The Right to Be Literate: Six Essential Literacy Skills - strategies for teaching students the skills they need to think critically and communicate collaboratively in the 21st century

Students of the digital age have access to a voluminous amount of information, and literacy skills are of paramount importance. In this book, teachers and administrators will explore the six comprehensive skill areas essential to 21st century literacy: reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and representing. Educators can either read straight through the book to explore all the presented standards-based strategies for widening literacy skills or look for specific strategies they haven t yet tried. The second of each chapter pair includes assessment ideas and tips for parents to also help students develop literacy skills for 21st century success. With The Right to Be Literate s resources, educators can encourage the behaviors they want all students to gain in pursuing college and career success.

Benefits

• Examine aspects of receptive and expressive language.
• Understand the different categories of formative assessment.
• Explore examples of each literacy strategy at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels.
• Contemplate standards-based strategies and the thinking skills they target.
• Access discussion questions, and review literacy strategies to use in a professional learning community.
• Discover what parents can do to support student literacy skills.

Contents
Preface
Introduction: Receptive and Expressive Language
Chapter 1: Read Fast: Read With Reason and Purpose
Chapter 2: Write Well: Write Every Day in Every Way
Chapter 3: Listen Hard: Hear What Is Said
Chapter 4: Speak True: Say What You Mean
Chapter 5: View Always: Picture It
Chapter 6: Represent Often: Show, Don t Tell
Afterword
Appendix: Strategies to Use in a Professional Learning Community
References and Resources