Literacy Now!



Diana Franklin
Academic Coach
Githens Middle School
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Language Arts Literacy Resources Language Arts is the place where literacy strategies are most readily embraced and used on a daily basis. It is of particular importance in the Language Arts classroom that teachers are consistently employing research based literacy strategies and reinforcing student-owned strategies.



Websites with Literacy Strategies


Top Pick: Think Literacy
My favorite literacy website! This is a book you can download or refer to online. It has specific strategies, lesson plans, examples, and more for both reading and writing. Check it out!

Kathy Bumgardner Reading
Love this site! Great ideas for reading including summarizing tools, think alouds, EOG words, QAR posters, and more. Somewhat elementary, but easily adaptable to middle grades. Heavy into Marzano!

Adolescent Literacy
Good background information on literacy and strategies.

20 Reading Strategies
A variety of strategies defined and ways to implement them in class.

Reading Resource Center
Reading and word attack strategies.

Reading Strategies
Scaffolding students’ interactions with texts.

Literacy Matters

ReadWriteThink
Important information and excellent online tools in the Student Resource Tab

Main Idea
A powerpoint you can download and use in class on the main idea of a passage.

Reading Strategies in Action
Videos, lesson plans, explanations that improve English and language arts comprehension.






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