An Overview of the seven essential literacy skills
All learning is based on the mastery of essential literary skills, and in this interactive presentation, educators will discover tools they need to embed literacy into all subjects. Comprehension is based on skill-building strategies that encourage purpose and engagement; as a result, educators can effectively teach those literacy skills to support developing students as they learn to read, write, and think critically. In this presentation, educators will discover how to: expand their teaching methods to include literacy skills, introduce literacy into daily lesson planning, embed reading comprehension into any subject area, and scaffold instruction using literacy strategies to boost subject-area comprehension. (Based on Peg’s book, Clearing the Path for Developing Learners: Essential Literacy Skills to Support Achievement in Every Content Area.)
an overview of the seven essential literacy skills - part 2 (Continuing the conversation)
While every classroom teacher may not be a certified reading teacher, we know that every teacher is, indeed, a teacher of literacy in their classroom. We also know that essential literacy skills are the foundational competencies that students require to build lives of learning. In this afternoon workshop, Peg will demonstrate how to choose one of the essential literacy skills based on your state’s standards and how to customize it for your classroom: from creating and designing a lesson plan, complete with strategies including graphic organizers, worksheets, and charts, to writing a vigorous learning intention and scaffolded success criteria, and finally, applying assessement methods for all student abilities.