Jamestown Education: Reading Science, Strategies for English Language Learners, Intermediate

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 The History of Space Travel What Is a Botanist? Lakes and Rivers How Flight Is Possible Earth's Layers Vocabulary Assessment l–5 The Nobel Prizes The Organs of the Body Technology: Overcoming Handicaps Vitamins and Minerals: Diet Basics Gymnastics: A Sport of Balance Vocabulary Assessment 6–10 You Can Grow Plants from Seeds Precipitation Why Is the Ocean Blue? How Humans Hear The History of Numbers Vocabulary Assessment 11–15 Venus: Earth's Sister Planet What Is a Reptile? The Parts of a Flowering Plant Gravity and Air Resistance Some Spiders of North America Vocabulary Assessment 16–20GlossaryPersonal Dictionary