This practical, engaging text introduces prospective and practicing
teachers to K-12 content reading instruction.
Unlike any other text in the market, the content progresses from general
practices, cycles, and settings of instruction, to units of instruction
and specific lesson planning. Well-respected authors Dave Moore, Pat
Cunningham, Sharon Moore, Patricia M. Cunningham, and Jim Cunningham
speak to educators new to the idea of content area literacy instruction
and focus on instruction that is aligned with state standards and tests,
yet promote literacy that goes beyond that which is tested.
The sixth edition of Developing Readers and Writers in the Content
Areas places even more emphasis than in the past on (a) new digital
literacies, (b) disciplinary literacies, and (c) English learners and
special needs students. Chapters describe instruction appropriate for a
comprehensive content-area literacy program (literature, comprehension,
vocabulary, writing, study, inquiry, and differentiation), and include
end-of-chapter applications that show how the practices apply to
specific content areas such as science and mathematics. This text
contains accessible language, concrete examples, and adjunct learning
aids to help new learners access it.
