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KnowledgeBases > The Adolescent Literacy KnowledgeBase > Element 2 > Activity 1 > Task 3: Explore Integration of Literacy and Content Area Instruction

Guideline:

It is important for district- and school-level educators to have an awareness of the nature of adolescent literacy development. Possessing such awareness enables content-area educators to develop effective instructional strategies.

Tools Adolescent Literacy Toolkit _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link to the Council of Chief State School Officers' Adolescent Literacy Toolkit provides resources for states and high school content area teachers.

Tools The Language of Literacy - Some Commonly Used Terms _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to a National Institute of Literacy glossary of commonly used terminology related to reading, literacy, and reading instruction.

References Bringing Literacy Strategies into Content Instruction _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted in its introduction, this Center on Instruction document "provides research-based guidance on academic literacy instruction in the content areas." The vignettes offered provide examples of how literacy instruction can be integrated into content area instruction. 

References Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the Alliance for Excellent Education's report Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas: Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement. It discusses multiple aspects of adolescent literacy development from achieving basic reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills to more advanced literacy skills that will enable middle and high school students succeed in academic content areas.

References Reading in the Disciplines: The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to the Carnegie Corporation of New York's report addressing adolescent literacy in the content areas. The report discusses the following content areas: science, mathematics, literature, and history.

References What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to a National Institute for Literacy document for content-area teachers. As noted in its preface, "this report summarizes some of the current literature on adolescent literacy research and practice."

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