Content Area Reading and Writing
Here are some of the titles that have been adopted for this course. Click on the title to purchase, or use this form to request an exam copy.
Janet Allen: Tools for Teaching Content Literacy
"Clear and concise, Tools is an excellent resource filled with solid information that you will reach for often. Highly recommended."
(Education Oasis, May 2004)
Cris Tovani: Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? Content Comprehension, Grades 6-12
"This book deserves a place on all secondary educators' bookshelves and will have those who read it examining their own reading strategies by the end. Not only will their reading improve, but their students' reading will as well."
(VOYA, June 2004)
Related materials:
Stephanie Harvey: Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8
Related materials:
- Study Guide
- Anne Goudvis and Stephanie Harvey: Reading the World: Content Comprehension with Linguistically Diverse Learners (DVD/VHS)
Tony Stead: Reality Checks: Teaching Reading Comprehension with Nonfiction, K-5 and Is That a Fact? Teaching Nonfiction Writing, K-3
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Mary C. McMacking and Barbara S. Siegel: Knowing How: Researching and Writing Nonfiction 3-8
"The insightful teacher-to-teacher comments, practical appendixes, and management ideas make this a text to which teachers will refer often. In Knowing How, McMackin and Siegel share their passion for research and teaching and confidently guide other teachers to replicate their work."
(Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, May 2003)
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