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How to Use the Content Area Literacy Shift Kit

How to Use the Content Area Literacy Shift Kit. Shift Three: Build Knowledge. Table of Contents. Critical Directions PowerPoints Articles and Research Handouts Videos/Webinars Websites Handouts—these are not listed in the table of contents.

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How to Use the Content Area Literacy Shift Kit

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  1. How to Use the Content Area Literacy Shift Kit Shift Three: Build Knowledge

  2. Table of Contents • Critical Directions • PowerPoints • Articles and Research • Handouts • Videos/Webinars • Websites • Handouts—these are not listed in the table of contents

  3. International Reading Association Guidelines (Critical Direction) • Use of challenging texts • Foundational skills • Comprehension • Vocabulary • Writing • Disciplinary literacy • Diverse learners The attached link from RI places the information into a chart.

  4. PowerPoints • Content Area Literacy by Illinois State Board of Education • Common Core Instruction for ELA and Literacy by Oregon Department of Education

  5. PowerPoints • What It Means to Teach Disciplinary Literacy by Timothy Shanahan • What to do to Help MS/HS Students Read in Their Content Classes by Cynthia Shanahan

  6. Research Think Like a Seminar by L. Billings and T. Roberts Key Question: What is noted about this type of seminar and how it connects to the CCSS? Vocabulary Instruction in the Disciplines by F. Boyd, M. Sullivan, J. Popp and M. Hughes Key Question: What vocabulary strategies do you currently employ and how do they align with CCSS?

  7. Research Writing, Not Just in the English Classby D. Fisher and N. Frey Key Question: What new strategy are you willing to try and how will it align with CCSS? Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum (RAWAC)A Policy Research Brief by National Council of Teachers for English (NCTE) Key Question: How can content area teachers (K-12) address RAWAC and what are the benefits?

  8. Research Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content Area Literacy by T. Shanahan and C. Shanahan Key Question: How do disciplines differ in their instructional literacy expectations? Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions: An Inquiry into Academic Writingby T. Wolsey, D. Lapp, and D. Fisher. Key Question: Define academic writing and do you employ it in content areas of instruction?

  9. PARCC Teaching Guides • Key Question: How can content area teachers (K-12) address RAWAC and what are the benefits?

  10. Handouts Planning Text- Dependent Questions Retrieved from: http://criticalthinkingworks.com/ ?s=text+dependent+questions Key Questions: What is the difference between text dependent and non text dependent questions? Why is it critical to our students that we ask these types of questions?

  11. Text Dependent Questions • Identify key ideas and core understandings of the text. • Start small and build confidence. • Target vocabulary and text structure. • Tackle tough sections head-on. • Create coherent sequences of text dependent questions. • Identify the standards that are being addressed. • Create the culminating assessment.

  12. Handouts Nonfiction CCSSO Adolescent Literacy Tool Kit: Math, Science, Social Studies/History Retrieved from: http://programs.ccsso.org/projects/adolescent_literacy_toolkit Key Question: What are the best strategies to use in my content area and how will they connect to the standards?

  13. Handouts Oregon Literacy Framework Subsection: Informational Text 6-12 Retrieved from: http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/elarts/reading/literacy/have-you-ever.pdf pgs.R17-R25 and pgs. I22-26, 42-54 (link within document) Key Question: What are examples of literacy strategies that can be addressed in the various content areas?

  14. Book Titles Allen, J. (2008). More tools for teaching content area literacy. New York, NY: Stenhouse Publishers. Buehl, D. (2011). Developing readers in the academic disciplines. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. Daniels, H. and Steineke, N. (2011). Texts and lessons for content-area reading. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Fisher, D., Frey, N., Alfaro, C. (2013). The path to get there: A common core roadmap for higher studentachievement across disciplines. New York, NY: Teacher College Press and Newark, DE: International Reading Association. **Not included in kits

  15. Book Study Ideas • Begin a book study with a group. • Start an independent study and become a teacher leader on a topic. • Some books have study guides or podcasts from the authors available from the publishers—check out their websites! • Share your knowledge—start a wiki, a newsletter or blog in your school or district.

  16. Check back often! • Please check back often for new articles, research, PowerPoints or books that might assist you with the Content Area Literacy. • As your professional knowledge deepens around the topic of Content Area Literacy, please contact us with your ideas: plscomments@gmail.com

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