To help students understand content, don't throw out the old, just add the new. Exposing students to various ways to express a thought or idea gives them the opportunity to be successful and share their experiences in ways that resonate. The range of options is expanding so quickly that it can be both exciting and intimidating. Which tools will work best for a particular assignment? How should you use them? That's what this book is about. Nancy Walker, Thomas Bean, and Benita Dillard What do you do When Textbooks Fall Short? When students can't or won't engage with content-area textbooks that seem like artifacts filled with disconnected facts? You stay with the old and add a little something new. Nancy Walker, Thomas Bean, and Benita Dillard show how to go beyond the textbook with print and online resources that reflect how adolescents read today. You don't have to spend thousands or rewire your classroom-you only have to be willing to support core texts with shorter readings that build comprehension and competency with key concepts in your content area. Nancy, Tom, and Benita combine years of research and the experiences of numerous teachers and reading specialists to share: <ul>
<li>classroom examples that model ways to go beyond the textbook to reach all students-especially struggling readers</li> <li>research-based strategies that support deeper learning and connection with the core curriculum</li> <li>recommendations for print and online resources proven to engage adolescents</li> <li>ideas for collaborative activities that help content stick by putting the primary sources, articles, and other media you share with students to use. </li> </ul>
When Textbooks Fall Short isn't just for those who have already embedded new literacies into the curriculum. It's also for veterans committed to their content-area textbook. It meets teachers where they are-and shows how to meet students where they are-by bringing in a little something new that can do what the textbook can't do by itself.

When Textbooks Fall Short: New Ways, New Texts, New Sources of Information in the Content Areas

Education & Teaching

Bean, Thomas W.

Walker, Nancy

Dillard, Benita

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

The 11th edition of Content Area Literacy focuses on developing 21st century learners who are adept at reading and critiquing multiple texts. Organized into two parts: Learning with Text and Technology and Teaching and Learning Strategies, this edition has a redesigned page format that provides teachers quick and easy access to concepts, ideas, and strategies.
Content Area Literacy features:
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<li>theory and related discipline-specific learning strategies designed to assist middle and secondary students in reading and learning through 21st century literacy practices.</li>
<li>a multimedia approach that integrates the book with additional website resources.</li>
<li>new teaching and learning strategies as well as a discussion of current literacy issues.</li>
</ul>
Content Area Literacy Learning Aids:
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Technology - Access to an expanded companion website provides valuable and current information on the subject.</li>
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Anticipation Guides in Part 1 present a series of statements and facilitate discussion of literacy issues to come.</li>
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Vignettes in Part 2 present a classroom scenario that sets the tone of the chapter lesson.</li>
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Rationale sections explain the purpose of the chapter.</li>
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Learning Objectives focus on the literacy issues discussed in each chapter.</li>
<li>The Graphic Organizer gives a preview of new vocabulary and concepts.</li>
<li>Several Chapter Features including Applications, Consider This, Glimpse into the Classroom, and Summary sections.</li>
</ul>
Content Area Literacy End of Chapter Aids:
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Reaction Guides/Vignettes – reinforce the Anticipation Guides and Vignettes from the chapter openers and confirm the big picture presented in the chapter.</li>
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Mini Projects to apply chapter information.</li>
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Website Activity references exercises for the corresponding chapter content.</li>
</ul>

Content Area Literacy: An Integrated Approach

Reference

Readence, John E.

Baldwin, R. Scott

Words, Language & Grammar

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research

The most comprehensive and up-to-date source available for college reading and study strategy practitioners and administrators, the Third Edition of the Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research reflects and responds to changing demographics as well as politics and policy concerns in the field since the publication of the previous edition. In this thorough and systematic examination of theory, research, and practice, the Handbook offers information to help college reading teachers to make better instructional decisions; justification for programmatic implementations for administrators; and a complete compendium of both theory and practice to better prepare graduate students to understand the parameters and issues of this field. The Handbook is an essential resource for professionals, researchers, and students as they continue to study, research, learn, and share more about college reading and study strategies. Addressing current and emerging theories of knowledge, subjects, and trends impacting the field, the Third Edition features new topics such as disciplinary literacy, social media, and gaming theory.

Routledge

"This is an excellent text. I particularly liked how the authors share examples of critical literacy throughout the book, especially with digital and multimedia texts."
―Peter McDermott, The Sage Colleges
"Through realistic discussion of how text shapes us and is shaped by us, Critical Literacy provides pre- and in-service teachers with concrete ways to engage in critical literacy practices with children from elementary through high school."
―Cheryl A. Kreutter, St. John Fisher College
…a unique, practical critical literacy text with concrete examples and theoretical tools for pre- and in-service teachers
Authors Lisa Patel Stevens and Thomas W. Bean explore the historical and political foundations of critical literacy and present a comprehensive examination of its uses for K-12 classroom practice.
Key Features:
· Focuses on the nexus of critical literacy theory and practice through real classroom examples, vignettes, and conversations among teachers and teacher educators 
· Illustrates how critical literacy practices are enacted in the classroom at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. 
· Offers step-by-step teaching strategies for implementing critical literacy in K-12 classrooms at different paces, depending on existing curriculum
Intended Audience:
This is an excellent supplemental text for a variety of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in education departments on how to teach reading and writing. This text will also appeal to instructors and students exploring issues of representation, linguistics, and critical deconstruction.

Critical Literacy: Context, Research, and Practice in the K-12 Classroom

Stevens, Lisa Patel

Sage Publications, Inc.

Teaching Young Adult Literature: Developing Students As World Citizens (by Thomas W. Bean, Judith Dunkerly-Bean, and Helen Harper) is a middle and secondary school methods text that introduces pre-service teachers in teacher credential programs and in-service teachers pursuing a Masters degree in Education to the field of young adult literature for use in contemporary contexts. The text introduces teachers to current research on adolescent life and literacy; the new and expanding genres of young adult literature; teaching approaches and practical strategies for using young adult literature in English and Language Arts secondary classrooms and in Content Area Subjects (e.g. History); and ongoing social, political and pedagogical issues of English and Language Arts classrooms in relation to contemporary young adult literature.

Teaching Young Adult Literature: Developing Students as World Citizens

Teen & Young Adult

Dunkerly-Bean, Judithann

Harper, Helen J.

Education & Reference

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