I am excited to announce that my new book, Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: Engaging Content-Area Literacy Strategies, was released by Shell Education on July 18, 2015 at the Annual Convention of the International Literary Association. By using this order form, you can receive a 25% discount on the book.
Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: Engaging Content Area Literacy Strategies integrates literacy strategies and lesson suggestions that use the arts and innovative approaches to teach English language arts through the content areas. The book's engaging strategies include raps, poems, songs, dramas, creative movement, and a variety of activities that build teachers' toolboxes of instructional techniques and support students as they read deeply, write clearly, and speak effectively to develop high-level literacy skills.
Praise for Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: Engaging Content-Area Literacy Strategies
“This text is an artful blend of pertinent findings from research, practical suggestions that span the curriculum, and a cornucopia of apt media recommendations.”
—Howard Gardner, Ph.D.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Author of Multiple Intelligences
This is the most delightful, enlightening, and hopeful professional book I’ve had the pleasure of reading in years. Rosalie Fink has given us a colorful gift and that is this book! Teachers who are weary of the focus on test scores will find this book a pleasant and resourceful surprise. Rosalie Fink has shown how the arts and other multisensory experiences can enhance students’ learning in the language arts, sciences, social studies, and math. The book is chockfull of activities that promote reading, writing, and content learning, and I highly recommend it to all classroom teachers.
—Rona F. Flippo, Ed.D.
Professor of Education
University of Massachusetts Boston
International Literacy Association Board of Directors 2012-2015
“Rosalie Fink has given us a very practical book that provides a wealth of instructional activities to foster better understandings of science, social studies, and math as well as literature. This book offers lots of ideas for enhancing the proficiencies targeted in today’s standards.”
—Richard L. Allington, Ph.D.
Professor of Literacy Studies
University of Tennessee
“Children love to play with rhythm and rhyme in language. This book provides a variety of activities where children from pre-school to high school can engage in word play using content. This book is a gem for teachers who want to build on concepts gained from close reading in a joyful manner!”
—Lori DiGisi, Ed.D.
ELA Department Head
Fuller Middle School, Framingham, MA
ILA Board of Directors, 2014–2017
“Rosalie Fink has done it again! The learner has once again become the center, thus leading to success all around. This time, rhythm and rhyme—key elements in literacy—have become the reason to read and the reason to write for all kinds of learners.”
—Arona Gvaryahu, MA. Ed.
Israel Ministry of Education
“Rosalie Fink has written a fresh and innovative resource for educators, providing many creative ideas about facilitating literacy development through arts-based activities. Others have written about using the arts, of course, but this book emphasizes rhythm and embodied activities in a particularly insightful way. Dr. Fink argues convincingly that kinesthetic activities can be deeply connected to reading and writing, and she provides many practical ideas for how to bring her approach into classrooms. The book will be an invaluable resource for educators working to engage students from various backgrounds and at various levels.”
—Stanton Wortham, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
University of Pennsylvania