Content-area literacy strategies that work : do this, not that / Lori G. Wilfong.

Build background information quickly -- Help scaffold focus while reading with specific strategies -- Use small group reading and learning strategies to bring personal response and accountability to the content -- Address disciplinary-specific content reading strategies -- Use content area vocabulary in meaningful ways -- Make writing an authentic process in every classroom -- Promote daily writing strategies to strengthen thinking in the discipline -- Implement slightly larger weekly writing strategies to encourage comprehension and synthesis in the discipline -- Plan and teach one "big" informational piece per semester -- Plan and teach one "big" argumentative piece per semester.

Content area teachers are now being tasked with incorporating reading and writing instruction, but what works? In this essential book from Routledge and AMLE, author Lori G. Wilfong describes ten best practices for content area literacy and how to implement them in the middle-level classroom. She also points out practices that should be avoided, helping you figure out which ideas to ditch and which to embrace. Topics covered include Building background knowledge quickly Using specific strategies to scaffold focus while reading Using small group reading strategies to bring personal response and accountability to the content Understanding items that make reading in different disciplines unique Teaching content area vocabulary in meaningful ways Making writing an authentic process through daily and weekly assignments Planning and teaching effective informational and argumentative pieces Each chapter includes Common Core connections and practical templates and tools. The templates are available as free eResources so you can easily print them for classroom use.

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