Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading - By Harvey Daniels and Nancy Steineke
Includes
more than 75 news articles with various literacy strategies suggested
for each one. The articles are engaging and the strategies are clearly
explained.
95 Strategies for Remodeling Instruction - By Laura E. Pinto, Stephanie Spares, and Laura Driscoll
User
friendly descriptions of 95 ways to engage your students. Organized in
three sections: Strategies introducing your studenst to new material
and concepts, strategies which encourage students to apply new
knowledge, and strategies that help review, summarize and clarify
thinking about concepts that have already been taught and applied.
The Comprehension Toolkit: Language and Lessons for Active Literacy - By Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis
Included
in this kit are a series of 6 booklets describing 6 comprehension
strategies: Monitor Comprehension, Activate and Connect, Ask Questions,
Infer Meaning, Determine Importance, and Summarize & Synthesize.
Also included are two books with informational text selections: Toolkit Texts and Source Book of Short Text
Engaging Readers and Writers With Inquiry - By Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
Filled with strategies that engage students through questioning and discourse.
Action Strategies for Deepening Comprehension - By Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
Engage students with text through movement and enactments.
Brain Compatible Strategies - By Eric Jensen
Short
descriptions about how the brain works and suggestions of classroom
strategies that engage students based on different brain functions.
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement -
By Robert Marzano
Marzano's
meta-analysis reveals 9 strategies that have proven to increase student
achievement including similarities/differences, summarizing, and
graphic organizers.
Building Academic Language - Essential Practices for Content Classrooms - By Jeff Zwiers
Provides
background in the need of many students to understand and use the
language of school. Developing academic language involves more than
acquiring content-specific vocabulary. This book offers practical ideas
for helping your students develop academic language in all content
areas.