What types of special reading challenges are encountered in each of the following content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies? List each content area and then create a bulleted list of three challenges for each area.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary, but answers should be based on the following lists. Language arts:literary elements: setting, characterization, plot, style, and themeliterary forms (genres): poetry, biography, historical and realistic fiction, etc.figurative languageMathematics:concise, abstract, and complex relationshipshigh density of informationtechnical and specialized vocabulary (multiple-meaning words and symbols)reading numbers requires knowledge of place valuemust read equations in a sentence formatsolving word problems requires comprehension skills as well as ability to do calculationsScience:extremely dense with informationoften at a higher readability level than the intended grade leveltechnical vocabulary and words with multiple meanings (solution, pitch, etc.)Social studies:precise, compact writing stylemany ideas in a few lines of printa hundred-year span in one pagecomplex issues in a few paragraphsSeveral organizational patterns are usedMust read maps, charts, and graphs??
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