Engaging Students in Disciplinary Literacy, K-6 - Reading, Writing, and Teaching Tools for the Classroom

Klappentext This accessible book will help elementary school teachers improve literacy instruction inside or outside the Common Core environment. The authors address teachers' instructional needs by introducing key concepts from current trends in literacy education - from high-level standards to the use of 21st-century literacies. Readers then follow teachers as they implement the curriculum they developed to promote high-level thinking and engagement with disciplinary content.

About the author

Cynthia H. Brock is a lecturer in literacy studies at the University of South Australia. Virginia J. Goatley is department chair in the Department of Reading at the University at Albany-SUNY. Taffy E. Raphael is a professor of literacy education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Elisabeth Trost-Shahata taught in the Chicago Public Schools for 12 years and is now a bilingual/ESL specialist for the district. Catherine M. Weber is an assistant professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University.

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia H Brock, Cynthia H. Brock, Cynthia H./ Goatley Brock, Virginia J Goatley, Virginia J. Goatley, Taffy E Raphael, Taffy E. Raphael, Elisabeth Trost, Elisabeth Trost-Shahata, Catherine M Weber, Catherine M. Weber, C M Weber Consulting
• Assisted by: Susan B Neuman (Editor), D Ray Reutzel (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2014
• EAN: 9780807755273
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5527-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Common Core State Standards fo; Common Core State Standards for Literacy Series; Common Core State Standards for Literacy; Common Core State Standards fo; Common Core State Standards in; Common Core State Standards for Literacy Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system