CONTENT AREA LEARNING NEWSLETTER

Latest News in the Content Areas:
Content Area Literacy Task Force (CALTF)

The CALTF is a group of EKUWP content teachers who want to help teachers connect with other professionals in order to share a variety of tested and proven classroom strategies.  Published editions of our newsletter are linked below.

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April/May Newsletter: Reflection 

Past Newsletters:
March Newsletter: On Demand

February Newsletter: Text Complexity

Resources for Text Complexity on Right Hand Side

December/January Newsletter: Digital Literacy

November Newsletter: Integrating Subjects

October Newsletter: Visual Literacy

September Newsletter: Vocabulary

August Newsletter: Kick Off Writing

October Newsletter: Summarizing

November Newsletter: Vocabulary

January Newsletter: Evidence and Support

February Newsletter: Mentor Texts

March Newsletter: Analysis

April/May Newsletter: Publishing Opportunities
      Publication Model: Elementary ELA
      Publication Model: Elementary Science
      Publication Model: High School World Civ

Text Complexity Resources

Text Complexity Standard
Ambush, by Tim O'Brien
Review of the Things They Carried, by Joseph Peschel
Doonesbury on the Vietnam War
Propaganda, American Style, by Noam Chomsky
Thoughts of Hanoi, by Nguyen Thi Vinh
Letters from Vietnam, from Driscoll and Homiski
President Nixon's Speech on Cambodia
Text Complexity Worksheet, from engage ny