Supporting Literacies Within the Disciplines
A Science of Reading Approach, Grades 4-12
- Textbook
Supporting Literacies Within the Disciplines
A Science of Reading Approach, Grades 4-12
- Textbook
Available for purchase via Bloomsbury etextbooks on publication date
Description
Grounded in the science of reading research, this text equips pre-service and in-service teachers with the practical knowledge and strategies needed to support students as they read, write, listen, speak, and think in the disciplinary classroom. It guides teachers in recognizing the kinds of literacies their discipline demands to better help students engage with discipline-specific content. It provides teachers with the knowledge and tools to analyze text for challenges at all levels, including the sentence level, and how to plan the appropriate instructional support for students.
The text introduces the GRACE framework, an easy-to-implement scaffold that helps students navigate the challenges of disciplinary content. GRACE is an acronym for support offered during the three phases of the reading process:
- Get Ready (before reading)
- Assist (during reading)
- Consider and Express (after reading)
The framework is designed to be used flexibly to bridge the gap between what students can do on their own and what they can do with some expert help.
Chapters feature pre-reading anticipation guides, classroom vignettes, reflection questions, and discipline-specific examples of instructional activities. Written in an engaging, conversational style, this book offers a plethora of research-based strategies and ready-to-use activities for building students' disciplinary literacy skills.
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Situating Literacies in the Disciplines
Chapter 2: What are Disciplinary Literacies (or, What Do You Mean, I Have to Teach Kids How to Read?)
Chapter 3: The Reading Process
Chapter 4: Bridging the Gap between Reader and Text
Part 2: The Components of Literacy-Related Instruction with Disciplinary Texts
Chapter 5: Get Them Talking: The Importance of Oral Language Skills and Background Knowledge
Chapter 6: Vocabulary and Morphology: Developing Understanding at the Word Level
Chapter 7: Developing Understanding at the Sentence Level
Chapter 8: Macro-Level Understanding: The Comprehension Process at Work
Chapter 9: Reading is a Thinking Process: Getting Kids to Think More Deeply about Text
Chapter 10: Learning to Write and Using Writing to Learn
Appendix: Instructional Strategies to Help Students Navigate the Macro Structure of Text
Product details
| Published | 12 Nov 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798216490470 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 6 B/W figures |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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