1. Textual Literacy with Various forms of Text and Increasing sources of Information

2. readwriteanalyze evaluate  The ability to read, write, analyze, and evaluate textual works of literature and personal and professional documents.  Source: Standards for the 21 st Century Learner in Action. AASL, pp. 18-19

3.  Traditional Print Materials  Pictures  Auditory Stories  Multimedia Websites  Movies

4.  Compare audio versions with printed text.  Go beyond and show text in different languages  Show pictures and ask readers for reactions  Enlarge text for readers with visual impairments  Teach evaluation of websites rather than search strategies

5.  Information literacy subsumes but goes far beyond the traditional textual literacy that has been considered part of a basic education  Information literacy focuses on content and communication: it encompasses authoring, information finding and organization, research, and information analysis, assessment, and evaluation

6.  Teacher Modeling is important  Activate learner’s prior knowledge  Students should visualize the text.  Question Readers

7.  Have students make predictions and make connections to their own experiences  Students should separate facts and opinions  Synthesize the text

8.  Day after tomorrow  Inconvenient truth  Books: The Magic School Bus  Accelerated Reader Multimedia website!

9.  The focus in the NCLB law on Reading and Math is shifting away from: ◦ Higher level comprehension ◦ Understanding ◦ Thinking skills  Source: Reading Across A Dozen Literacies http://fno.org/mar09/dozen.html#text http://fno.org/mar09/dozen.html#text

10.  “In this increasing global world of information, students must be taught to seek diverse perspectives, gather and use information ethically, and use social tools responsibly and safely.”  “School library media specialists have the expertise in multiple literacies to collaborate with teachers for effective teaching and learning.”

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