Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
1981
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Azella Taylor
Second Committee Member
D. Jakubek
Third Committee Member
J. Schomer
Abstract
A series of 50 lessons were developed to transfer the reading skills of comprehension, context clues and study skills to their use in gaining information from the social studies textbook. The lessons were developed to be used in conjunction with the fourth grade social studies textbook, Environments, American Book Company. The lessons include objectives for each skill, the strategy to be developed and extra enrichment materials required for the implementation of the skill. The purpose of the strategies focused on the student's ability to transfer the reading skills to the social studies textbook and to improve their ability to read and gain information from the social studies text.
Recommended Citation
Stuckrath, Mary Joann, "Utilization of the American Book Company Social Studies Text as a Reinforcement Tool for Teaching Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension, Context Clue and Study Skills" (1981). All Graduate Projects. 14.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/14