Literacy Resources From The Experts At TeachThought

50 Challenging Activities To Promote Digital Media Literacy In Students

Here are 50 ways teachers across content areas–and homeschooled learners too–can promote digital media literacy.

Literacy / March 26, 2019 / Books, Equity

Which are the best books to promote social justice and activism? Which can encourage students to change their world?

Literacy / February 5, 2019 / Fundamentals

Teach students morphological strategies to figure out words they do not know, in addition to context-clue strategies.

The purpose of Cornell Notes is to distill complex text, arguments, etc. into a format useful for reflection and study.

Digital Literacy is increasingly important in an age where many students read more from screens than they do from books.

How to cite a tweet depends on context, but generally begin with the username, then add the verbatim tweet in quotations.

Literacy / September 6, 2018 / How-To

Making reading a contest may result in more books read, but may not create the ‘reader’ you’re hoping to create.

Literacy / August 23, 2018

A simple way for students to build background knowledge and improve literacy skills, here are 10 ways to use ReadWorks in the classroom.

Texts may be chosen based on their success in the classroom, yet students are not taught how to recognize their utility in their lives.

Literacy / July 11, 2018 / Books

This story of Christopher’s quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating novels.

Students needed to see what a ‘quality’ reading response looked like. Once these questions were demystified a bit, it was all downhill.

Want to see some amazing libraries? The top eight are described below, with the text from the video summary.