Middle School
Buffalo Grove/Long Grove, Illinois
Kelly Melendez Loaiza
Science Teacher
Mansfield High School
Mansfield, Massachusetts
Kristen Vileta
Science Teacher
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Natalie Wilson
Science Teacher
Hudson Middle School
Sachse, Texas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reproducible pages are in italics.
Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher
The Need for Literacy Instruction
Collaboration, Learning, and Results
Collaborative Meeting Logistics
Standards Analysis and Goal Setting
Identification of Students’ Literacy Skills
Identification of the Content-Literacy Connections
Wrapping Up
Understanding Response to Intervention
Differentiating Instruction
Assessing the Level of Text Complexity
Using Fix-Up Strategies
Considerations When Students Struggle
Considerations When Students Are Proficient
Wrapping Up
The Importance of Prereading
Collaboration Around Prereading Activities
The Four Ps of Science Prereading
NGSS Connections
Strategies for Supporting Students in Prereading
Considerations When Students Struggle
Considerations When Students Are Proficient
Wrapping Up
The Need for Engaged, Active Readers
Collaboration Around During-Reading Activities
NGSS Connections
Strategies for Supporting Students During Reading
Considerations When Students Struggle
Considerations When Students Are Proficient
Wrapping Up
The Importance of Postreading Instruction
Collaboration Around Postreading Activities
NGSS Connections
Strategies for Supporting Students in Postreading
Considerations When Students Struggle
Considerations When Students Are Proficient
Wrapping Up
Collaboration Around Consistent Language
NGSS Connections
