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Jacobson, L. (2017). Building a culture of literacy: ideas for making literacy the foundation in your school. Literacy Today (Newark, Del.), 35(1), 20–.
When literacy is infused into every part of a school’s environment, teachers are demonstrating their own connections to books and creating opportunities in and out of the classroom for students to use their skills and expand their interests. Ongoing collaboration among teachers from different disciplines helps create this environment.

McKnight, K. (2014). Common core literacy for ELA, history/social studies, and the humanities: strategies to deepen content knowledge (grades 6-12). Wiley.
This book help teachers understand what literacy looks like in English/Language Arts (ELA), Social Studies and other humanities-related subjects (such as: philosophy, psychology, history, classics, drama, foreign language, and art), and shows them how to develop these literacy skills in their students.
Read:
Chapter Two: Deepening Reading Comprehension Skills and Content Knowledge
Chapter Three: Effective Content Area Writing Strategies
Chapter Four: Speaking and Listening in the Content Area
Chapter Five: Developing Academic Language
Chapter Six: Learning Centers and Student-Centered Activities

Sedgwick, F. (2010). 100 ideas for teaching literacy. Continuum International Pub. Group.
Written by an experienced teacher, parent and poet, this small book is brimming with 100 ideas and simple tips for developing creativity and literacy from Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 2, such as: how to make displays that inspire and encourage children to think, talk and write; how using rhyme can help children with phonics and how to use props to encourage children to tell stories.