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New Release5“This is a must-read for educators engaged in professional development effortsaimed at improving students’ learning across the content areas. The editors andchapter authors are to be applauded for taking up the call to place content-arealiteracy squarely in the disciplines.”—From the Foreword by Thomas W. Bean, University of Nevada, Las Vegas5–12NewSept 2010 / 192 pp.Paperback, $27.95 / 5126-8photos and illustrationsLanguage and Literacy Series“A great tool for developingdisciplinary literacy.”—Douglas Fisher,San Diego State University“Draper and her colleagues successfullyconvey the complexand subject-specific nature ofeffective content area literacyinstruction. This book remindsus in refreshing ways that thereis more to effective reading thandecoding and prior knowledge.”—George G. Hruby,University of Kentucky“This book is an importantresponse to recent calls toredress century-old recommendationsfor teaching reading.I recommend it for any courseor in-service project with afocus on content-area literacyinstruction.”—Kathleen Hinchman, SyracuseUniversity, School of Education(Re)ImaginingContent-AreaLiteracy InstructionEdited by Roni Jo Draper, associate professor,David O. McKay School of Education;Co-edited by Paul Broomhead, associate professorand coordinator of the Music Education Division;Amy Petersen Jensen, associate professor, Collegeof Fine Arts and Communications; Jeffery D.Nokes, assistant professor, History Department; andDaniel Siebert, associate professor, Departmentof Mathematics Education, all at Brigham YoungUniversity, UT.Foreword by Thomas W. BeanToday’s teachers need to prepare studentsfor a world that places increasingly higherliteracy demands on its citizens. In thistimely book, the authors explore contentarealiteracy and instruction in English,music, science, mathematics, social studies,visual arts, technology, and theatre. Eachof the chapters has been written by teachereducators who are experts in their discipline.Their key recommendations reflect the aimsand instructional frameworks unique tocontent-area learning.This resource focuses on how literacyspecialists and content-area educators cancombine their talents to teach all readersand writers in the middle and secondaryschool classroom. The text features vignettesfrom classroom practice with visuals todemonstrate, for example, how we read apainting or hear the discourse of a song.Additional contributors: Marta Adair,Diane L. Asay, Sharon R. Gray, SirpaGrierson, Scott Hendrickson, Steven L.Shumway, Geoffrey A. WrightOrder online www.tcpress.com Order by phone 800.575.6566