
Literacy for Real
Reading, Thinking, and Learning in the Content Areas
ReLeah Cossett Lent(Author)
Teachers' College Press
Will be published approx. on 6. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-8077-4943-2 (ISBN)
Description
Written for the busy practitioner by an experienced professional development consultant, writer, and speaker, ""Literacy for Real"" is a hands-on guide to meaningful reading across the content areas of math, science, and social studies in grades 6-12. It presents key information that addresses all types of 21st century literacy - visual, digital, and print - in an easy-to-use format. The book centers on classroom practices and strategies for helping students tackle the reading required for subject-area study. Chapters focus on engagement, vocabulary, comprehension, and critical reading, and each includes sample activities as well as a list of resources. Avoiding the one-size-fits-all model, this guide instead offers foundational practices based on what we know about learning. This book features research-based strategies for content-area reading instruction, with a focus on student engagement. It also features online, multimedia texts for today's 21st century classrooms, and interactive lessons that teachers can adapt to their own needs.
Reviews / Votes
This is an immensely hopeful and forward-looking book with immediate applications. It provides a very useful and reassuring toolbox in a time of challenge and change, of problems and possibilities. - From the Foreword by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Boise State University, author of ""You Gotta BE the Book,"" Second EditionMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-4943-2 (9780807749432)
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Person
ReLeah Cossett Lent is a national consultant who facilitates the development of literacy leadership teams and professional learning communities within schools and districts.