Adolescent literacy in the era of the Common Core : from research into practice /

This timely, important book offers no quick fixes to the challenges facing content area teachers under the common core state standards. Instead, Ippolito (Salem State Univ.), Lawrence (Univ. of California, Irvine), and Zaller have assembled a complete picture of literacy-based content area classrooms and the enriching routines that take place within them. Adolescent Literacy in the Era of the Common Core updates now outdated notions of content area literacy that focus on broadly construed reading strategies. Instead, the contributors focus on disciplinary literacy, the literacy skills and challenges that are unique to particular content areas. Within the disciplinary literacy frame, chapters focus alternatively on theory and practice related to vocabulary, classroom discussion, digital literacy, use of multiple texts, and writing to learn--all cornerstones of sound literacy instruction under the common core. This book is recommended for educators who are already familiar with the common core but who are looking to hone their practices and situate them within educational theory. A particular strength is the final chapter by Ippolito and Zaller that connects the ideas in the previous chapters to the common core and presents readers with a veritable treasure trove of web-based resources. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. M. B. Hopkins Nazareth College of Rochester