Emily Reeves’ Content Area Literacy Grounded in Texas Standards prepares future Texas teachers with a quality resource that directly supports their goals. It contains chapters from experts in the field, as well as a section to support the newly added constructed response included for practice on the TExES exam.
Chapter 1 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): What Teachers Must Teach, and Students Must Learn
Chapter 2 Content Area Literacy: Developing Contemporary Learners
Chapter 3 Selecting Textbooks and Multimedia Materials
Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Chapter 5 Comprehension: Guiding Content Literacy
Chapter 6 Standards-Based Content Area Writing Secondary Writing for Every Genre, Every Discipline
Chapter 7 Emergent Bilinguals / English Learners and Content Reading in Texas
Chapter 8 Differentiated Instruction for All in Content Reading
Chapter 9 Planning and Reflecting as an Action Research Process (edTPA)
Chapter 10 Classroom Assessments in English Language Arts and Reading
Chapter 11 Scientific Literacy: An Extension of the Knowledge Argument
Chapter 12 Social Studies Literacy
Chapter 13 Integrating Literacy in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms With Multicultural Books
Chapter 14 Constructed Response Prompts and TExES Study Links
Emily
Reeves
Dr. Emily Kate Reeves is an Associate Professor in the Curriculum and Learning Department of the West College of Education and the Chair of Human Subject and Review Committee (IRB). She has a BSIS in Interdisciplinary studies, an MA in Educational Leadership, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Reeves teaches Content Reading and English Language Arts and Reading Methods to pre-service teachers and Applied Research for the graduate program. Her research interests include literacy, culturally responsive development, and both in-service and preservice teacher education.