Biancarosa, G., and Snow, C.E. (2004) Reading Next—a Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
enGauge®21st Century Skills: Literacy in the Digital Age (2003) Naperville, Illinois: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the Metiri Group. Online at www.ncrel.org/engauge
Friedman, Thomas. (2005) The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Gregory, G.H. and Kuzmich, L. (2005) Differentiated Literacy Standards for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades 7-12. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Keene, E., & Zimmermann, S. (1997) Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader’s Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Lipton, L., and Wellman, B. (2000) Pathways to Understandings: Patterns & Practices in the Learning-Focused Classroom. Sherman, CT: Miravia.
Maine State Learning Results. http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/lres.htm
Marzano, R. (2004) Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Marzano, R., Pickering, D., & Pollock, J. (2001) Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Pink, Daniel. (2005) A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. NY: Penguin.
“Route 21-ITC Literacy Skills,” Partnership for 21st Century Skills. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/
Smith, Michael W. & Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. (2002). “Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys”: The Role of Literacy in the Lives of Young Men.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D., Baker, Tanya, & Dube, Julie (2001). Strategic Reading: Guiding Adolescents to Lifelong Literacy. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Wiliam, Dylan. (2006) “Formative Assessment: Getting the focus right.” Educational Assessment, Vol. 11, No. 3&4, Pages 283-289.
Wiliam, Dylan. ‘Formative’ is a Function, Not a Kind of Assessment. PowerPoint presentation: http://bearcenter.berkeley.edu/NSSE/presentations/CCSSO_2005/Dylan.ppt
Resources by Elements:
#1 Inquiry
Link to strategies at www.portaportal.com guest name: universalelements
Big 6 Research Skills: http://big6.com
Essential questions: http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.html
Harvey, S. (1998) Nonfiction matters: Reading, writing and research in grades 3-8. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
“Instructional module: project-based learning.” Edutopia. http://www.edutopia.org/modules/PBL/index.php
Koechlin, C. & Zwaan, S. (2001) Info tasks for successful learning: Building skills in reading, writing, and research. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning: http://www.mcmel.org/
MARVEL: Maine’s Virtual Library: http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/
NoodleTools. http://www.noodletools.com/
The Research Cycle: http://questioning.org/module/cycle.html
Wilhelm, J. (2007) Engaging Readers & Writers With Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understandings in Language Arts and the Content Areas With Guiding Questions. New York: Scholastic.
# 2 Listening and Thinking
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Copeland, M. (2005) Socratic circles: Fostering critical and creative thinking in middle and high school. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Gregory, G. & Kuzmich, L. (2005) Differentiated literacy strategies for student growth and achievement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Literacy in the Digital Age: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge
Jacobs, H. H. (2006) Active literacy across the curriculum: Strategies for reading, writing, speaking and listening. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
McCann, T., Johannessen, L., Kahn, E. and Flanagan, J. (2006) Talking in class: Using discussion to enhance teaching and learning. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Thier, M. & Daviss, B. (2002) The new Science literacy: Using language skills to help students learn science. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Richardson, W. (2006) Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Wilhelm, J. (2007) Engaging Readers & Writers With Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understandings in Language Arts and the Content Areas With Guiding Questions. New York: Scholastic.
# 3 Reading
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Barton, M. L., & Heidema, C. (2002). Teaching reading in mathematics: Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Barton, M. L., & Jordan, D. L. (2001). Teaching reading in science. Aurora, CO: McRel.
Billmeyer, R., & Barton, M. L. (1998). Teaching reading in the content areas: If not me, then who? Alexandria, VA:ASCD.
Buehl, D. Classroom strategies for interactive learning. (2003). Newark, NJ: IRA.
Doty, J. K., Cameron, G. N., & Barton, M. L. (2003). Teaching reading in social studies. Aurora, CO: McRel.
http://knowledgeloom.org/adlit/index.jsp
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Gregory, G. & Kuzmich, L. (2005) Differentiated literacy strategies for student growth and achievment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2000) Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension to enhance understanding. Portland, NY: Stenhouse.
Jacobs, H. H. (2006) Active literacy across the curriculum: Strategies for reading, writing, speaking and listening. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
Meltzer, J., with Smith, N.C., & Clark, H. (2001) Adolescent literacy resources: Linking research and practice. Providence, RI: The Education Alliance at Brown University. Online at www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/adlit/alr_lrp.pdf
Robb, L. (2003)Teaching reading in social studies, science , and math. NY: Scholastic.
Tovani, C. (2000) I read it but I don’t get it. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Tovani, C. (2004) Do I really have to teach reading?: Content comprehension, grades 6-12. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Wilhelm, J. (2002) Action strategies for deepening comprehension. NY: Scholastic.
Wilhelm, J. (2001) Improving comprehension with think-aloud strategies.: Modeling what good readers do. NY: Scholastic.
Universal Element # 4 Students write to communicate for a variety of audiences
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Atwell, N. (1998) In the middle 2nd edition: New understandings about writing, reading, and learning. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Carty, M. (2005) Exploring writing in the content areas: Teaching and supporting learners in any subject. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
http://portaportal.com guest name: maineliteracy
Jacobs, H. H. (2006) Active literacy across the curriculum: Strategies for reading, writing, speaking and listening. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
Lane, B. (1993) After the end: Teaching and learning creative revision. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Spandel, V. (2001) Creating writers through 6 trait writing and assessment and instruction, 3rd edition. NY: Addison Wesley Longman.
Thier, M. & Daviss, B. (2002) The new science literacy: Using language skills to help students learn science. Porsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Urquhart, V. A. & McIver, M. C. (2005). Teaching writing in the content areas. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Universal Element # 5 Vocabulary
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Allen, J. (1999) Words, words, words: Teaching vocabulary in grades 4-12. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Beck, I., McKeown, M., and Kucan, L. (2002) Bringing words to life: Robust vocabulary instruction. NY: Guilford.
Marzano, R. (2004) Building background knowledge for academic achievement: Research on what works in schools. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Murray, M. (2004)Teaching mathematics vocabulary in context. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Paynter, D. E., Bodrova, E., & Doty, J. K. (2005). For the love of words: Vocabulary instruction that works. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
# 6 Technology
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Atkinson, C. (2005) Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire. Seattle: Microsoft Press.
Dyck, B. (2004) The rebooting of a teacher’s mind. Columbus, OH: NMSA.
Literacy in the Digital Age: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge
Edutopia: http://edutopia.org
Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning: http://www.mcmel.org
Maine Learns (MLTI): http://www.mainelearns.org
November Learning: http://www.novemberlearning.com
Richardson, W. (2006) Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oakes, CA: Corwin Press.
S.O.S for Information Literacy: http://www.informationliteracy.org/default.php
Wilhelm, J. (1998) Hyperlearning. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
School-Wide Literacy:
Online Interview with Julie Meltzer (sound file) http://peics.tamu.edu/index_files/Module%202/quickwrites.htm
Irvin, J., Meltzer, J., Dukes, M. (2007) Taking action on adolescent literacy: An implementation guide for school leaders. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
