Literacy at South Portland High School
 
 
Literacy Booklist

Literacy Books in the SPHS Library

Call Number  Author Title
PRO 428.4 ALL Allen, Janet Inside words:tools for teaching academic vocabulary grades 4-12
PRO 428.4 ALL Allen, Janet It's never too late: leading adolescents to lifelong literacy
PRO 428.4 ALL Allen, Janet  Yellow brick roads: shared and guided paths to independent reading
PRO 372.4 BEA Bean, Rita M.  The reading specialist: leadership for the classroom, school, and community
PRO 428.4 BEE Beers, Kylene  When kids can't read, what teachers can do
PRO 428.4 BUR Burke, Jim  Reading reminders: tools, tips and techniques
PRO 428.4 DAN Daniels, Harvey Subjects matter: every teacher's guide to content-area reading
PRO 025.04 EIS Eisenberg, Michael B.  The definitive Big6 workshop handbook
PRO 025.04 EIS Eisenberg, Michael B.  Teaching information and technology skills: the Big6 in secondary schools
PRO 428.4 HAR Harvey, Stephanie  Nonfiction matters: reading, writing, and research in grades 3-8
PRO 428.4 REA Schoenbach, Ruth  Reading for understanding: a guide to improving reading in
PRO 428.4 TOV Tovani, Cris  Do I really have to teach reading?: content comprehension, Grades 6-12
PRO 428.4 TOV Tovani, Cris  I read it but I don't get it: comprehension, strategies for adolescent readers

HIGH IMPACT ADOLESCENT LITERACY RESOURCES
Compiled by  PCG’s Center for Resource Management, Inc.

Authors Title Date Place & Publisher
Barton, M., & Heidema, C.  Teaching reading in mathematics: A supplement to teaching reading in the content areas. (2002). Aurora, CO: McRel.
Barton, M., & Jordan, D.  Teaching reading in science: A supplement to teaching reading in the content areas. (2001). Aurora, CO: McRel.
Beers, K.  When kids can’t read, what teachers can do. (2003). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Billmeyer, R., & Barton, M.  Teaching reading in the content areas: If not me, then who? (1998). Aurora, CO: McRel.
Buehl, D.  Classroom strategies for interactive learning. (2001). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Doty, J., Cameron, G., & Barton, M.  Teaching reading in social studies: A supplement to teaching reading in the content areas. (2003). Aurora, CO: McRel.
Great Source Education Group.  Reader’s handbook: A student guide for reading and learning.   Wilmington, MA: Author.
Harvey, S.  Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension for understanding and engagement. (2007). Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
Irwin, J., Buehl, D., & Klemp, R.  Reading and the high school student: Strategies to enhance literacy. (2003). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Marzano, R.  Building background knowledge for academic achievement. (2004). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Marzano, R. & Pickering, D.  Dimensions of learning: Teacher’s manual. (1997). Aurora, CA: Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory.
Strong, R. W., Silver, H. F., Perini, M. J., & Tuculescu, G. M  Reading for academic success: Powerful strategies for struggling, average, and advanced readers, grades 7–12. (2002) Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Tovani, C.  I read it, but I don’t get it: Comprehension strategies for adolescent readers. (2000). Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
Vacca, R., & Vacca, J.  Content area reading: Literacy and learning across the curriculum. (1999). New York, NY: Longman.
Wood, E., Woloshyn, V. & Willoughby, T.  Cognitive strategy instruction for middle and high schools. (1995). Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books.



Last Update: March 20, 2008