Jamestown Education, Reading Social Studies: Intermediate, Student Materials

Overview

Main description

Strategic instruction in content area reading for both ELLs and native speakers

This series helps English language learners master the academic vocabulary that is the cornerstone of understanding content-area texts. With content that is engaging and written at a level that is not frustrating, this exciting new series focuses on core reading strategies successful readers use in content-area courses. Special attention is paid to both conceptual vocabulary and general academic words that are needed in any content-area course.

• Reading Levels 3-4, 4-5, & 5-6

Table of contents

To the StudentPronunciation KeyLessons Birthdays Around the World Life in the New England Colonies Iron and Steel in Architecture Peary and Henson: Arctic Explorers What Do Newspaper Journalists Do?Vocabulary Assessment 1-5 How to Read a Map Life Inside a Medieval Castle Abraham Lincoln's Famous Address The People of Hawaii The Han Dynasty in Ancient ChinaVocabulary Assessment 6-10 The Underground Railroad Ancient Rock Art in the Southwest The History of American Heating Bartering Throughout History The Monuments of Ancient EgyptVocabulary Assessment 11-15 The Human Dream of Flying How American Public Libraries Began The Maya The History of the White House National Women's History MonthVocabulary Assessment 16-20GlossaryPersonal Dictionary