How Can School Leaders Support Disciplinary Literacy?

This post is written by Jacy Ippolito, Christina Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird. You can read more about these authors at the bottom of this post. When talking with school leaders interested in supporting disciplinary literacy (DL), one question we often ask is: “What kind of holding environment are you able and willing to establish for your […]

Using the Four States of Competence as a Framework for Unpacking our Literacy Practices

This post is written by Jennifer D. Morrison. Read more about Jennifer at the bottom of this post. Over the past twenty years that I have served as an instructional coach, staff development specialist, teacher educator, and National Board candidate mentor, it has been clear to me how important it is to engage in being […]

The Millennium Project

This post is written by Miriam Necastro. Read more about Miriam at the bottom of this post. They say you can’t go home again. However, in the case of myself and some of my colleagues, we did by returning for round two at Brookfield Middle School; this time as teachers. At the beginning of the […]

The Power of Parallel Reading

This post is written by Charlene Aldrich. For more about Charlene, please visit the bottom of this page. The webinar recording for this material is embedded at the bottom of post. How do we get students to read at home? We probably have to require it. We know in lower school, students are asked to […]

Complicated, and Worth It: Fashioning Links in Literacy

This post is written by Jason D. DeHart, PhD. Read more about Jason at the bottom of this post. Were I to conduct a thematic analysis of my career in literacy so far, “I don’t like to read” would rise to prominence as an often-stated reality. Even if students feel that they are capable readers, […]

Teaching Word Roots in the Science Curriculum

This post is written by Dr. Timothy Rasinski. Learn more about Dr. Rasinski at the bottom of this post. Research has demonstrated that the size and depth of students’ vocabularies are associated with proficiency in reading comprehension. Words matter in reading. Words also matter in academic areas. In science, words are labels for key scientific […]

Using graphic organizers to help break down content into manageable chunks

This post is written by Schyler Anderson. Read more about Schyler at the bottom of this post. While teaching science one day, I gave my students what I thought would be a simple task – read an article and answer questions afterward. In my lesson plans, I wrote this as a “warm-up” activity which was […]

Webinar: Using Curiosity to Write in Science

Literacy in the Disciplines, 6-12 (LiD) is pleased to announce our next after-school Webinar Series session. Using Curiosity to Write in Science This webinar features two science teachers sharing ways literacy can be used to support science content learning. The purpose of this webinar is to communicate learning in science through the CER framework and […]

Planting the Seed of Comprehension in Agriculture and Science Classrooms

This post is written by Stephanie M. Lemley. You can find out more about Stephanie at the bottom of this post. For the past two years, I have had the privilege of working primarily with grades 6-12 Mississippi agriculture and science teachers through a grant entitled Agricultural Sciences Professional Development (ACRE). This professional development for […]

Nurturing Key Critical Literacies Through Visual Arts Pedagogy

This post is written by Linda Cato. You can find out more about Linda at the bottom of this post. The classroom is charged with an energy of quiet focus: ten students patiently mixing rainbows of watercolor on paint trays and carefully painting in rows of squares on pieces of large, gridded paper. The students […]