Using Literature Activities to Teach Content Areas to Emergent Readers

With an emphasis being placed on teaching K-3 reading skills development, teachers have less time to spend on teaching how literature relates to the content areas. This text encourages emergent literacy as well as reading of literature on the content fields. This book functions as an overview of Literacy, Learning, and Literature, followed by chapter-long, specific introductions to content areas. This book analyzes and describes 125 literature books, each with follow-up activities that teachers can use to teach science, mathematics, and social studies to emergent readers. Early childhood educators, child care workers, parents, or others who may be helping young readers improve their literacy.