Minds-On Classrooms: Using Student Talk and Writing to Build Content Literacy, Grades 4-8

by Janet I Angelis, Karen Polsinelli, Eija Rougle, and Johanna B. Shogan

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This book will guide teachers through the process of creating a learning laboratory environment in their classrooms, where the expecation is that everyone is a thinker with something significant to contribute. The authors walk educators through the necessary steps for building classroom communities that foster reading, writing, listening, speaking, and higher-order thinking abilities for students in grades 4-8.

Each chapter includes careful scaffolds for teachers to employ in meeting students where they are and bringing them to where they need to be. Written in a clear, jargon-free, teacher-to-teacher style, A Guidebook for Building Pathways to Knowledge will be an essential text for educators seeking effective instructional practices that support literacy development across the curriculum.

  • ISBN10 1452241937
  • ISBN13 9781452241937
  • Publish Date 28 February 1951
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 27 June 2013
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
  • Imprint Corwin Press Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English