LiteracyTA: Literacy Teachers' Assistant
Effective literacy instruction requires a deep knowledge of literacy strategies, explicit instruction, and purposeful planning.
LiteracyTA.com offers strategies and approaches that raise student achievement and improve students’ academic performance in all academic environments.
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The LiteracyTA Process focuses on three key elements of effective literacy instruction:
For each step in the process, we provide a practical methodology that content area teachers could use to teach literacy strategies. The LiteracyTA Process is specifically designed to enhance instruction and increase students’ ability read, write, and speak with greater proficiency. There is a unique “Process” for each literacy strategy. Click on a literacy strategy under “Literacy Skills” to learn more.
The Instructional Roundtable offers sound instructional strategies teachers can use to implement skill-based instruction.
What is meant by “skill-based” instruction?
Teachers who deliver skill-based instruction use content as a way to teach reading, writing, and speaking in a discipline. For students learning in this academic environment, content knowledge is gained through the application of various literacy skills. LiteracyTA’s Instructional Roundtable guides teachers as they teach critical skills like note taking, silent reading, and group work. The “Roundtable” also offers strategies for student engagement and provides “on-the-ground” advice from teachers in the field. Click on “Skill-based Instruction” to learn more.