Content+Area+Literacy

Content Area Literacy Throughout a child's education, they come in contact with several different content areas. The major ones are usually language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Each of these areas has their own branches of study, but thats a general overview. To suceed in these content areas, students need to have a strong background in reading and writing, especially students in the older grades. Furthermore, each content area should be including some aspect of reading and writing. For instance, in social studies, a student may have to write a letter or a journal entry during a lesson. In science, they have to write down predictions and read the text and directions and be able to comprehend what they are reading. This is not so important for students in the lower grades who may get help with these types of lessons, but older students (4-6) need to be able to do this on their own. Therefore, literacy is found in each content area and a balanced literacy background provides the student with the tools they need to suceed.

[|Content Area Literacy] This link has many strategies for teachers to look at when the are incorporating literacy into their content areas. There are comprehension strategies, scaffolding strategies, and even books that support content area literacy.

[|Content Literacy] This link is a guide for teachers to use when teaching literacy in content areas.