Secondary Literacy Guide

Secondary Literacy Best Practices

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Definition

Student Moves

• Teachers will teach words and parts of words • Teach multiple-meaning words and nuances in word meaning. • Teach word-solving strategies. Teachers provide students with opportunities to discuss in order to express learning, gain knowledge, engage with text, demonstrate growth, and communicate with the world around them. Teachers will develop opportunities for all students to speak daily, for a range of purposes, audiences, and lengths of time using academic language. Teachers provide direct and explicit comprehension strategy instruction. ● Select carefully the text to use when beginning to teach a given strategy ● Show students how to apply the strategies they are learning to different texts. ● Make sure the text is appropriate for the reading level of students ● Use a direct and explicit instruction lesson plan for teaching students how to use comprehension strategies ● Provide the appropriate amount of guided practice depending on the difficulty level of the strategies that students are learning. Teachers should monitor and set goals for students’ individual progress to provide individualized explicit instruction.

context and interpret meanings of texts.

Students should engage in speaking in order to express learning, gain knowledge, engage with text, demonstrate growth, and communication with the world around them.

Structured Classroom Discussions

Students should actively participate in the lesson, reading, writing, and speaking in order to express learning, gain knowledge, engage with text, demonstrate growth, and communicate with the world around them.

Comprehension Strategy Instruction

Students will monitor and set goals for student’s individual progress to receive individualized instruction and progress.

Use of Authentic Assessments

Last Updated April 14, 2025 ​

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