Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas: Enhancing Knowledge in the Disciplines

This book will help you build the knowledge, motivation, tools, and confidence you need to integrate literacy in your content area classroom. This book’s unique approach provides hands-on experience to implementing content area literacy in the classroom, and demonstrates how to create and master such techniques as mapping/webbing, anticipation guides, booktalks, class websites, and journal writing and reflection. Special features include a Companion Website with teaching tools and resources; Teaching in Action examples by subject area; and Application Activities to apply field experiences to classroom use. The fourth edition features an updated multiliteracies chapter, and new strategies for teaching literacy in math, science, and social studies.