Content Literacy - Welcome

GOALS• Awareness

• Equip 21st Century Skill Set

• Provide Framework for Teaching and Learning

• Resources

For ALL students to achieve at the highest level and attain success in any

venture as learners, workers, and citizens of the 21st century.

? Community Schools

““We must prepare our children…We must prepare our children…Not for our world. But for their world.Not for our world. But for their world.

The world of the futureThe world of the future.”.”

The World is Changed

The Internet is the new economy’s defining technology for generating productivity gains

(Friedman, 2005)

No Matter Their Path….

Technology has everything to do with literacy.

And being able to use the latest technologies has everything to

do with being literate.

Literacy as We Knew It…

Literacy as they know itLiteracy as they know it

•Find •Decode •Evaluate•Organize•Use

Comprehension Then

What color was Riding Hood’s Coat?

Who was she going to see?

What did she bring?

Who did she find in the cottage?

Comprehension Now

• How did Red feel when she saw the wolf?

• What did the author mean when he said the wolf was devious?

• Describe the mood of the setting?

Reader Expectations By 2014• What can you infer from this paragraph?• Choose a sentence that best summarizes this passage?• Which word is most critical to understanding this article?• What detail does not contribute to the importance of . . • Why did the author probably write this passage?• Which sentence helps convey the mood of the text?• Read the passage, which passage best describes the author’s

purpose?• Which writer is most qualified to say . . .• The author thinks that . . . • What is the best title for this article?• What is the theme of this poem?• Why might the author recommend . . .• _____ is an example of which literary device?• What is this paragraph mostly about?• What is the main idea?