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Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum (7th Edition)

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by: Richard T. Vacca, Jo Anne L. Vacca

 : Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum (7th Edition)

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.43
EAN: 9780321088109
Edition: 7
ISBN: 0321088107
Label: Allyn & Bacon
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 554
Publication Date: September 01, 2002
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Studio: Allyn & Bacon




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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not for a Primary Teacher
This book has great info., but as a primary teacher I found the material hard to relate.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "One Source for Survival in the Classroom"
One teacher that reviewed this book said that this book was the "one source for survival in the classroom." After reading this book, you will see why. The Vaccas have put together a text that is a goldmine of methods and strategies that are immediately applicable in the classroom.

One of my professors made a comment to our Content Literacy class that "one of the salient points about content area literacy and students is that we assume that because a student can read, we automatically take ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Still the best reading methods book around
This book by Vacca is still the best of the content-area reading books on the market. Unlike many of the others out there, this one shows splendid visual representations and step-by-step approaches to a variety of reading strategies for secondary teachers. Save yourself time. Give this one a try.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An Excellent Teaching Methods Text
I am using this book as one of the texts in a secondary methods class I am teaching to preservice teachers. While so many of the texts we encounter in these types of classes are rather simplistic, contrived "recipe books," this book is truly a breath of fresh air. It is well organized, and it covers literacy instruction very effectively. Good, practical strategies are provided to assist the teacher as lessons are developed and presented. The theoretical bases upon which the strategies are based ... Read More




 

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