Domain reading is the broader base of knowledge that is acquired through experiences with text, the basic act of reading. Content reading is reading for information in a specific subject area (ex. Math, science, social studies...). It requires the more deliberate actions of deciphering content are text. A student must know how the text for a particular subject is organized and how to pick out the important or useful aspects of it. Along with understanding the layout and organization which could also include the reading of tables, graphs, maps and the purpose for the given graphics.
With the new Common Core requirements the old adage of “I’m not a reading teacher” is going out the window, as it should. Teaching in the continent areas logically would include the more specific skills of deciphering the CONTENT (vocabulary, organization, comprehension, tables, graphs…) of the text used and not just the ability to decode words. Content knowledge by itself is different from the pedagogical knowledge required to teach a subject.
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