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Disciplinary Literacy is about to go from theory to game plan—taking students from superficial understanding to deep content expertise. And guess what? ReLeah Lent’s big secret lies in highlighting each content area’s differences—advancing a discipline-specific model in which literacy is used as a tool for strategic thinking, reading, writing, and doing within each field. That’s right—no more reading strategies used uniformly across the curriculum. Instead, This Is Disciplinary Literacy helps content-area teachers put into action the key literacies of their specialties. Teaching science? Students must evaluate evidence and question as they read. History? Comparing and contrasting sources and interpreting the import of events are key. Writing in Math? Accuracy is favored over elaboration and craft. Reading fiction in ELA? Synthesizing and attuning to voice and figurative language reign supreme. Students fully own knowledge because your instruction zeroes in on the academic habits that matter most.  Content area by content area, ReLeah shows how to immediately incorporate these literacies into lessons, units, and project-based learning. Inside you’ll find: "Spotlights" on all major disciplines that highlight how implementation looks in real classrooms  Extend and Adapt sections with ideas for augmenting activities for students who need different challenges or support, tips for companion activities, and digital sources for short texts and video Q&A sections bringing both reassurance and get-it-done advice  New ways to re-boot essential research-based practices that work in any field—reading, writing, inquiry, and collaboration Free companion website featuring a complete PD workshop with PowerPoint slides for ready-to-go professional learning And best of all, students not only engage in the genuine intellectual challenges of the disciplines—they are eager to do so! This Is Disciplinary Literacy gives students entrance to the global communities of practice, and provides schools, districts, and teachers with a proven approach that makes college-and-career-readiness a reality.  Featured Book:  Common Core CPR

This Is Disciplinary Literacy

• Acknowledgments


• Foreword


• Chapter 1. Literacy Within the Disciplines


• The Problem With Reading Strategies


• Unpacking Disciplinary Literacy


• Deeper Learning and Disciplinary Literacy


• Disciplinary Literacy and Standards


• The Role of the Teacher


• Spotlight on Science


• Disciplinary Reading, Writing, Inquiry, and Collaboration


• Suggestions for Further Reading


• Chapter 2. Reading Within the Disciplines


• The Benefits of Reading Within the Disciplines


• Shifts for Reading Within the Disciplines


• Reading Within Science


• Reading Within Math


• Reading Within History and Social Studies


• Reading Within ELA


• Spotlight on ELA


• Questions (and Answers) About Reading Within the Disciplines


• Spotlight on Special Education


• How to Get Students Reading in Every Discipline Every Day


• 1. Current Events Short Takes: Making Disciplinary Learning Relevant


• How It Works


• ? Tips for Using Current Event Short Takes


• Why It Works


• Extend and Adapt


• Spotlight on History and Social Studies


• 2. Reading Aloud: A Bridge to Complex Text


• How It Works


• ? How to Read Aloud


• ? Ideas for Reading Aloud


• Why It Works


• Extend and Adapt


• 3. Getting It Visually: Infographics, Charts, Graphs, Political Cartoons, Photographs, and Illustrations


• How It Works


• ? Questions for Interpreting Visual Text


• ? Ideas for Incorporating Visual Literacy


• Why It Works


• Extend and Adapt


• 4. Entering the Blogosphere: Text From the Real World


• Spotlight on ELA and Social Studies Team-Taught Class


• How It Works


• Why It Works


• ? Ideas for Using Blogs in the C