Teach and Support Literacy Skills Everyday
By Jonathan LeMaster on April 25, 2016Students need to practice reading, speaking, and writing skills every day in every class. With limited skill knowledge, students struggle to read and write in all subject areas and stay dependent on the teacher. Teaching essential, state-aligned literacy skills empowers students with the skills they need to advance.
Here are some literacy skills we want to teach in all classes.
- Reading and analyzing claims and evidence
- Summarizing main ideas in texts
- Analyzing visuals and data
- Deep comprehension skills
- Writing informative and argumentative texts
When teaching these skills, think of ways to use collaborative work to support and increase students' skill knowledge.
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We've mapped our literacy lessons and reading, speaking, and writing skills to state standards, Common Core, and NGSS. The standards are "the what" to teach. Our lessons are "the how" to meet the expectations defined by the standards. Click on the links below to view our quick reference table that maps standards to literacy lessons.
