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Viking Literacy Plan. What is the focus of your school literacy plan?. Writing across the curriculum Increasing Academic Vocabulary in all disciplines Increasing literacy school wide. What are the basic components of this plan?. DEAR Informal, formal and on-demand writing in all departments
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What is the focus of your school literacy plan? • Writing across the curriculum • Increasing Academic Vocabulary in all disciplines • Increasing literacy school wide
What are the basic components of this plan? • DEAR • Informal, formal and on-demand writing in all departments • Academic Word List • Words of the Week • Accelerated Reader
What is your contribution to the plan this year? • Implemented Accelerated Reader • Hosted Kelly Gallagher workshop • Implemented Academic Word List • Revised Words of the Week • Supplemented our library collection with 1200 high-interest fiction and non-fiction selections
What do you want to add to the plan in the future? • Increase the use of EAP modules in all grades • Student book club • Increase Literacy Committee meetings • Increase awareness and use of Literacy Binders • Increase participation in staff book club
“Academic writing, reading, and inquiry are inseparably linked; and all three are learned by not doing any one alone, but by doing them all at the same time.” -James Reither