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Teaching Content to All: Evidence-Based Inclusive Practices in Middle and Secondary Schools


Teaching Content to All includes what every secondary teacher needs to know about instructing students with different learning needs. It helps secondary teachers understand academic diversity among students and then plan for and implement instruction that reaches all students. The text addresses the unique challenges faced by secondary educators committed to inclusion and to meeting standards for all students. Teaching Content to All explains research-based teaching techniques and strategies based on understanding instructional goals rather than simply implementing isolated teaching tools. Examples are heavily oriented toward the content areas, and the planning and teaching routines it presents are easily adap… More >>

Teaching Content to All: Evidence-Based Inclusive Practices in Middle and Secondary Schools

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Tools for Teaching Content Literacy

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Reading and writing across content areas is emphasized in the standards and on high-stakes tests at the state and national level. As educators seek to incorporate content-area literacy into their teaching, they confront a maze of theories, instructional strategies, and acronyms like REAP and RAFT. Teachers who do work their way through the myriad content reading and writing strategies are discovering not all activities are appropriate for content instruction: only those with a strong research base meet the high standards expected in classrooms today.Janet Allen developed the ideal support for teachers who want to improve their reading instruction across the curriculum. Tools for Teaching Content Literacy is a c… More >>

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Making Sense of History: Using High-Quality Literature and Hands-On Experiences to Build Content Knowledge

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For teachers interested in building reading skills and content knowledge simultaneously, this book is for them. Myra Zarnowski breaks the mold on traditional instruction by providing guidelines for building students’ understanding of and excitement for history. She demonstrates how to use high-quality literature and hands-on experiences to help students not only grasp the facts, but make sense of the facts. Loaded with book lists, step-by-step study units, and the work of real students, this book is just what teachers need to get students thinking, learning, and caring about the people and events of the past. For use with Grades 3 & Up…. More >>

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32 Quick & Fun Content Area Computer Activities: Middle School


Incite Grades 6-8 students’ enthusiasm to learn using technology in the curriculum! You’ll enhance learning and encourage high-order thinking by incorporating a technology project for every week of the school year. Students will develop key technology skills in word processing, spreadsheets, multimedia presentations, and using the Internet while you teach regular classroom content. Lessons are divided among content areas, and the flexible projects are great for computer centers, labs, or one-computer classrooms. The easy-to-follow teacher instructions and step-by-step student directions make this resource a hit in the classroom. The included Teacher Resource CD contains sample projects, templates, and assessmen… More >>

32 Quick & Fun Content Area Computer Activities: Middle School

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Supported Literacyfor Adolescents: Transforming Teaching and Content Learning for the 21st Century

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Supported Literacy for Adolescents, written by nationally recognized experts, introduces an innovative and field-tested instructional framework for preparing secondary students to succeed academically in a fast-changing and globally networked world. Filled with examples from science, history, literature, and special education classrooms, the book shows how teachers can enable diverse students, including under-performers, to develop critical thinking and other essential competencies along with the “multi-literacy” tools needed to engage in twenty-first century content learning…. More >>

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