Disciplinary+Literacy

Moving into specialized literacy: Disciplinary Literacy
=DISCIPLINARY LITERACY= Tim and Cynthia Shanahan talk about three levels of literacy: basic literacy (skills that underpin all reading tasks, including decoding and knowledge of high frequency words), intermediate literacy (literacy skills that are common to many tasks, which includes the thinking skills), and disciplinary literacy (specialized literacy skills that are unique to the various disciplines). Below is a power point that outlines their and an article from Harvard Education Review (Spring 2008) that explains their insights.

Elizabeth Moje adds her insights and research into disciplinary literacy:

====Cris Tovani and Sam Bennett talk about learning targets and using formative assessment in the classroom to increase student thinking and comprehension in all classes. [|Cris Tovani and Sam Bennett]====

Ad Lit's tips for literacy in the science classroom: