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oncept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) is an instructional program that merges reading strategy instruction, conceptual knowledge in science, and support for student motivation. We define reading engagement as the interplay of motivation, conceptual knowledge, strategies, and social interaction during literacy activities. We believe engagement in reading is crucial for the development of life-long literacy learners. The CORI program is designed to foster reading engagement and comprehension through the teaching of reading strategies, teaching of scientific concepts and inquiry skills, and its explicit support of the development of student intrinsic motivation to read.

"Reading Workshop Minilessons The reading workshop minilesson is an opportunity for the teacher to directly and explicitly instruct the whole class on a particular reading skill, strategy, or habit that will help students develop into independent, lifelong readers. One teaching point is emphasized and the lesson should be brief (5-10 minutes). Minilessons follow this basic structure:"

"Favorite Determining-Importance Lesson Ideas Determining important ideas and information in text is central to making sense of reading and moving toward insight... When we teach the strategy of determining importance, we often introduce it in nonfiction. They go together. Nonfiction reading is reading to learn. Simply put, readers of nonfiction have to decide and remember what is important in the texts they read if they are going to learn anything from them. Strategies That Work, Harvey & Goudvis."

"Focus on First Lines: Increasing Comprehension through Prediction Strategies" OVERVIEW At the beginning of a course or unit, students examine opening sentences from texts that they will read completely in later sessions. Students analyze the sentences and make predictions about the texts. As students read the complete texts throughout the course or unit, they return to their predictions to talk about the prediction strategy and to increase reading comprehension. The lesson plan includes sample opening lines for a variety of courses. The lesson can be easily adapted for any course or unit by collecting opening lines from texts that the class will read as a group.

"Reading Success with Expository Texts Struggling readers present secondary classroom teachers with unique challenges. Secondary teachers are experts in their subject areas but they have not been trained to "teach" reading. However, when given an expository text, struggling readers require intervention in order to understand what they are reading. This week, we offer a series of tips teachers can implement immediately to help struggling readers comprehend expository text."

"Reading in the Sciences" The teaching of science and reading have similar goals-to pursue meaning and understanding. Both disciplines share the aspiration of making sense of information. Scientists engage in procedures of investigation to gain knowledge of natural phenomena. Readers interact with text to gain knowledge and make connections to the content. "

"You Can't Learn Much from Books You Can't Read Richard L. Allington Many students in grades 5-12 struggle to learn from content-area textbooks that don't match their reading levels."

"Reading Comprehension Strategies in Science" Do your middle school students not complete reading assignments or not comprehend them when they do? Is student motivation an issue you struggle with? Do you feel that your students need assistance comprehending the textbook? These issues are quite common in the middle grades. As students mature, they are faced with increasingly difficult text and many situations in which they must learn content by reading.

"How to read a book you don't want to read "

"Reading Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners By: Colorín Colorado (2007) Explicit teaching of reading comprehension skills will help English Language Learners apply these strategies to all subject matter."

"Across all disciplines, teachers have identified a need to strengthen students' ability to read for information...to develop strategic readers."

"Reading Response Logs": pictures of different ways to use reading response assessments for learning

Reading assessments from the Reading & Writing Project

Fostering High Levels of Reading and Learning in Secondary Students An Invited Commentary Michael F. Graves University of Minnesota

"Strategies for Effective use of Science Reading Materials"

"Reading Across the Curriculum"

"Differentiating the Reading Experience for Students"

Strategies for reading comprehension in social studies

Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

"Why Students Don't Read What is Assigned in Class "