Content Area Reading: Teaching and Learning in an Age of Multiple Literacies - Softcover

McLaughlin, Maureen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205486614 ISBN 13: 9780205486618

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

With three full chapters on reading comprehension (reflecting the before, during, after reading approach) and a separate chapter that explores multiple literacies, Content Area Reading: Teaching and Learning in an Age of Multiple Literacies has a wealth of practical strategies for teaching reading, writing, and study skills in the content area classroom.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Maureen McLaughlin, professor and chair of the Reading Department at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania has been elected vice president of the International Reading Association (IRA) for the  2011-2012 term.  She will assume the board presidency of the organization in two years’ time under IRA’s succession rules. Dr. McLaughlin was also named the 2010 recipient of the IRA Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award, which honors an outstanding university professor  engaged in teacher preparation in reading at the graduate level.

            Dr. McLaughlin has been a professor in the ESU Reading Department for more than 20 years and has served as chair for the past three years. During her tenure she has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in her field and developed an endorsement in literacy coaching and a program for reading supervisor certification in collaboration with faculty colleagues. In addition, Dr. McLaughlin is an educational consultant at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels. She is also a profilic writer. She earned her doctorate at Boston University in reading and language development, and received her bachelor of arts and her master of science degrees from Marywood University.  Prior to her tenure at ESU, she spent fifteen years as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and department chair in a public school system. 

             Dr. McLaughlin has authored numbers articles, chapters, and books throughout her distinguished career.  She is the author of two of the of the IRA’s best-selling titles, Guided Comprehension in the Primary Grades and Guided Comprehension in Grades 3-8., as well as “Critical Literacy as Comprehension: Understanding at Deeper Level,” a chapter in The Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts by  D. Lapp & D. Fisher (Eds.) (Philadelphia, PA: Erlbaum, 2010).

 

From the Back Cover

With three full chapters on reading comprehension (reflecting the before, during, after reading approach) and a separate chapter that explores multiple literacies, Content Area Reading: Teaching and Learning in an Age of Multiple Literacies, has a wealth of practical strategies for teaching reading, writing and study skills in the content area classroom.

 

See what's inside:

 Teaching Ideas icons found throughout chapter margins highlight practical strategies to use across content areas. Teaching Ideas that are specific to fostering student comprehension feature 5 steps of explicit instruction: 1. explain, 2. demonstrate, 3. guide, 4. practice, 5. reflect. After students walk through the strategy, they are able to see applications of the strategy within content-specific classroom examples. Student artifacts, student dialogues, and student writing samples show the real-life application of each Teaching Idea.

Every chapter opens with a chapter outline highlighting the key questions addressed within each chapter. Chapter outlines also have a complete list of the Teaching Ideas offered in the chapter.

Chapters are supported by feature streams that enhance comprehension by "making connections:"

• Making Connections to Multiple Literacies notes found in all chapters connect chapter topics to different aspects of multiple literacy (ex. media literacy, critical literacy, mathematics literacy, visual literacy, etc.)
• M aking Connections to Struggling Readers apply chapter topics to issues surrounding struggling readers
• Making Connections to English Learners are notes that explore issues related to teaching English language learners
• Making Connections to Writing features link chapter coverage to writing opportunities and give examples of ideas for writing assignments
• Making Connections to Study Skills are notes that connect chapter topics to teaching different aspects of study skills and strategies
• Making Connections boxes encourage students to actively engage with the chapter content by posing a question and then asking students to share their responses with a small group

Final Thoughts at the end of each chapter provide a chapter summary

E-Links annotated weblinks at the end of every chapter give students an opportunity to explore chapter topics in greater depth

Accountable Talk provides students with ideas for small group discussions

Portfolio/Performance Opportunity at the end of each chapter are ideas for expanding students' professional teaching portfolios

The Appendixes are practical, reproducible, idea-filled teaching resources that support a variety of topics addressed throughout the book. Examples featured include blackline masters, Discussion Circle Bookmarks, Double Entry Journal formats, Press Conference Checklist, First-Person Experience Rubric, form poems, and examples from projects such as the Content Area Resource Anthology, Student-Authored Electronic Books, and Transmediations.

MyEducationLab icons throughout connect chapter content to video, student artifacts, and lesson planning resources. To get access to MyEducationLab with the book, use the ISBN: 0136101313

 

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Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205486614
• ISBN 13: 9780205486618
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408