February 2006
Supporting Struggling Readers in Content-Area Learning

“By making thinking visible through a variety of metacognitive routines, teachers can help students adopt more powerful approaches to discipline-specific texts."
   —Cynthia Greenleaf





November/December 2004

But I'm Not a Reading Teacher!!

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CONTENTS
Feature
Fostering Metacognitive Conversation in Professional Learning Communities and Subject-Area Classrooms
by Cynthia Greenleaf
 
Classroom Vignettes
Who Better Than the "Leading Learner"?
by Laura R. Lipsett
 
Literature—Before, Behind, and Beyond
by Cher Orebaugh
 
Supporting Readers in Social Studies: Effective Strategies for Learning
by Brenda Shelton
 
Student Voices
Fourth Graders Weigh in on Content-Area Learning
 
A Look at the OGT
Confronting Informational Text
by Carol Brown Dodson
 
For Your Bookshelf
Books by Robb, Tovani, Daniels & Zemelman, and Forsten, Grant, & Hollas
by Sheila Cantlebary
 
From the ORC Collection
More Resources on Supporting Struggling Readers in Content-Area Learning
 

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