Literacy across the content areas is one of the keys to future success for our students and our schools. Check out these great examples of literacy, especially dialogue, in various content areas...
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| Literacy includes debate, specifically dialogue that requires kids to practice speaking and listening. In this social studies class, students are writing and debating the pros and cons to a caste system. |
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| RAPing it Write: these students are predicting which parts of the RAP continuum are scored as 1, 2, 3, and 4. The beauty of this exercise is that students are delving deeply into their writing expectations. |
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| Using the RAP continuum, this teacher has students reflect on their individual progress. |
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| Literacy in Geometry: These students work collaboratively, communicating with one another about how to solve problems. The dialogue here is rich and results in greater mathematical understanding. |
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| These Pilots are incorporating great dialogue strategies as well. In their digital citizenship lesson, they broke students into groups to require increased participation and engagement through discussion. |
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