suggested+books

Strategies and tools in a convenient format, with background information on each. Introduction includes a nice section on research related to teaching academic vocabulary. The author also has several other books and flipcharts related to vocabulary instruction, all published by [|Stenhouse].
 * Allen, Janet. //Inside words: tools for teaching academic literacy grades 4-12.// ** (Stenhouse 2007)

Specific strategies to help students with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition and motivation. A favorite!
 * Beers, Kylene. //When kids can't read. What teachers can do. A Guide for Teachers 6-12.// ** (Heinemann, 2002)

Classroom activities, reading lists galore, a persuasive argument against the exclusive use of textbooks: this book has tons of relevant, useful information for content area teachers
 * Daniels, Harvey and Steven Zemelman. //Subjects Matter. Every teacher's guide to content-area reading.// ** (Heinemann, 2004).

**Harvey, Stephanie and Anne Goudvis. //Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding//. 2nd edition.** (Stenhouse, 2007) Common-sense strategies to help students gain meaning from what they’ve just read. An absolute must-read for high elementary through middle school educators.

My professional read several summers ago, this is the book that opened my eyes to what a great reading program for high school kids should look like.
 * Schoenbach, Ruth et al. //Reading for Understanding// **// . // (Jossey-Bass, 1999)

-- **//Do I really have to teach reading? Content Comprehension Grades 6-1//2.** (Stenhouse, 2004) My absolute favorite books on content area reading. I’ve already gotten teachers in the school to read my copy – then go out and buy their own so they can write notes all over the pages! Funny, down-to-earth, practical, and so much more.
 * Tovani, Cris//. I read it but I don't get it : Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers.// ** (Stenhouse, 2000)

The first book that the DOE had principals, literacy coaches and LIS’ read on literacy.
 * Zimmerman, Susan and Ellin Oliver Keene. //Mosaic of Thought : Teaching Comprehension in a Readers Workshop.// ** (Heinemann, 1997)