Reading Across the Curriculum Resources

 

General Web Resources

Web Sites Related to Graphic Organizers and Text Structure

Professional Books

 

General Web Resources

Adolescent Literacy in the Content Areas. The Knowledge Loom.

http://knowledgeloom.org/adlit/index.jsp

 

An Inquiry Model for Literacy across the Curriculum

http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~chip/pubs/96inqmodel.htm

 

Practical Advice on Reading across the Curriculum

http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu/10-01/read/

 

Reading in the Content Areas: It’s Just Different (free online course)

http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/readingincontentareas.html

 

Reading in the Content Areas: Strategies for Success

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/12

 

Web Sites Related to Graphic Organizers and Text Structure

 

The Graphic Organizer

http://www.graphic.org/

 

Using Graphic Organizers

http://www.literacymatters.org/content/study/organizers.htm

 

Using Text Structure

http://www.nea.org/reading/usingtextstructure.html

 

Graphic Organizer for Pre-Reading

http://www.nea.org/reading/graphicorganizerpre.html

 

Professional Books

 

Boynton, A. & Blevins, W. (2003). Teaching students to read nonfiction.  New York:  Scholastic Professional Books.

 

Boynton, A. & Blevins, W. (2004). Teaching students to read nonfiction:  Grades 2-4.  New York:  Scholastic Professional Books.

 

Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2000). Strategies that work:  Teaching comprehension to enhance understanding.  Portland, ME:  Stenhouse Publishers.

 

Hoyt, L. (1999). Revisit, reflect, retell:  Strategies for improving reading comprehension.  Portsmouth, NH:  Heinemann.

 

Kristo, J. V. & Bamford,  R. A. (2004). Nonfiction in focus:  A comprehensive framework for helping students become independent readers and writers of nonfiction, K-6. New York:  Scholastic.

 

Lenski, S. D., Wham, M. A., & Johns, J. L. (1999). Reading & learning strategies for middle & high school students.  Dubuque, IA:  Kendall-Hunt.

 

McKee, J. and Ogle, D. (2005). Integrating instruction: Literacy and science.  New York:  The Guilford Press.

 

Robb, L. (2003). Teaching reading in social studies, science, and math:  Practical ways to weave comprehension strategies into your content area teaching.  New York:  Scholastic.

 

Stephens, E.C., & Brown, J. E. (2000). A handbook of content literacy strategies:  75 practical reading and writing ideas.  Norwood, MA:  Christopher-Gordon.

 

Tovani, C. (2004). Do I really have to teach reading?  Content comprehension, Grades 6-12.  Portland, ME:  Stenhouse Publishers.

 

Wood, K. D. (2001). Literacy strategies across the subject areas: Process-oriented blackline masters for the K-12 classroom (p. 7-10).  Boston:  Allyn & Bacon.

 

Wormelli, R. (2005). Summarization in any subject: 50 techniques to improve student learning.  Alexandria, VA:  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.