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.

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