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Beyond Information Overload: 5 Ways to Teach Students to Think Like Experts
Students consume endless information but struggle to think critically about it. Learn how inquiry-based disciplinary literacy helps students move beyond surface facts to build deep understanding. Explore the five phases of this framework and discover practical strategies for your secondary classroom.
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Curious About the Updated K-3 Early Literacy Essentials? Join Us at LLCN to Discover More!
Have you heard about the recent update to the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy for Grades K to 3? You might be curious as to why the update was necessary. The original document was published in 2016 to enhance children’s literacy development in Michigan. It identified ten research-supported instructional practices for kindergarten to third…
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Using These Resources Makes Disciplinary Literacy Easier!
Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in the Secondary Classroom: Grades 6 to 12 focus on literacy in the content area. This brings up a lot of questions around how teachers all over the state might access resources that already utilize Disciplinary Literacy Essentials (DLE) instructional practices in an equitable manner. Then, thinking from a…
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Rethinking How We Teach Computer Science
“From phones to cars to medicine, technology touches every part of our lives. If you can create technology, you can change the world.” Susan Wojcicki, SVP, Google We have all heard that computer science education is becoming more and more important, some even say urgent. But if you are not a computer teacher, does this…
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Kent ISD Consultants Help Lay the Groundwork for Change in Mathematics Education
If you have ever met the Math Consultants Team at Kent ISD, you understand their passion and love for mathematics and student engagement. Rusty Anderson and Marcus Deja are focused on partnering with our districts to provide equitable opportunities for all learners in mathematics, and they are helping to lay the groundwork for change in…
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Getting Started with Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy
Recently on the LLCN brief podcast, Mark Raffler and Sarah Shoemaker chatted with Jenelle Williams, Literacy Consultant, Oakland Schools ISD, and Dr. Darin Stockdill, University of Michigan, about the Essential Literacy Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction: Grades 6-12. Mark and Darin discussed the differences between the terms “Disciplinary Literacy” and “Content Literacy.” A topic you…
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Mathematical Literacy? Disciplinary Literacy? We Need and Want Both.
By Kathy Berry, Monroe County ISD; Cherron Ramsey, Wayne RESA; Marcus Deja, Kent ISD; Brad Thornburg, Gratiot-Isabella RESD; and Karen Reister, Traverse Bay Area ISD Think for a moment about literacy in the mathematics classroom. What comes to mind? Do you immediately see word walls of mathematics vocabulary? Writing in math journals? Vocabulary strategies? Or…
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Science in your morning breakfast?
Written by: Wendi Vogel, Science Consultant, Kent ISD Have you ever eaten a bowl of Cheerios and noticed when you get toward the end of the Cheerios, they “stick” together in groups, or end up near the edge and stick to the sides of the bowl? If not, take a look at the picture above,…