PSSA reading coach
By: by Stuart Margulies & Maria Goudiss
Contributors: Goudiss, Maria
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Educational Design
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780876949856
Subjects: Reading (Elementary); Ability testing; Reading (Secondary); Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (Program)
Other titles: Pennsylvania System of School Assessment reading coach
Description: [This book] is aimed at preparing eighth grade students for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) Reading Test by helping them develop higher-order reading and language competencies.-To the teacher.
Notes: "EDI 504."
Table of contents: title: Learning to read independently: Identifying basic ideas in texts; Word recognition skills; Characteristics and functions of the English language; Review, informational selection; title: Reading critically in all content areas: Reading for facts; Reading for inferences; Fact and opinion; Identifying the author's purpose and effectiveness; Review, informational selection; title: Analyzing and interpreting literature: Analyzing characters; Analyzing story plots; Theme; Literary techniques to convey meaning; Poetry; Review, narrative selection; title: How to do research: Using word reference sources; Developing research skills; title: Answering constructed-response questions: Strategies for answering constructed response questions; title: Practice tests; title: Appendix: Pennsylvania Reading Assessment rubric.