Chapter 1: The Many Reasons for Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas by Elisabeth Toombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn Made with serendipity en-us 2016-09-11 14:14:33 UTC 2023-08-28 17:35:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png "Academic language is the language of school." (Moore, Moore, Cunningham, & Cunningham, 2011, p. 2)  eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122961217
*Teachers can teach students to read, examine, and comprehend subject matter in all content areas. 

*Teachers should encourage students to read and write about what they are studying to increase literacy skills.


]]> 2016-09-11 14:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122961217 Changes eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122962156 *As students advance in school, the level of difficulty in readings increases.

*As children grow up, the demand for needing more sophisticated reading and writing abilities are increasing in the real world outside of school. ]]> 2016-09-11 14:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122962156 Content Area Teachers... eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122962863 *have mastered the material so they are the most qualified to teach reading and writing in their own content area

*need to teach the vocabulary that is present in each subject and encourage students to use the vocabulary when communicating 

]]> 2016-09-11 14:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122962863 Thinking - Basis for Reading, Writing, and Learning eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122964151 2016-09-11 15:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122964151 The Essential Thinking Processes eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122965605
*Overlap with Bloom's Taxonomy

*There is no direct order to the processes and each can be an independent thinking process

*Children at all grade levels can use one of the eight thinking processes]]> 2016-09-11 15:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122965605 Academic Identities eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122966402 *Positive: students who embrace learning and take responsibility of their learning

*Negative: students who are lost, unsuccessful, and do not value education]]> 2016-09-11 16:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122966402 Situtational Learners eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122966849 Students will have to adjust the type of learner they are or the way they learn depending on the subject and/or teacher. ]]> 2016-09-11 16:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122966849 Suggestions to Assist with Socially Situated Identities eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122967235 1. Avoid making assumptions of students' capabilities

2. Understand who your students are and adjust your instruction based on what they need

3. Guide students in learning how to adjust to your classroom instruction]]> 2016-09-11 16:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122967235 Reference eltoombs https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122967418 Moore, D. W., Moore, S. A., Cunningham, P. M., & Cunningham, J.M. (2011). Developing readers and writers in the content areas K-12 (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon]]> 2016-09-11 16:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eltoombs/oitiboccdjqn/wish/122967418