Wisconsin's Approach to Disciplinary Literacy

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR LITERACY IN ALL SUBJECTS (Read the entire document here).

In addition to the Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning, there are several foundational statements about disciplinary literacy that inform teaching and learning in Wisconsin. To read more about each principle, click on the foundations below.

WISCONSIN'S FOUNDATIONS FOR DISCIPLINARY LITERACY

• Academic learning begins in early childhood and develops across all disciplines.
• Content knowledge is strengthened when educators integrate discipline-specific literacy into teaching and learning.
• The literacy skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking and critical thinking improve when content-rich learning experiences motivate and engage students.
• Students demonstrate their content knowledge through reading, writing, listening, and speaking as part of a content-literate community.

Resources to Support each Discipline:

These links will take you to a Google website for the subject area chosen, written by the DPI consultant for that area with significant assistance and support from subject-area educators in the field. They are meant to be resources for educators, but also interactive; teachers can (and are encouraged to) comment, upload, and network about disciplinary literacy in their discipline.

Click on any subject to learn more.

Agriculture and Natural Resources	Marketing, Management & Entrepreneurship
Art and Design Education	Mathematics
Business and Information Technology	Music
Dance	Physical Education
English Language Arts	Science
Environmental Education	Social Studies
Family & Consumer Sciences	Technology & Engineering
Theatre
Health Education	World Languages
Health Science Occupations

WISCONSIN'S APPROACH TO DISCIPLINARY LITERACY: USING THE STANDARDS

To see individual sections of the entire document, click below.

• Wisconsin's Approach to Academic Standards: Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning
• Wisconsin's Approach to Literacy in All Subjects: What is Disciplinary Literacy?
• Common Core Standards for Literacy in All Subjects
• Research Briefs to Support Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning
• Common Core Standards Appendix A: Research and Glossary of Terms
• Common Core Standards Appendix B: Complex Text Exemplars by grade level
• Common Core Standards Appendix C: Writing Samples by grade level

State Resources

PowerPoint: Disciplinary Literacy: Why a Priority? - On the first screen, just enter your name; no recording key is necessary. This PowerPoint was given before we had a definite URL for the Disciplinary Literacy website. All information is located here.

Narrated PowerPoint: Disciplinary Literacy 101

Narrated PowerPoint: I'm a Reading Specialist or a literacy coach. what does disciplinary literacy mean for me?

University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Children's Book Center

National Resources:

College and Career Readiness Standards

Common Core Standards for English Language Arts

Washington, DC: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 2010

The Hunt Institute Literacy in Other Disciplines
How ELA Standards apply -- and require mastery -- across several disciplines (History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects)

"Pathways to Prosperity Project" - Harvard School of Education

Statewide Leadership

Techniques Magazine - Published by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

For questions about this information, contact Emilie Amundson (608) 267-3726

Last updated on 2/22/2012 2:20:39 PM