Nonfiction Reading Power: Teaching Students to Think While Reading in All Subject Areas - Paperback

by Adrienne Gear (Author)

A wealth of effective strategies for helping students think while they read, in all subject areas. This remarkable book shows teachers how to encourage students to recognize that reading is about using the brain to zoom-in, question/infer, find the main idea, make connections, and transform text. The book explores the particular features of nonfiction and offers lists of key books organized around strategies and subject areas. It promotes incorporating more nonfiction into the classroom through read-alouds, author study, and tips for teaching nonfiction forms and text structures. Student samples and reproducibles supporting the five thinking strategies complement this valuable resource.

Author Biography

Adrienne Gear has been teaching in Vancouver for almost 20 years. After 4 years working as a Literacy Mentor -- supporting students, teachers, and schools throughout the Vancouver School District -- she is happy to be back home in the classroom teaching part-time. When not teaching, Adrienne presents workshops, conducts demonstration lessons, and facilitates teacher leadership groups throughout British Columbia.