Curated OER
Why?
Students discuss the concept of asking questions while reading. They discuss the types of questions to ask that will improve their comprehension. Students read from a textbook and practice creating questions to ask themselves while...
Curated OER
Getting to Know Your Textbook
Eighth graders use the glossary, index, and headings to location information in their textbooks. For this textbooks lesson plan, 8th graders complete discussion questions about the information they can learn from textbook features.
Curated OER
"Teaching with Material Objects" - Horn-book
Students explore language arts by creating Venn Diagrams. In this reading materials lesson, students examine a horn-book and create a hypothesis about how to use it and where they derived from. Students compare their horn-book to a text...
Curated OER
Looking Inside a Textbook
Students practice newly acquired knowledge by working in pairs or is small group to answer questions in a practice sheet. They become familiar with the terminology used to identify textbooks. Pupils give the definition of: Textbook,...
Curated OER
Social Studies- Guessing Game
Young scholars research a place of interest. In this guessing game lesson, students look up information on a place they want to learn more about from their social studies text. Young scholars write down facts and present...
Curated OER
The Second Draft of History
Students draft entries about a recent historical event for a history textbook using two specific sources of information. They then compare their entries and examine the differences.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Chemistry I: Atoms and Molecules
In this online biology textbook, learn about atoms and molecules as they relate to life. Find out about topics such as electrons and energy, chemical bonding, and chemical reactions.
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Two Way Tables [Pdf]
This portion of an online textbook provides examples of two-way tables, vocabulary and practice problems.
Other
Minority Studies: Prejudice Its Forms and Causes
A very informative chapter outline that breaks everything down into an easy-to-understand synopsis about prejudice.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Scavenger Hunt
Identifying author's purpose scavenger hunts are included on this tutorial site. Students will scan their textbooks and find different purposes that are addressed in different sections of them.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Reading Your Textbooks
At this site from Dartmouth College, you can learn to improve your reading skills to help prepare for the college workload. This website provides several tips for efficiently reading textbooks.