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

by Janet I. Angelis, Karen Polsinelli, Eija Rougle

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.

Paperback

First published June 9, 2013