Resources

Our growing collection offers classroom-tested resources across subjects—science, history, ELA, math, and beyond. Find books, tools, research, and videos to support Reading Apprenticeship® and Writing Apprenticeship, strengthen literacy instruction, and boost student engagement. 

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Articles & Chapters

Disciplinary Literacies and Learning to Read for Understanding: A Conceptual Framework for Disciplinary Literacy

This article, which includes co-authors and Reading Apprenticeship leaders Will Brown, Gayle Cribb, and Cynthia…

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Books

Reading for Understanding: How Reading Apprenticeship Improves Disciplinary Learning in Secondary and College Classrooms, 3rd Edition

Thoroughly updated, this third edition of Reading for Understanding offers teachers evidence-based strategies to help students gain the reading independence they need to master subject area texts through Reading Apprenticeship.

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Classroom Resources

What a Reading Apprenticeship Classroom Looks Like

Teachers can use this snapshot of a Reading Apprenticeship classroom as a reflection tool, for lesson planning, and with colleagues for peer observations. It can also serve as a guide for administrators’ classroom walk-throughs.

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Articles & Chapters

Leading for Literacy, Chapter 1: “Getting Started”

Learn how to start building a culture of literacy at a school, district, or college campus. Whether advocating as a single teacher or responding to an administrator eager to have everyone on board, there are a range of ways to begin.

Current Studies

Accelerating Literacy through Self-Regulation, Collaboration and Persistence: Reading Apprenticeship in North Carolina and Pennsylvania

This white paper, prepared by SRI for Reading Apprenticeship, shares findings from grant-funded work conducted between 2021 and 2024. Explore the report to learn how Reading Apprenticeship influenced student course grades in literacy, social studies, and science.

Teacher Team Tools

Writing Apprenticeship Framework Graphic

The Writing Apprenticeship approach is based on a unique framework of four interacting dimensions of…

Teacher Story

“Unorthodox” College Physics Class Wins Praise

Instead of sitting in a lecture class, her students experience physics through Reading Apprenticeship approaches,…

Classroom Videos

Intro to Chemistry, Grade 10

Will Brown’s Oakland high school students are profoundly inexperienced readers. But their teacher invites them…

Classroom Videos

Biotechnology, Grade 12

The students in Ericka Senegar-Mitchell’s class are weeks away from graduation. Many are heading directly…

Classroom Videos

Honors US History, Grade 11

Many of the students in Gayle Cribb’s honors class are English learners or former English…

Classroom Videos

Adult Basic Skills

Michele Lesmeister’s students range from high school students working on their diplomas to adult immigrants…

Testimonial Videos

Teachers Build Capacity to Support Students’ Academic Literacy

Students at all levels gained new confidence as they used the Reading Apprenticeship strategies, often…