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Literacy for a Lifetime

Literacy for a Lifetime. Mrs. Juliet Green Literacy Resource Teacher (LRT) Palmer High School. My Journey to Palmer High School. Collegiate Fanatics . . . UCLA USC = Falcon or Tiger Fans . GREEN Family . . . Life Outside PHS & Rm. 237!. Just What is Literacy ?

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Literacy for a Lifetime

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  1. Literacy for a Lifetime Mrs. Juliet Green Literacy Resource Teacher (LRT) Palmer High School

  2. My Journey to Palmer High School

  3. Collegiate Fanatics . . .UCLA USC = Falcon or Tiger Fans

  4. GREEN Family . . . Life Outside PHS & Rm. 237!

  5. Just What is Literacy? • Being able to succeed • Learning how to learn info • English of something . . .Writing? • Understanding what words mean • The ability to read and write • The art of language • Reading something and knowing what it means • Language for life • Making meaning of/from words • NOT LIT ! ! ! ! Quotes from PHS Students/Staff!

  6. Five P’s for Literacy (& puppies too!) Purpose:No accidents! Literacy is purposeful and constant across contents Prepare: Determine students’ personalities and work with their strengths Plan: Establish a literacy schedule that complements your coursework Practice: Set a schedule and be faithful and diligent Perform: Do all of the above to help students succeed!

  7. Literacy is the ability to read, write, listen and comprehend, and speak a language.[1] In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication or at a level that lets one understand and communicate abstract ideas. Wikipedia Definition

  8. Visual Thesaurus Literature . . .

  9. Although they may look alike Literature & Literacy are NOT Identical Twins !

  10. . . . language arts and reading teachers need content-area teachers to show students how to read and write like a scientist, historian, or mathematician. All teachers in all subject areas share the responsibility for literacy development in high school. Today, more and more content-area teachers recognize this responsibility and are incorporating content literacy into their teaching through a variety of instructional strategies -Richard Vacca Often our students don’t know the power they have as readers and the possibilities that books provide.

  11. Literacy –noun 1. the quality or state of being literate, esp. the ability to read and write. 2. possession of education. 3. a person's knowledge of a particular subject or field: The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.

  12. Teachers, Parents, Schools = All Adults Nobody should be excused from effectively educating the youth of America

  13. Actual notes written by parents . . . Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre, dyrea, direathe), the shits. [Words in ( )'s were crossed out]. Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids.

  14. Literacy for Lunch . . . *FREE lunch! *Participation = Credit! *~1 X= per month *New & Venerable  Teachers Alike! *CrisTovani’sI Read It But I Don’t Get It

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