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Author: Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Highly acclaimed author Heidi Hayes Jacobs shows teachers – at every grade level and in every subject area -- how to integrate the teaching of literacy skills into their daily curriculum. With an emphasis on school wide collaborative planning, she shows how curriculum mapping sustains literacy between grade levels and subjects.
This book is filled with class-tested examples. It offers teaching strategies to help students in primary through high school–
-- learn, retain, and use vocabulary
-- take better notes in class
-- edit and revise their writing
-- speak and listen more effectively
-- and much more
Meet the Author
As a consultant to thousands of schools across the nation and the world, Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ work focuses on curriculum reform and instructional strategies to encourage critical thinking. She has written three best selling books and is the leading international expert on curriculum mapping.
“This book is profound and compelling. Heidi Hayes Jacob’s seven cross-curricular strategies address root problems and systemic practices that directly affect student performance. Within this work lies the potential for lasting change.”
- From the Foreword by Rachel Billmeyer
Please click on the links below for sample pages:
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. Revising Roles: Every Teacher Becomes an Active Language Teacher
2. Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Employing Three Distinctive Types of
Vocabulary
3. Creative Notetaking: Activating Extraction and Reaction from Texts
4. Editing and Revising Independently: Using a Consistent Developmental Policy in Every K-12 Classroom
5. Speaking and Listening in Groups: Working with the Discussion Types
6. Tuning the Speaking/Listening Instrument: Giving Voice Lessons in Each Classroom
7. Mapping Active Literacy: Revising and Integrating Curriculum Maps K-12
Bibliography
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