Literacy Resources From The Experts At TeachThought

How To Create More Authentic Writing Assignments For Students

To create authentic writing assignments, you should have a clear purpose & resistant audience in mind — one students must work to engage.

In understanding the shift from literacy to digital literacy, it may help to take a look at the underlying assumptions of digital literacy.

From high-interest text libraries to phonics and vocabulary builders, here are 14 of the best apps for struggling or hesitant teen readers.

Reciprocal teaching is a teacher-guided strategy where small groups of students play specific roles in the comprehension of a text.

“Digital literacy is the ability to interpret and design nuanced communication across fluid digital forms.”

While screen time certainly matters, focusing only on time is like developing a literacy program that focuses only on ‘minutes read.’

Start with the big ideas of written communication: Who (author) is saying what (theme/main idea, etc.) to whom (audience)?

Reader’s theater is a collaborative literacy activity, for all ages, that incorporates reading, writing, speaking, and listening.