Content Area Reading and Literacy: Succeeding in Today's Diverse Classrooms (6th Edition)
In an era of high accountability, the sixth edition ofContent Area Reading and Literacy provides in-depth and integrated attention to the needs of students from diverse cultural and language backgrounds, especially the literacy needs of English learners.  A continuing best-seller, this well-respected text has been lauded for its scope of topics and examples, its research-based information, and its accessible writing style.  This new edition also addresses new frameworks for reading and writing instruction, including a sociocultural perspective on teaching and learning and insights from theNew Literacies.  Exciting changes in this edition include:Anticipation Guidesat the beginning of each chapter provide a venue for pre-reading discussion, either in class or online. ALiteracy Coaches’ Cornerbox has been added to each chapter discussing issues related to working effectively with literacy coaches.Includesmore classroom-tested and research-based teaching and learning strategiesto use across the curriculum throughout the text.Focuseson the key differences among the disciplineswith respect to vocabulary and comprehension.Provides a new overview ofliteracy-related difficultiesencountered in different content areas, such as:English/Language arts--problems are often related to the broad range of genres students must read, such as poetry, short stories, novels, literature, mysteries, or historical fiction.Science and math--the density of the text can be problematic and students may have to handle  several different text structures and content structures.Social studies--information can often be categorized as related to people, places, or events. Takes into account thenew 21stcentury literacies and the disciplinary literaciesassociated with vocabulary development and comprehension, particularly those known to cause difficulty in the different subject areas.Includes strategies forcomprehending online.Emphasizesdifferentiated writingfor different disciplines.AMyEducationLabinteractive website(www.myeducationlab.com) created specifically to accompany this edition that includes videos, simulations, case studies, activities, practice tests, study plans, an e-book, and more to help prepare students for teaching careers.To order this book WITH MyEducationLab, use either ISBN:ISBN-13: 9780136101024ISBN-10: 013610102XTo order this book WITHOUT MyEducationLab use either ISBN:ISBN-13: 9780137145522ISBN-10: 0137145527