This document discusses 5 common false assumptions that content area teachers make about reading instruction. The assumptions are that 1) students have learned to read in elementary school, 2) students have sufficient prior knowledge, 3) reading processes are the same between content textbooks and elementary readers, 4) content reading is teaching unrelated skills, and 5) teachers are solely information dispensers. The document provides facts showing each assumption is incorrect, such as that content reading requires different skills than elementary reading and students often lack background knowledge.