Literature-Based Teaching in the Content Areas: 40 Strategies for K-8 Classrooms [Paperback]

Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy provides everything a teacher needs to get started: a classroom example that models the strategy, a research-based rationale, relevant content standards, suggested books, reader-response questions and prompts, assessment ideas, examples of how to adapt the strategy for different grade levels (K2, 35, and 68), and ideas for differentiating instruction for English language learners and struggling students. Throughout the book, student work samples and classroom vignettes bring the content to life.Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy provides everything a teacher needs to get started: a classroom example that models the strategy, a research-based rationale, relevant content standards, suggested books, reader-response questions and prompts, assessment ideas, examples of how to adapt the strategy for different grade levels (K2, 35, and 68), and ideas for differentiating instruction for English language learners and struggling students. Throughout the book, student work samples and classroom vignettes bring the content to life.An excellent resource for pre-services teachers to have so that they go into the classroom with developed materials.Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Teaching in the Content Areas: Literature-Based Instruction in the K-8 Classroom
Part I. Language Arts and Reading
Part II. Social Studies
Part III. Mathematics
Part IV. Science
Part V. The Arts