Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading: With More Than 75 Articles from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Car and Driver, Chicago Tribune, and Many Others

P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=leftI style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"FONT size=3FONT face="Times New Roman""To have any hope of kids investing fully in the subject matter, we have to start by evoking their curiosity and get them interested in the topic.SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes" /SPANEngaging the students can't wait.SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes" /SPANIf we wait for the fun stuff that might pop up later, the kids will have already jumped ship."?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /o:p/o:p/FONT/FONT/I/P P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=leftSPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"FONT size=3FONT face="Times New Roman"-?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /st1:City w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"BHarvey/B/st1:place/st1:CityB "Smokey" Daniels/B and BNancy Steineke/B/FONT/FONT/SPAN/P P style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=leftSPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"/SPANFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"Today we're all expected to be "teachers of reading"-no matter what our subjectarea. With I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading/I, BHarvey "Smokey" Daniels/B and BNancy Steineke/B support content-area and language-arts teachers alike by pairing more than 75 short, kid-tested reproducible nonfiction texts with 33 simple, ready-to-go lessons that deepen comprehension and support effective collaboration.SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes" /SPANAnd we all know that comprehension and collaboration are just what the new Common Core State Standards call for (CCSS, 2010)./FONT/P P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=lefto:pFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman" /FONT/o:pFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"In the same teacher-friendly, classroom-wise voices that made I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"Subjects Matter/I and I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"Content-Area Writing/I bestsellers, Daniels and Steineke prove that with the right materials and the right lessons, you can turn your kids into much better readers in your subject field by showing:/FONT/P UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal DIV align=leftFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"how proficient readers think/FONT /DIV LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal DIV align=leftFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"how skillful collaborators act/FONT /DIV LI style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal DIV align=leftFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"how to use quick and engaging activities that add to,BR/FONTFONT size=3FONT face="Times New Roman"not steal from subject-matter learning.SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes" /SPAN/FONT/FONT/DIV/LI/UL P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=lefto:pFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman" /FONT/o:pFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"Each real-world text was chosen for its subject-area relevance, its interest to teens, and for its "wow factor"-the texts most likely to engage kids in discussion and debate.SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes" /SPANStep-by-step lessons accompany each text, including:/FONT/P UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal DIV align=leftFONT size=3FONT face="Times New Roman"B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"23 Strategy Lessons/B that focus closely on at least one key comprehension strategy or collaboration skill that proficient learners use, and address the Common Core Standards for ELA /FONT/FONT/DIV LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class=MsoNormal DIV align=leftFONT size=3FONT face="Times New Roman"B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"10 Text Set Lessons/B that directly align to commonly taught curricular topics and offer a deeper, longer engagement in the subjects and strategies at hand.SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes" /SPANI style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"o:p/o:p/I/FONT/FONT/DIV/LI/UL P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=lefto:pFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman" /FONT/o:pFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"Watch what happens when you give your kids a combination of interesting texts, instruction in smart-reader strategies, and an explicit understanding of good discussion skills.SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes" /SPANMeeting the standards has never been so much fun. /FONT/P P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=leftFONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"STRONGSpecial Offer!/STRONG Get 20% off when you purchase EMTexts and Lessons/EM with EMSubjects Matter/EM (Daniels and Zemelman). Click here for details./FONT/P