This course is designed to enable the student to learn basic educational skills in reading and mathematics. The preparation in this course is for real-life skills, job-related skills, and further education, including Essential Skills II. Topics to be covered include reading comprehension, language, writing, and number skills. Course Objectives:1. use reading skills, including work attack skills and word recognition;2. identify the main idea of a reading passage in the content areas;3. demonstrate the ability to answer questions concerning sequence, inference, and comprehension for level specificreading material in the content area;4. write a cohesive paragraph;5. demonstrate improved writing skills, including correct sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation; and6. solve mathematical problems using basic arithmetic computation.
