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Literacy across the Curriculum

Page history last edited by Moira Ekdahl 9 years, 5 months ago

School Libraries and Literacy across the Curriculum

 

Recommended Teacher Resources:

 

Vacca and Vacca are THE experts on literacy integration with content area classrooms, teaching and learning.  The most recent edition is the 11th edition; it is terribly expensive and additionally connected to additional resources for teachers.  See also Vacca, R.T. & J.L. Vacca.  Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum.  7th edition. Toronto: Allyn and Bacon, 2002.

 

VSB Literacies and School Libraries:  This document was derived from a district-wide survey of teacher-librarian practice.  It quite possibly would need to be updated. 

 

Libs and Literacy Revised.pdf

 

 

Medieval Pre-reading Literacy Strategies?   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRBIVRwvUeE

 

 

Section 1: Pre-reading Strategies

 

  • KWHL - September 2007  KWHL.doc 

  • Strategy that's good for "busting" academic text (secondary) - SQ4R 

 

 

 

Section 2: Reading Strategies

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3: Writing Strategies

 

 

  
Vacca and Vacca on Journal-writing: 
 
Most journal activities require thinking but do not demand a finished product.  Students soon learn to write without the fear of making errors. (274)

[Academic journals] help students generate ideas, create a record of thoughts and feelings in response to what they are reading, and explore their own lives and concerns in relation to what they are reading and learning.  [They] create a context for learning in which students interact with information personally as they explore and clarify ideas, issues, and concepts under study. 
 
 

 

 

 

Section 4:  Reflection Strategies

 

  • The Learning Log is a useful tool that builds student writing and critical thinking skills and allows teachers to monitoring student understanding;here are some guidelines and an evaluation rubric. Learning Log with Evaluation Rubric.doc 

Section 5:  Library Strategies

 

Section 6: Literacy Products

 

  • Elementary
  • Secondary 

 

 

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Moira mekdahl@vsb.bc.ca
Meredyth mkezar@vsb.bc.ca
   
   
   

 

 

 

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