavigating difficult or unfamiliar vocabularySpecial features include ';Point to Ponder' critical thinking prompts, practice texts from a range of academic disciplines, and ';Professional Spotlight' interviews focusing on field-specific reading demands and the importance of strong reading skills in real-world professions