Literacy in the Disciplines 6-12

Performing Poetry: How Music Shapes Poetic Analysis Missed the live webinar? You can now access the recording of “Performing Poetry: How Music Shapes Poetic Analysis”! Held on April 24, 2025, this insightful session led by Catheryn Cofie…

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Check out our April webinar by Catheryn Cofield as she explores the powerful connection between musical literacy and poetic analysis. Perfect webinar for National Poetry Month!

Excavating Voice Across the Disciplines: Poetic Inquiry as a Portal to Understanding What happens when we invite students not only to analyze a poem but to become the poem? This is the question I return to—again and again—when I think about the role poetry plays in our classrooms. …

We love National Poetry Month!

Materials Matter: Leveraging Quality NGSS Curricula to Enact Disciplinary Literacy One goal of school science learning is to apprentice students into the discipline. As teachers, we engage students in the multiple ways they can leverage the discourses of science so they can under…

Another great blog post from Mary Starr- Leveraging Quality NGSS Curricula to Enact Disciplinary Literacy.
Science educators, be sure to read this!

Bringing Data to Life: Using Disciplinary Literacy Skills to Teach Data Interpretation in Agriculture Inspiration: Why Data Interpretation and Analysis? When I was first introduced to the concept of disciplinary literacy last semester, I found myself reflecting on my own educational experiences. I’…

Alicia Machuca, a senior at Sam Houston State University, shares an excellent blog on Bringing Data to Life: Using Disciplinary Literacy Skills to Teach Data Interpretation in Agriculture. Check it out!

Growing Knowledge: A 7th Grade Teacher in Cleveland, Mississippi is Cultivating Agriculture Skills and Tackling Food Insecurity Stephanie: As a literacy teacher educator whose scholarship has primarily focused on agricultural literacy development in K-12 classrooms over the last 5 years, I have been fortunate to meet many d…

Agriculture knowledge and disciplinary literacy combine for in depth learning beyond the classroom walls.

Don’t forget about our free webinar this Thursday at 6pm! Register at forms.gle/NAy3ykfp2b2m...

Disciplinary Literacy: How it Started…How it’s Going How it Started Once upon a time, there was an educational concept called disciplinary literacy. It changed and grew over time, experienced some setbacks, yet still offered hope for a better educati…

Check out our recent blog post on Disciplinary Literacy- How it Started and How it’s Going! Great read!

The Science of Reading: From Full-on Belief to Skepticism In 2021, while teaching 5th grade in an elementary school in North Carolina, the Science of Reading movement took over NC. From 2021 until 2023, I was required by the state to complete the two-year…

The Science of Reading Movement is making its way across the US. Check out this blog post from a member of our group who shares her point of view as a teacher in the middle of it all.

Are You Financially Literate? As we close out 2024, it seems fitting that we visit another recent policy that touches on the overall literacy of our students – fiscal responsibility.  Dr. Kavin Ming offers us reminders tha…

In this post, we visit a policy that touches on the overall literacy of our students– fiscal responsibility. Dr. Kavin Ming offers us reminders that explicit instruction in specific topics is necessary for students on their transition to young adulthood. How do the courses in your school measure up?

About Us We are a group of educators from across the state who have been collaborating as a research group to support disciplinary literacy in middle and high schools in South Carolina. Our goal is to help …

We are a group of educators who have been collaborating as a research group to support disciplinary literacy in secondary schools. Our goal is to help middle and high school educators address literacy and support all learners in their classrooms.
Check out our website at literacy6-12.org/about-us/!