Subjects Matter: Every Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Reading

by Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman

Finally, a book about content-area reading that's just as useful to math, science, and history teachers as it is to English teachers Lively, practical, and irreverent, Subjects Matter points the way... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325005958
• ISBN13: 9780325005959
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Help for Content Area Teachers

If you worry that your students "just aren't getting the text," here is help for you. This book is an easy guide for content area teachers to use to help when teaching their subjects. Strategies for before, during and after reading are given. There are ideas to help you find other sources of information to supplement the text and give students more choices in their learning. This is an excellent book for all teachers.

A review from a person who HATES to read

This book is a must for anyone who thinks reading is for language arts. I hate to read 99.999998% of books. This book hits every area that causes me to hate reading. It's a must read for teachers and those that hate reading. It gives referances of what some might like as to what people like me need to think about in choosing a book. (btw I am a student teacher of math)

What a helpful book!

This book is very readable and user-friendly. Daniels offers up a treasure trove of helpful ideas for teachers; especially beginners or those with classrooms filled with students who don't like to read. I recommend this book highly for all secondary level teachers.

Great read for teachers concerned with literacy

From the first chapter on I really enjoyed reading this book. The fact the authors are both educators allow them to include numerous anecdotes from their time spent inside and outside the classroom. Even though I am an English teacher I appreciated how this book covered all subjects.

Great guide to Reading in all subjects!

Daniels and Zemelman use humor, practical suggestions, and research to get their point across. If you are looking for NCA or NCLB interventions for improving reading in a specific or all content areas, this book has plenty of material! They include examples, book lists, and classroom best practices as well as discussion of the use or non-use of a textbook. These practices are known quantities, research-supported and all have been used by the authors or by those interviewed for this book. Ta-da, it's all in here!