Some people may think that reading is only for the language-arts or English classroom, but that simply isn’t so. Reading is a necessary skill across the curriculum, even in math and science classes. In order to boost reading skills in science classes, students need to practice a variety of content-specific reading activities on a regular basis.
　　Vocabulary
　　 One reason students have a difficult time with reading in science classes is that science vocabulary is often technical and inaccessible for them. If you want your science students to be able to read and comprehend their textbooks, they will need to be able to understand the vocabulary involved.
　　 Practice with vocabulary at the beginning of a new chapter in your text, so that your students will recognize the vocabulary items in books. Give your students access to dictionaries as they read, and encourage them to make flash cards for science vocabulary the same way they do in their language-arts classes.
　　Graphic Features
　　 Science textbooks include more than just words on every page; they also incorporate graphs, charts and other graphic features. These graphic elements can assist students in understanding the information in the book but only if students know how to read and understand them.
　　 Give students practice sessions with graphs and charts. Use pie charts, bar graphs and other data samples in class and read them together to aid students with their comprehension. This way, when they encounter charts and graphs in a test or in their textbooks, they will understand how to interpret and use the data contained in them.
　　Taking Notes
　　 Students should take notes during reading in science classes just as much as they should in other classes. Teach your students to create outlines for chapters as they read and to highlight the most important information. Encourage students to write down any questions they discover as they read; then they can ask those questions during class discussions at a later time in order to gain clarification.
　　Text Layout
　　 Have your students use their textbooks to help them read better in science classes. Textbooks are organized for clarity and visual interest, and these organizational cues can help students understand the material. Teach students to use quotes, foot notes, subheads, chapter-review questions and other organizational features to help guide them toward the most important elements in the chapter.
　　Other Reading Strategies
　　 Students can use reading strategies to help them in science classes. Teach students strategies such as questioning, where they write down questions about the topic of the chapter and look for the answers within the chapter. Another useful strategy in science reading is rereading and reviewing, where students go back to the most important parts of the chapter and make notes about key points. Review questions at the end of each chapter can be useful in exploring this skill.
　　
　　 有人可能认为阅读只是一门语言艺术,或者只是英语课堂上的一项学习活动,但事实并非汝瓷。阅读是跨学科学习的必须技能,甚至在数学和科学课堂上也是如此。为了提高科学课上的阅读能力,学生需要定期进行各种各样内容不同的阅读练习。
　　词汇
　　 科学课上学生对阅读感到头疼的原因之一就是科技词汇通常都太术语化,让他们无法理解。如果你想让你上科学课的学生能够读懂理解他们的教科书,他们就得理解其中包含的词汇。
　　 在新一章的课文开始时就要让他们熟悉词汇,这样学生们读到时就能认识那些术语了。阅读时还可以让学生们使用词典,鼓励他们使用单词抽认卡来识记这些科技词汇,就像那么在文科课堂上所做的那样。
　　图式内容
　　 科学课的教科书上的页面上不只有单词,还包括图、表以及其他图式内容。只有当学生知道如何阅读和理解这些图式元素,它们才可以帮助学生理解书中信息。
　　 给学生们布置一些图表类联系。在课堂上使用圆形统计表、条状图以及其他数据示例,让学生一起阅读这些图表,帮助他们弄懂其中的信息。这样以来,当他们在考试或者课本上遇到图表时,他们就能理解如何翻译并使用其中包含的数据了。
　　做笔记
　　 学生们在科学课上阅读时应该多做笔记,正如在其他课上一样。教你的学生在阅读时为每个章节做出摘要,并标出最重要的信息。鼓励学生写下他们阅读时遇到的任何问题。然后,他们就可以在之后的课堂讨论上提出这些问题,并弄清答案。
　　课文布局
　　 让你的学生使用教科书来帮助提高科学课的阅读能力。教科书的组织结构一般都很清晰,而且注重视觉吸引,这些组织结构的脉络,可以帮助学生理解阅读材料。教学生使用引用、脚注、小标题、篇章回顾问题,以及其他组织结构特征来帮助引导他们理解该章中最重要的内容。
　　其它阅读策略
　　 在科学课上,学生们可以使用阅读策略来帮助自己。教学生们一些阅读策略,例如提问题,让他们在写下和该章主题相关的问题,并在章节内寻找答案。另一个科技阅读的有益策略是再读和复习,让学生回顾该章最重要的部分,对重点做笔记。在该章最后的复习问题可以帮助增强这种阅读技能。