Content Area Reading

Gives future and in-service grade 6 - 12 teachers a unique, Common Core-based, student-centered look at content area reading and how to use innovative features to help students make connections between what they read and how they apply it in the classroom,

KEY TOPICS:

Teaching in the 21st Century

Teaching and Learning in an Age of Multiple Literacies

The Common Core State Standards: Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines

Comprehending Content Area Text

Using Comprehension Strategies to Guide Thinking

Using Comprehension Strategies to Extend Thinking

Teaching Vocabulary in the Content Areas

Organizing for Teaching and Learning

Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Writing in the Content Areas

Using Technology in the Content Areas

Inquiry: Key to Critical and Creative Thinking in the Content Areas

Poetry, Drama, Music, and Art: Alternative representations of Thinking

Course-based Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting

Meeting Challenges and Continuing to Learn through Professional Development

MARKET: For future and in-service grade six through 12 teachers