Reading for real
Subtitle: putting literacy to work in the content areas
By: ReLeah Cossett Lent ; foreword by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm.
Series: The practitioner's bookshelf
Publisher: Teachers College, Columbia University; Teachers College Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780807749432
Subjects: Content area reading
Description: Written for the busy practitioner by a 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. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Engagement: reading's missing link; title: Building background for reading; title: Making meaning through reading; title: Vocabulary: the key to meaning; title: Reading for deep understanding; title: Reading and thinking critically; title: Online reading; title: Expanding reading across content areas.