You have reached the online home of LiD 6-12 (Literacy in the Disciplines, Grades 6-12).
We are educators who focus on effective literacy instruction, learning, & practices within all content areas from grades 6 through 12.
We are beginning our membership drive for the 2026-27 school year. Membership is free for this year, and we’d like each of our readers to connect with LiD 6-12 to receive news about its opportunities and the privileges of membership. A Membership form can be completed by clicking here: General Membership Application
Here are our upcoming blog and webinar themes:
Our upcoming theme for September is Disciplinary Literacy and Productive Struggle.
Additional Fall themes include:
- Practices for Implementing Disciplinary Literacy (Series)
- Authentic Practices/Inquiry/Motivation–Rachelle
- Engagement
- Differentiated Disciplinary Literacy
- Culturally Responsive Strategies
- Mindsets to Support Disciplinary Literacy (focus for administrators on strategies to support teachers who may be resistant to implement disciplinary literacy in their classrooms)–Wanda
- Foundational Literacy vs. Disciplinary Literacy vs. Content-Area Literacy
- Assessment Practices for Disciplinary Literacy
Contact Rachelle Savitz savitzr22@ecu.edu to contribute
We are pleased to announce Treva Thomas Hammond as the first recipient of the Dr. Heather Hall Inclusive LiteracyAward. Click here for more details: Dr. Heather Hall Inclusive Literacy Award, 2025-2026
Click here to access our blog submission guidelines:
LiD Blog Submission Guidelines
Click here to access our webinar guidelines:
Contact Rachelle Savitz at savitzr22@ecu.edu to submit a blog or suggest a webinar!
This website serves as a resource to share materials with educators as we work to examine and influence how literacy is embedded and supported in middle and secondary classrooms. Read our blog for weekly insights from classroom educators and researchers.
Please click here to learn more about our survey of literacy instruction in content area classrooms.
Please click here to learn more professional development opportunities for your school.
To connect with us, feel free to contact us at hello@literacy6-12.org.
Thanks in advance. 🙂
Recent Posts:
- August Webinar: Recommitting to Coherence in Disciplinary Literacy Implementation
- Equitable Disciplinary Literacy Instruction For Students in Poverty
- April Webinar: Panel Discussion
- A Call to Action!
- Empowering Black Youth Through Competitive Business Learning
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