Category: 7. Content Area Literacy: Reading and Writing Information

Content-Area Literacy

ASCD Express 13.03 – Five Ways to Intentionally Support Reading Independence

Source: ASCD Express 13.03 – Five Ways to Intentionally Support Reading Independence

Classroom Resources | Teaching Tolerance

Teaching Tolerance is a  resources that promotes class discussion and the integration of content area subjects with current events. Source: Classroom Resources | Teaching Tolerance

Why writing doesn’t just prove learning, it improves all learning-including STEM | eSchool News

Source: Why writing doesn’t just prove learning, it improves all learning-including STEM | eSchool News

Why Talk Is Important in Classrooms

Content-Area Conversations: How To Plan Discussion-Based Lessons For Diverse Language Learners, by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Carol Rothenberg (2008). ASCD.

Educational Leadership:Literacy in Every Classroom:How Knowledge Powers Reading

Source: Educational Leadership:Literacy in Every Classroom:How Knowledge Powers Reading

Guiding Students Through Expository Text with Text Feature Walks | Reading Rockets

Most primary students have used the picture walk technique to preview text (Stahl, 2004). By looking at and talking about the illustrations in a text, students activate prior knowledge, make predictions, and set a purpose for reading (Clay, 1991; Fountas & Pinnell, 1996). Effective primary teachers use this instructional strategy when teaching students how to …

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Educational Leadership. Literacy in Every Classroom: How Knowledge Powers Reading

Source: Educational Leadership:Literacy in Every Classroom:How Knowledge Powers Reading

ASCD Express 12.12 – Disciplinary Literacy: A Shift That Makes Sense

Source: ASCD Express 12.12 – Disciplinary Literacy: A Shift That Makes Sense

Online Resources from: The Digital Writing Workshop, by Troy Hicks

http://digitalwritingworkshop.wikispaces.com/DWW+Resources This is an excellent resource for The Digital Writing Workshop, by Troy Hicks (Heinemann, 2009). You’ll find chapter resources and so much more! What will you learn next?  How will you support your students’ writing development and digital literacy?

This teacher knows that writers need choice, ownership, and an authentic purpose and audience!  Read to see how he does what he loves, and facilitates genuine opportunities for student engagement in literary arts.