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Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, William Brozo, and Gay Ivey
50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content Literacy, 2/e
Discover step-by-step procedures for implementing content area instructional routines to improve students' literacy skills
From some of the best-known authors in the field comes a book that provides all middle and high school teachers with practical information about improving students’ reading, writing, and oral language development. Every teacher needs to use instructional routines that allow students to engage in all of these literacy processes. Classroom examples from science, social studies, English, math, visual and performing arts, and core electives ensure that all middle and high school teachers will find useful ideas that they can implement immediately. This book provides readers with examples of fifty evidence-based instructional routines that can be used across content areas to ensure that reading and writing occur in all classes.
Key elements of the Second Edition include:
Strengthening of classroom scenarios Identifying specific instances in which the routine is useful for English Learners Identifying specific instances in which the routine is useful for struggling readers Updating of research reviews and references Focusing on additional content areas
Meet the Authors
Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and the Director of Professional Development for the City Heights Educational Collaborative. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design as well as books, such as Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work and Responsive Curriculum Design in Secondary Schools: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Students.
William G. Brozo is a professor of language and literacy at the University of Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and his master's and doctorate from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Brozo serves on the editorial review boards of the Reading Research Quarterly and Reading Research and Instruction and the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Literacy in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and the Coordinator of Professional Development Schools for the City Heights Educational Collaborative. Before joining the university faculty, Nancy was a teacher in the Broward County (FL) Public Schools, where she taught students at the elementary and middle school level and later worked for the Florida Department of Education. She is a recipient of the Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education.
Gay Ivey, Ph.D., is the Graduate Program Coordinator of Reading at James Madison University. Dr. Ivey began her career in education as a middle school reading specialist in Albemarle County, Virginia and held positions at Rutgers University and the University of Maryland at College Park before joining the JMU faculty in 2001. She is involved with numerous organizations including the National Reading Conference,
the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the American Educational Research Association.
Review
"I appreciate the distinction... between strategies and routines, especially indicating the focus of strategies as being student-focused and routines being teacher-initiated. Student work samples illustrating the application of various routines help readers visualize possible student response to routines. I also was pleased to see the expansion of subject areas in the application section as this supports the concept of content area integration." Miriam A. Ward, Oklahoma State University
Synopsis
From some of the best-known authors in the field comes a book that provides all middle and high school teachers with practical information about improving students’ reading, writing, and oral language development. Every teacher needs to use instructional routines that allow students to engage in all of these literacy processes. Classroom examples from science, social studies, English, math, visual and performing arts, and core electives ensure that all middle and high school teachers will find useful ideas that they can implement immediately. This book provides readers with examples of fifty evidence-based instructional routines that can be used across content areas to ensure that reading and writing occur in all classes.
Evidence-based-a clear research base is presented with every instructional routine, helping you further understand when and why a particular approach should be used.
Practical examples-for each instructional routine presented, a practical example is provided that illustrates ways this routine has been used in today's classrooms.
Quick reference — instructional routines are arranged alphabetically, and an index on the inside front cover specifies the literacy focus for each strategy and whether the strategy is meant to be used before, during, or after reading.
Instructional routines- recommended actions a teacher can take to foster comprehension, such as thinking aloud, using Question-Answer Relationships, and teaching with word walls.
About the Author
Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and the Director of Professional Development for the City Heights Educational Collaborative. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design as well as books, such as Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work and Responsive Curriculum Design in Secondary Schools: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Students. He has taught a variety of courses in SDSU¹s teacher-credentialing program as well as graduate-level courses on English language development and literacy. He has also taught classes in English, writing, and literacy development to secondary school students.
William G. Brozo is a professor of language and literacy at the University of Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and his master's and doctorate from the University of South Carolina. He has taught reading and language arts in junior and senior high school in the Carolinas. He is the author of numerous articles on literacy development for young adults as well as To Be a Boy, To Be a Reader (International Reading Association), a book of strategies for helping teen and preteen males become active readers. Dr. Brozo serves on the editorial review boards of the Reading Research Quarterly and Reading Research and Instruction and the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. He is also a member of the Commission on Adolescent Literacy. Dr. Brozo regularly speaks at professional meetings around the country and consults with teachers and administrators to discuss ways of enriching the literacy culture of middle and secondary schools and making teaching more responsive to student needs.
Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Literacy in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University and the Coordinator of Professional Development Schools for the City Heights Educational Collaborative. Before joining the university faculty, Nancy was a teacher in the Broward County (FL) Public Schools, where she taught students at the elementary and middle school level. She later worked for the Florida Department of Education on a statewide project for supporting students with diverse learning needs in general education curriculum. She is a recipient of the Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Her research interests include reading and literacy, assessment, intervention, and curriculum design, and she was a finalist in for the International Reading Association's Outstanding Dissertation Award. She has co-authored books on literacy such as Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work and Language Arts Workshop: Purposeful Reading and Writing Instruction, both published by Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall. ]
Gay Ivey, Ph.D., is the Graduate Program Coordinator of Reading at James Madison University. Dr. Ivey began her career in education as a middle school reading specialist in Albemarle County, Virginia and held positions at Rutgers University and the University of Maryland at College Park before joining the JMU faculty in 2001. She is involved with numerous organizations including the National Reading Conference,
the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the American Educational Research Association.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Adjunct Displays
Anticipation Guides
Concept Maps
Dictoglos
Directed Notetaking Activity
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity
Echo or Choral Reading
Exit Slips
Fishbowl Discussions
Found Poems
Generative Reading
Guest Speakers
Independent Reading
Interest Surveys, Questionnaires, and Interviews
Jigsaw
KWL
Language Experience Approach
Mnemonics
Modeled Writing
Modeling Language of Process
Opinionative
Pattern Guide
Poems for Two Voices
Popcorn Review
Professor Know-It-All
Questioning the Author
Question-Answer Relationship
Raft Writing
Read-Alouds
Readers’ Theatre
Read-Write-Pair-Share
Reciprocal Teaching
ReQuest
Response Writing
Shades of Meaning
Shared Reading
SPAWN Writing
Split-Page Notetaking
Student Booktalks
Student Questions for Purposeful Learning
Text Impressions
Text Structures
Think-Alouds
Tossed Terms
Vocabulary Cards
Vocabulary Self-Awareness
Word Grids/Semantic Feature Analysis
Word Scavenger Hunts
Word Sorts
Word Walls