Content Literacy Resources

"Research shows that when schools create explicit spaces for students and teachers to discuss the overlap and the differences among disciplinary literacies, teachers become more effective, and students develop new ways of representing and generating knowledge." 

                                       (From the Literacies of Disciplines: An NCTE Policy Research Brief) 

NCTE Books

NCTE offers several titles on content literacy for educators across the K-12 levels. Many books are also ideal for use in teacher education programs.    

NCTE Web Seminars

On Demand Web seminars on content area literacy include:

• All Teachers Are Not Teachers of Reading, but . . .  
• Content Literacy: Four Factors in Building an Effective Instructional Framework
• Content Reading for Content Learning
• Finding the Right Word: Five Principles of Vocabulary Instruction for English Language Learners
• Middle School Content Area Literature: Picturing the Possibilities
• On Teaching Content: Building a Schoolwide Culture
• Summarization in any Subject
• Vocabulary Instruction Across the Content Areas
• Writing in Every Content Area

Related NCTE Policy Briefs

These Policy Research Briefs offer updates on research with implications for policy decisions that affect the teaching and learning in the content areas:

• Literacies of Disciplines: An NCTE Policy Research Brief
  Published in The Council Chronicle (Sept 2011)

• Reading and Writing across the Curriculum: An NCTE Policy Research Brief
  Published in The Council Chronicle (March 2011)  

Lesson Plans

ReadWriteThink.org offers several strategy guides on Reading in the Content Areas, where readers can get information and ideas about teaching reading in the different content areas.  Two topics covered are “Preparing Students for Success with Reading in the Content Areas” (M-S) and “Supporting Student Comprehension in Content Area Reading” (M-S).

NCTE Journals

NCTE members enjoy online access to ALL journals published more than two years ago! Search to find articles on content literacy and share with your teaching team.