1. LITERACY ACROSS THE CONTENT
WHERE ARE WE?

2. CURRENT USE OF LITERACY STRATEGIES
What are some key literacy practices that support increased reading and writing achievement?
List current practices in your content
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3. District Literacy Initiatives
Writing across the curriculum
Increase time spent on writing/reading
Increase student achievement
“Reading is the key predictor of achievement in math and science...”Improving Classroom Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices - What Works Clearinghouse

4. Literacy Plan
Our vision: All K-8 teachers will understand the reading process, use a common language of literacy, use assessment to drive instruction, and implement a strong universal literacy curriculum

5. Reading In The Content Areas
Research article: “Making the Case for Adolescent Literacy Instruction”
What do content area teachers need to know?
What are the challenges in reading and writing across contents?

6. Reading Comprehension: constructing meaning from text
Comprehension Strategies: Skilled readers construct meaning before, during, and after reading using key strategies: background knowledge, questioning, visualizing, making inferences, predicting, and summarizing

7. Literacy Components Text Structures: how is text organized?
Leveled Text: Why? How do I use these?
Matching the text to the reader
Reading Strategies: what works for deeper comprehension?

8. Leveled Texts - Look at resources
Jigsaw Activity: Strategies that work
Discuss any “ahas”?
Possible uses?

9. Writing In The Content Areas
Writing is thinking! There are three truths about teaching writing, one that’s widely known, one that isn’t, and one that will change your teaching forever:the ability to write is essential for students in every subject area writing is the most powerful and efficient tool that teachers have for helping students connect with content and deepen their understanding of it every teacher, including you, is ready to coach middle and secondary writers successfully right now. (Harvey Daniels)
Core Standards integrate writing into content areas:Composes informative/explanatory piece meeting grade level expectations
Data demonstrates weaknesses in short answer response and summarizing
NAEP examples - discuss quality

10. Current Use Of Writing Model, Model, Model
Mentor Texts/Exemplars of Proficiency
Help students make connections among reading, writing, and content - writing to learn
Introduce students to the way your content specialist write: historians, scientists
Current use of writing?NAEP examples

11. Resources For Writing R.A.F.T. Workshop Approach
What Do You Think and Why?
Write Like the Pros
Summarize What You Learned
Quick Write

12. Your Turn
Discuss ways you can incorporate more reading strategies and writing opportunities in your content
Develop some strategies based on today’s discussion