Content Reading and Literacy
Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms
4th Edition
Published on 4. August 2004
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-205-41039-2 (ISBN)
Description
Content Area Reading and Literacy, Fourth Edition equips students to teach content area literacy from a student-centered approach and focuses on the content literacy needs of students from diverse cultural and language backgrounds.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-41039-2 (9780205410392)
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Previous edition
Donna E. Alvermann | Stephen F. Phelps
Content Reading and Literacy
Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms
Book
03/2002
3rd Edition
Pearson
€83.13
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Content
Each chapter concludes with "Summary" and "Suggested Readings." Dedication.
Preface.
Important Features of This Text.
Acknowledgments.
1. Content Literacy and the Reading Process.
Assumptions Underlying Content Teaching.
What It Means to Be Literate.
The Reading Process.
2. Language, Diversity, and Culture.
Language as a Vehicle for Teaching and Learning Content.
Diversity in Language and Learning.
Teaching and Learning in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
Culturally Responsive Professional Growth
3. Creating a Favorable Learning Environment.
Affective Characteristics.
Forms of Grouping.
Creating Community with Technology and Multimedia.
Conflict Resolution.
4. Planning for Content Literacy.
Instructional Decision Making.
Planning and Educational Technology.
Structured Frameworks for Content Literacy Lessons.
Beyond the Daily Plan: Unit Planning.
5. Assessment of Students and Textbooks.
Assessing Students.
Assessing Textbooks
6. Preparing to Read.
The Role of Prior Knowledge.
Assessing and Building Prior Knowledge.
Activating Prior Knowledge with Prereading Strategies.
7. Reading to Learn.
Constructing Mean with Text.
Helping Students Comprehend.
Questions and Questioning.
Comprehension Guides.
Sensing and Responding to Text Structure
8. Increasing Vocabulary and Conceptual Growth.
Learning Words and Concepts
How Students Learn Vocabulary
Teaching Vocabulary
Developing Students' Independence
Reinforcing Vocabulary
9. Reflecting on Reading.
Engaging Students Through Discussion.
Guiding Student Reflection.
Promoting Critical Literacy
10. Writing Across the Curriculum.
What Content Teachers Need to Know about Writing.
Writing Activities for Content Areas.
Writing to Inquire.
Responding to Student Writing.
11. Studying and Study Strategies.
Prerequisites for Effective Studying.
Accessing Information.
Preparing for Tests.
Using Study Strategies.
12. Developing Lifetime Readers: Literature in Content Area Classes.
Benefits of Using Literature in Content Areas.
Encouraging Responses to Literature.
Integrating Literature into Content Areas.
Developing Awareness of Diversity through Literature.
Appendix A. Word Lover's Booklist.
Appendix B. Read-Aloud Books for Content Areas.
Appendix C. Trade Books for Science, Math, and Social Studies.
Appendix D. Culturally Conscious Trade Books.
Appendix E. Standards for the Content Areas.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
Preface.
Important Features of This Text.
Acknowledgments.
1. Content Literacy and the Reading Process.
Assumptions Underlying Content Teaching.
What It Means to Be Literate.
The Reading Process.
2. Language, Diversity, and Culture.
Language as a Vehicle for Teaching and Learning Content.
Diversity in Language and Learning.
Teaching and Learning in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
Culturally Responsive Professional Growth
3. Creating a Favorable Learning Environment.
Affective Characteristics.
Forms of Grouping.
Creating Community with Technology and Multimedia.
Conflict Resolution.
4. Planning for Content Literacy.
Instructional Decision Making.
Planning and Educational Technology.
Structured Frameworks for Content Literacy Lessons.
Beyond the Daily Plan: Unit Planning.
5. Assessment of Students and Textbooks.
Assessing Students.
Assessing Textbooks
6. Preparing to Read.
The Role of Prior Knowledge.
Assessing and Building Prior Knowledge.
Activating Prior Knowledge with Prereading Strategies.
7. Reading to Learn.
Constructing Mean with Text.
Helping Students Comprehend.
Questions and Questioning.
Comprehension Guides.
Sensing and Responding to Text Structure
8. Increasing Vocabulary and Conceptual Growth.
Learning Words and Concepts
How Students Learn Vocabulary
Teaching Vocabulary
Developing Students' Independence
Reinforcing Vocabulary
9. Reflecting on Reading.
Engaging Students Through Discussion.
Guiding Student Reflection.
Promoting Critical Literacy
10. Writing Across the Curriculum.
What Content Teachers Need to Know about Writing.
Writing Activities for Content Areas.
Writing to Inquire.
Responding to Student Writing.
11. Studying and Study Strategies.
Prerequisites for Effective Studying.
Accessing Information.
Preparing for Tests.
Using Study Strategies.
12. Developing Lifetime Readers: Literature in Content Area Classes.
Benefits of Using Literature in Content Areas.
Encouraging Responses to Literature.
Integrating Literature into Content Areas.
Developing Awareness of Diversity through Literature.
Appendix A. Word Lover's Booklist.
Appendix B. Read-Aloud Books for Content Areas.
Appendix C. Trade Books for Science, Math, and Social Studies.
Appendix D. Culturally Conscious Trade Books.
Appendix E. Standards for the Content Areas.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.