Keep Them Reading is a concise handbook for teachers, librarians, administrators, and district personnel about how to prevent censorship in a school or district―and what to do if it happens. Written by two award-winning authors who have devoted much of their careers to anti-censorship work, this book discusses the overall importance of reading in all academic endeavors and demonstrates how challenges and censorship can derail even the best literacy program. Each chapter contains practical tools, advice, and resources for building understanding about issues of intellectual freedom and for creating a plan to help all parties work through challenges before they turn into damaging censorship incidents. The last chapter contains advice from authors who have dealt with censorship, such as Judy Blume, and experts on the subject, such as Joan Bertin, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship. Book Features: <ul>
<li> Procedures for dealing with censorship challenges before they arise. </li> <li> Protocols to help teachers and librarians meet challenges and resist censorship.</li> <li> Samples of actual letters teachers can use to defend their selection of a text.</li> <li> Detailed suggestions for conducting meetings with parents and district personnel.</li> <li> Helpful lists of books dealing with censorship, relevant court cases, and national organizations offering support and resources.</li>
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Keep Them Reading: An Anti-Censorship Handbook for Educators (Language and Literacy Series)

Education & Teaching

Lent, ReLeah Cossett

Pipkin, Gloria

Schools & Teaching

Teachers' College Press

Higher & Continuing Education

Overcoming textbook fatigue means reaching within and beyond the textbook to access all sorts of 21st century tools, the same ones that students will be using in college, careers, and daily life. ReLeah Cossett Lent Textbook fatigue is a malaise that negatively affects teachers and students. It is the result of scripted programs and step-by-step teachers manuals that dismiss the individualization of schools, teachers, and students. Because textbooks provide a one-way distillation of information aimed at a broad, generic population, they offer little to engage or pique the interest of the 30 individuals in a classroom. In this example-packed book, ReLeah Cossett Lent shows how educators can reclaim the curriculum by shifting the textbook from sole source to resource. She also gives advice on using Common Core State Standards throughout the school and in the classroom. Teachers, coaches, curriculum coordinators, and administrators will discover proven techniques that will revitalize teaching and learning in every content area: *Discipline-specific writing activities that extend and deepen lessons. *Strategies for using content-specific materials that encourage students to read to learn. *Effective vocabulary strategies that work throughout the curriculum. *Methods to tap into and build background knowledge. *Fun activities that use relevant life skills to involve and engage students in learning. Lent highlights what s to be gained from loosening the grip on textbooks and provides practical guidance on how to accomplish that goal, using real-life examples from schools that have made the change. Overcoming Textbook Fatigue is brimming with ideas to restore the joy of teaching and learning and, in the process, boost student achievement.

Overcoming Textbook Fatigue: 21st Century Tools to Revitalize Teaching and Learning

ASCD

How to revive your most resistant learners Common Core CPR is needed. Urgently. Because if we continue to insist that all students meet expectations that are well beyond their abilities, these kids will only decline faster. We must cast aside what we know harms students and apply the teaching methods we know work. Embracing what is best about the standards, Lent and Gilmore explicitly connect ideal outcomes to practical classroom strategies, including how to <ul>
<li>Consider choice and relevance in every assignment </li> <li>Plan and spot opportunities for success </li> <li>Scaffold students’ comprehension of fiction and nonfiction </li> <li>Model close reading </li> <li>Teach students to use evidence</li> </ul>

Common Core CPR: What About the Adolescents Who Struggle . . . or Just Don’t Care? (Corwin Literacy)

Business & Money

Gilmore, Barry

Education & Reference

Corwin

Think you understand Disciplinary Literacy? Think again. In this important reference, content teachers and other educators explore why students need to understand how historians, novelists, mathematicians, and scientists use literacy in their respective fields. ReLeah shows how to teach students to: <ul>
<li>Evaluate and question evidence (Science)</li> <li>Compare sources and interpret events (History)</li> <li>Favor accuracy over elaboration (Math)</li> <li>Attune to voice and fi gurative language (ELA)</li> </ul>

This Is Disciplinary Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Doing . . . Content Area by Content Area (Corwin Literacy)

You wouldn’t tell a heart surgeon to also do pediatrics―so why would we tell content area educators they must "do" literacy? Math, history, English and science teachers are passionate about their specialties, and that’s why authors Releah Lent and Marsha Voight designed a framework that keeps teachers’ subjects at the center of daily classroom life while also helping them pool strengths with colleagues. Based on years of successful implementation, this powerful PL cycle "drops in" seamlessly to any school setting, so teachers schoolwide take on innovative practices of reading, writing, thinking, and doing within their areas of expertise.

Disciplinary Literacy in Action: How to Create and Sustain a School-Wide Culture of Deep Reading, Writing, and Thinking (Corwin Literacy)

Voigt, Marsha McCracken

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive&nbsp;FREE SHIPPING!&nbsp;Use code&nbsp;SHIPOYFG&nbsp;at check out. Each of the social science disciplines requires literacy skills that can look completely different from those in other content areas. A disciplinary literacy approach, then, expands content learning by helping students read, write, think, and communicate as experts in history, sociology, or global studies, offering a more relevant way to understand complex concepts and challenging texts. This On-Your-Feet Guide will help teachers * Plan instruction that engages students' natural inquiry and curiosity;&nbsp; * Apprentice students toward deeper understanding of social science concepts, terms, understandings, and text; * Help students use their learning to create, communicate, and participate as social scientists; * Teach skills required by social studies standards and frameworks; and * Work with colleagues to design instructional units that incorporate both content and literacy skills. Students can then use these tools to compare, create, connect, and construct as they do the work of experts instead of only reading about how it's done.On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.&nbsp; Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides*&nbsp;When you know the "what" but need help with the "how"*&nbsp;As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book*&nbsp;To learn how to implement foundational practices*&nbsp;When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself

The On-Your-Feet Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies (On-Your-Feet-Guides)

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive&nbsp;FREE SHIPPING!&nbsp;Use code&nbsp;SHIPOYFG&nbsp;at check out. How can you use literacy tools used to help students practice the behaviors of scientists? With a disciplinary literacy approach, science teachers can focus on teaching their specialized content by showing students the literacies that truly support scientific thinking - so students can read, write, think, investigate, and communicate as scientists. This On-Your-Feet Guide will help teachers:INTRODUCTION * Plan instruction that engages students' natural inquiry and curiosity; * Apprentice students toward deeper understanding of scientific concepts,&nbsp;terms, understandings, and text; * Help students use their new learning to create, communicate, and participate in science; * Teach skills required by science standards and frameworks; and * Work with colleagues to design instructional units that incorporate both deeper content learning and science-specific literacy skills. The strategies in this guide will help you teach students to read, write, think, and do as scientists!On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.&nbsp; Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides*&nbsp;When you know the "what" but need help with the "how"*&nbsp;As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book*&nbsp;To learn how to implement foundational practices*&nbsp;When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself

The On-Your-Feet Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in Science (On-Your-Feet-Guides)

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive&nbsp;FREE SHIPPING!&nbsp;Use code&nbsp;SHIPOYFG&nbsp;at check out. Math has its own specialized language. Mathematicians write in symbols, read patterns, and think in terms of visual or abstract ideas. With a disciplinary literacy approach, math teachers can focus on teaching their specialized content by showing students the literacies that truly support mathematical thinking - so students can read, write, think, investigate, and communicate as mathematicians. This On-Your-Feet Guide will help teachers: <ul> <li>Plan instruction that engages students' natural inquiry and curiosity;</li> <li>Apprentice students toward deeper understanding of mathematical concepts, terms, symbols, and patterns;</li> <li>Help students use their new learning to create, communicate, and act as mathematicians;</li> <li>Teach skills required by mathematical standards and frameworks; and</li> <li>Start working with colleagues to design instructional units that incorporate both&nbsp;mathematics and literacy skills.</li> </ul> On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.&nbsp; Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.Use the On-Your-Feet Guides <ul> <li style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;">When you know the "what" but need help with the "how"</li> <li style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;">As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book</li> <li style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;">To learn how to implement foundational practices</li> <li style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;">When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself</li> </ul>

The On-Your-Feet Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in Mathematics (On-Your-Feet-Guides)

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Keep Them Reading: An Anti-Censorship Handbook for Educators (Language and Literacy Series)

Keep Them Reading: An Anti-Censorship Handbook for Educators (Language and Literacy Series)

Overcoming Textbook Fatigue: 21st Century Tools to Revitalize Teaching and Learning

Common Core CPR: What About the Adolescents Who Struggle . . . or Just Don’t Care? (Corwin Literacy)

This Is Disciplinary Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Doing . . . Content Area by Content Area (Corwin Literacy)

Disciplinary Literacy in Action: How to Create and Sustain a School-Wide Culture of Deep Reading, Writing, and Thinking (Corwin Literacy)

The On-Your-Feet Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies (On-Your-Feet-Guides)

The On-Your-Feet Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in Science (On-Your-Feet-Guides)

The On-Your-Feet Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in Mathematics (On-Your-Feet-Guides)