Teachers
Literacy Skills
The "Literacy Skills" section offers fifteen practical strategies that you can use to teach literacy in your content area. The strategies in this section will
improve students' reading comprehension, verbal communication skills, collaborative learning skills, and writing skills. The fifteen strategies are organized into three familiar
categories: reading, speaking, and writing. For each category, LiteracyTA offers five practical strategies and a sound methodology that teachers can use to implement
effective literacy instruction across the content areas. To get started, click "Literacy Skills."
ELD Cafe
For students learning in this academic environment, content knowledge and the English language are gained through the application of various literacy skills and language supports. LiteracyTA's guides teachers as they use the various language foundations like "Language Development," "Academic Speaking," and "Pre-determined Scaffolds." LiteracyTA offers strategies for student engagement and provides "on-the-ground" advice from teachers in the field.
Student Pages
The "Students" section gives your students access to all fifteen literacy strategies that you use in your classroom. From reading comprehension strategies to writing tools,
the "Students" section offers the same practical, easy to use handouts and resources that you use with your students. To access the "Students" section, click on "Students"
and you will be taken to the LiteracyTA homepage. Click "Students" or mouse over the image and you will be prompted to sign in. To learn more watch the tutorial video.
School-Wide
Interested in school-wide literacy? Take a look at our "School-Wide" section. Here you will learn about the advantages of taking LiteracyTA school-wide and find information
about staff development opportunities. Click "School-Wide" to learn more about how LiteracyTA can help you and your school develop and implement a school-wide literacy program.
Common Core in Action
LiteracyTA has taken the Common Core Standards and made them actionable. Our literacy strategies, live training programs, and student materials help bring the Common Core into the classroom. Our goal is to offer a common language around literacy that will help unite schools as they strengthen their efforts to make literacy instruction and college and career readiness a part of their everyday routine.
Critical Thinking
Essential to students' success in school and at work is their ability to think critically. Higher order thinking skills like problem solving, application, synthesis, and evaluation are vital to students' intellectual growth. Our expectation should be that students engage in high levels of cognitive work as often as possible. They should have multiple opportunities per class period to complete tasks that are cognitively demanding.
