Content Area Reading : Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, MyLabSchool Edition

by Vacca, Richard T.; Vacca, Jo Anne L.

• ISBN13: 9780205460298
• ISBN10: 0205460291
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Content Area Reading remains the market-leading text in content literacy and maintains the authors' original objectiveto offer an ambitious, coherent, and workable exploration of content literacy. With the underlying belief that students learn with texts, not necessarily from them, this respected text is designed to be an active learning tool, complete with real-world examples and research-based practices. Thoroughly updated and revised to incorporate topics that touch on contemporary issues such as content standards, assessment, diversity, struggling readers, the No Child Left Behind Legislation and Reading First, respected authors Rich Vacca and JoAnne Vacca continue to provide a framework that focuses on the ability to use reading, writing, speaking, and listening processes to learn subject matter across the curriculum. Accessible and comprehensible, this text takes students through the entire reading process using simple, jargon-free terminology. The methodology presented develops a foundation that can be applied across disciplines, meeting the needs of all students.

Table of Contents

Most chapters begin with ldquo;Organizing Principle,rdquo;

ldquo;Graphic Organizer,rdquo; and ldquo;Frame of Mindrdquo; and conclude with ldquo;Looking Back, Looking Forward,rdquo; nbsp;ldquo;Minds-On,rdquo;

ldquo;Hands-On,rdquo; and ldquo;eResources.rdquo;

Reading Matters

Being an Artful Teacher

Understanding Literacy

Text Comprehension in Content Areas

Scaffolding Instruction

Assessing Students and Texts

High-Stakes Testing and Authentic Approaches to Assessment

Portfolio Assessment

Assessing Text Difficulty

Struggling Readers and Writers

The Consequences of Struggling With Text

Explicit Instruction in the Use of Strategies

Strategic Reading

Strategic Writing

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners

Cultural Differences in Today's Schools

Linguistic Differences in Today's Schools

Vocabulary Strategies

Comprehension Strategies

Talking and Working Together

Learning with Trade Books

Textbook Use in Today's Classrooms

Rationale for Using Trade Books

Learning Through Literature

Using Trade Books in the Classroom

Promoting Response to Literature

Learning with Electronic Texts

Rational for Electronic Texts

Electronic Texts in the Classroom

Strategies for Online Learning

Bringing Students and Texts Together

Sociocultural Context for Reading Comprehension

Designing and Planning Text Lessons

Designing and Planning Units of Study

Designing and Planning Collaborative Interactions

Developing Vocabulary Knowledge and Concepts

Experiences, Concepts, and Words

Using Graphic Organizers to Make Connections Among Key Concepts

Activating What Students Know About Words

Reinforcing and Extending Vocabulary Knowledge and Concepts

Activating Prior Knowledge and Interest

Self-Efficacy and Motivation

Arousing Curiosity

Making Predictions

Question Generation

Guiding Reader-Text Interactions

Instructional Strategies

Reading Guides

Writing to Learn

Integrating Reading and Writing

Exploratory Writing Activities

Journal Writing

RAFTing Activities

Studying Texts

Searching for and Using Text Structure

Study Guides Based on Text Patterns

Writing Summaries

Making Notes, Taking Notes

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