Educational Leadership
February 2017 / Volume 74, Number 5
Literacy in Every Classroom

FEATURES            

How Knowledge Powers Reading
Doug Lemov
When it comes to nonfiction reading, background knowledge is both the chicken and the egg.

Disciplinary Literacy: Just the FAQs
Timothy Shanahan and Cynthia Shanahan
To deepen knowledge in a content area, students must understand how literacy is used in that discipline.

The Writing Journey
Kelly Gallagher
One district’s quest to boost the quality and quantity of student writing across the curriculum.

How to Facilitate Discussions in History
Abby Reisman
Four instructional practices to support text-based student discussions that get to the heart of historical thinking.

Why Argue?
Mary Ehrenworth
Argumentation is not just a skill for language arts classrooms—it’s a pathway to success in virtually every academic discipline.
 

The Roots of Comprehension
Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, and Joanna Newton
Studying Greek and Latin roots can build students’ understanding of content-area vocabulary.
 

Until I Write It Down
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and Stephen Chiger
To strengthen students’ skills as readers, start with their writing.

Permission to Ponder
Kay M. Cutler and Mary R. Moeller
A protocol for viewing and discussing artistic images can enhance students’ reflective and analytical skills. 

Text Prep
Doug Buehl
Effective scaffolding can help students meet the knowledge demands of complex texts.

The Case for Multiple Texts
Sunday Cummins
If we want students to engage in thoughtful conversations and write fluently about a topic, reading one text isn’t enough.

10 Ways to Promote a Culture of Literacy
Barry Gilmore
Lessons from a school that has set out to instill literacy as a central school-community value.

COLUMNS / DEPARTMENTS

Perspectives/Language Arts Unbound
Anthony Rebora

Double Take

Educational Leadership Themes for 2017–2018

Research Matters/Critical Thinking Won’t Develop Through Osmosis
Bryan Goodwin
To hone students’ critical-thinking skills, educators have to be intentional.

Show & Tell: A Video Column/Modeling Disciplinary Thinking
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey 
Two teachers join forces to show students how historians wrestle with ideas. 

Index to Advertisers

The Techy Teacher/Tools to Take Literacy Online
Catlin Tucker
Technology is changing what it means to be a literate person.

Principal Connection/“Dear Teachers,”
Thomas R. Hoerr
For school leaders, technology can make real relationships more difficult. 

One to Grow On/Making Meaning in the Disciplines
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Delving into the nature of disciplinary study can deepen student learning.

Tell Me About . . ./How You Teach Content-Area Literacy

ASCD Community in Action

EL Takeaways/Deepening Literacy

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Three Directions for Disciplinary Literacy
Rachael Gabriel and Christopher Wenz
Literacy instruction in the content areas can take multiple paths—but they aren’t mutually exclusive.

Building Stamina for Struggling Readers and Writers
Paula Bourque
For students to make strides in literacy, they need opportunities for success early and often.

Why Should Students Write in Math Class?
Tutita M. Casa, Kyle Evans, Janine M. Firmender, and Madelyn W. Colonnese
When teachers take a closer look at the types of writing being used in math classes, they can get a better sense of their purpose and value.

EL Study Guide
Naomi Thiers

Inservice Guest Bloggers
Doug Lemov and Kelly Gallagher
http://inservice.ascd.org