Table of Contents
Content Home- Welcome
Module Overview- Pre-Assessment
- Unit 1: Career and College Readiness in the Technical Subjects
- Unit 2: Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, K-5
- Unit 3: Building Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, 6–12 Reading
- 3.1 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
- 3.2 Reading Standard 1: Evidence, Inferences, and Conclusions
- 3.3 Reading Standard 2: Central Ideas and Summarizing
- 3.4 Reading Standard 3: Multistep Procedures
- 3.5 CCR Anchor Standards, Reading 4, 5, & 6
- 3.6 Reading Standards 7, 8, and 9: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- 3.7 Reading Standard 10: Text Complexity
- 3.8 Unit Summary
- Unit 4: Building Content Literacy in the Technical Subjects, 6–12 Writing
- 4.1 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
- 4.2 Writing in the Technical Subjects in the 21st Century
- 4.3 Writing Standard 1: Arguments to Support Claims
- 4.4 Different Types and Purposes of Writing
- 4.5 Writing Standard 2: Informative/Explanatory Text
- 4.6 Writing Standards 4, 5, and 6: Production and Distribution of Writing
- 4.7 Writing Standards 7, 8, and 9: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
- 4.8 Writing Standard 10: Range of Writing
- 4.9 Unit Summary: Review
- Module Summary
Post Assessment
Certificate of Completion
Resources- Module Evaluation
2.3 Building Foundational Knowledge
The CCSS call for K–5 multiple subject teachers to expand opportunities within and across grade levels to include more reading and writing of informational text. Teaching literacy through the technical subjects is an ideal way to accomplish this. The connections between literacy standards and technical subject standards call for curricular and instructional planning that promote deep, sequential learning of subject matter content while simultaneously building literacy skills.
Take a few minutes to read about this emphasis on content-specific literacy development:
This type of reading and writing encompasses all technical subjects, including the focus topic of this unit — VAPA (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts). For example, VAPA instruction includes not only developing skills in the arts disciplines, but also using artistic processes and knowledge to support building English language arts literacy skills. The four discipline-specific content areas within VAPA are each technical subjects with their own unique standards — sequential, comprehensive bodies of knowledge and processes.
Content Literacy for Technical Subjects. Brought to you by the California Department of Education and the California Arts Project at California State University, San Bernardino.
For questions or feedback, please e-mail commoncoreteam@cde.ca.gov.
