Reading And Writing Strategies For The Secondary English Classroom In A Plc

"Professional learning communities (PLCs) support educators in generating stronger instructional practices and progressing student learning. Due to the large literacy gaps in students' education, the teaching and learning of literacy is a major concern of these collaborative teams. In Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary English Classroom in a PLC, authors Daniel M. Argentar, Katherine A. N. Gillies, Maureen M. Rubenstein, and Brian R. Wise provide grades 6-12 English language arts (ELA) teachers effective strategies to combat these literacy concerns and improve students' skill development. This book aims to prompt conversations on how to approach literacy development with the goal of promoting academic growth for all students-both struggling and advanced. By reading this book, secondary ELA teachers will discover practical methods to improve students' literacy skills and learn how to build a culture of collaboration"--

Prepare middle school and high school students to read, write, and think like social studies experts and historians. Part of the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series, this resource details how grades 6–12 teachers can work together to support literacy development and social studies learning. Explore how to develop collaborative teams, differentiate instruction, design meaningful common assessments, and more. Use this resource to address large literacy gaps that require the support of all content-area teachers: Recognize the need for and benefits of literacy development in social studies classrooms. Learn why collaboration among different content-area teams in a professional learning community (PLC) can enhance reading and writing instructional strategies. Foster student engagement by utilizing adaptable strategies for developing prereading, during-reading, and postreading skills in social studies. Apply strategies for writing development in social studies. Obtain tools and techniques for designing meaningful assessments that align with social studies standards and literacy goals of secondary education. Contents: Preface Introduction: Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher Chapter 1: Collaboration, Learning, and Results Chapter 2: Foundational Literacy Triage Chapter 3: Prereading Chapter 4: During Reading Chapter 5: Postreading Chapter 6: Writing Chapter 7: Assessment Epilogue Appendix: Reproducibles

"Professional learning communities (PLCs) support educators in generating stronger instructional practices and progressing student learning. Due to the large literacy gaps in students' education, the teaching and learning of literacy is a major concern of these collaborative teams. In Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary English Classroom in a PLC, authors Daniel M. Argentar, Katherine A. N. Gillies, Maureen M. Rubenstein, and Brian R. Wise provide grades 6-12 English language arts (ELA) teachers effective strategies to combat these literacy concerns and improve students' skill development. This book aims to prompt conversations on how to approach literacy development with the goal of promoting academic growth for all students-both struggling and advanced. By reading this book, secondary ELA teachers will discover practical methods to improve students' literacy skills and learn how to build a culture of collaboration"--

"High-quality literacy instruction is necessary for all learners, and building a solid literacy foundation is of paramount importance during the elementary grades. Part of the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series edited by Mark Onuscheck and Jeanne Spiller, Reading and Writing Instruction for PreK Through First-Grade Classrooms in a PLC at Work outlines how collaborative teams in professional learning communities (PLCs) support and encourage the literacy development of all students. Authors Erica Martin and Lisa May provide PreK through first-grade teachers tools and strategies for designing standards-aligned instruction, assessments, extensions, and interventions. By reading this book, teachers will address specific literacy challenges and situations found within their grade band and explore methods to collaboratively provide a guaranteed and viable curriculum for every student"--

The Third Edition features an array of new and updated individual reading/writing strategies, activities and mini-lessons, and it scaffolds these strategies in extended demonstration lessons that teachers can implement in their middle and secondary English classrooms. Well-respected author Carol Booth Olson extends far beyond most books intended for teachers of language arts by integrating reading and writing in creative, theory-based ways. Already a classic in its field, this book intends to explore and reinforce the reading/writing connection and thus help teachers make visible to their students what it is that experienced readers and writers do when they make meaning from and with texts. Lauded by students and professors as a clear and straight-forward book, this new edition includes plenty of material about teaching the writing process and responding to literature, and provides new and improved lessons and activities that help students learn specific strategies. New to this Edition: New demonstration lessons that highlight students showing cognitive strategy use More high school examples and references to high school texts throughout the book A focus on 21 st century literacies throughout the book with specific activities influenced by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Framework and the 21st Century English Skills Map Differentiation activities in several demonstration lessons for different student populations

Presents methods of helping third through sixth graders with literacy problems, covering such topics as motivation, small-group instruction, differentiated instruction, and standardized tests.

A study of language and image in the reading-writing classroom. The essays are divided into four sections on authorizing the image, mental vision, graphic vision, and verbal vision. Topics covered include: inviting imagery into the classroom; and exploring advertising in the diverse classroom.