RSU 21 Literacy Resources

Middle School

English Language Arts

Teaching Content Literacy

Multi Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS): The RSU 21 Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a school-wide, data-driven framework for improving learning outcomes for EVERY student. The learner receives a layered continuum of evidence-based practices in a positive and engaging learning environment. MTSS is a systematic team approach that is differentiated to meet the learners' specific needs and goals.

Curriculum and District Expectations

ELA Common Core Standards

Grade 6 Scope and Sequence (to be added)
Grade 7 Scope and Sequence (to be added)
Grade 8 Scope and Sequence (to be added)

RSU 21 MTSS-A Website

Middle School Literacy Resources

English Language Arts

Writing

Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools - National Writing Project & Carl Nagin

In The Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning (3rd Edition) - Nancie Atwell

180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents - Kelly Gallagher, Penny Kittle

Teaching Adolescent Writers - Kelly Gallagher

Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling & Mentor Texts - Kelly Gallagher

Teaching Middle School Writers: What Every English Teacher Needs to Know - Laura Robb

Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster - Without Burning Out - Matthew Johnson

Inside Writing: How to Teach the Details of Craft - Donald H. Graves, Penny Kittle (with companion book: My Quick Writes for Inside Writing)

Reading

In The Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning (3rd Edition) - Nancie Atwell

180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents - Kelly Gallagher, Penny Kittle

"You Gotta BE the Book": Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents (3rd Edition) - Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Strategic Reading: Guiding Students to Lifelong Literacy - Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Tanya N. Baker, Julie Dube

Teaching Reading in Middle School: A Strategic Approach to Teaching Reading That Improves Comprehension and Thinking (2nd Edition) - Laura Robb

Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding (3rd Edition) - Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do - Kylene Beers

Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life - Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading - Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst

Word Study

The Science of Spelling: The Explicit Specifics that Make Great Readers and Writers (and Spellers!) - J. Richard Gentry

Word Matter Tensions - Janet Allen

Grammar

Catching Up on Conventions: Grammar Lessons for Middle School Writers - Chantal Francois & Elisa Zonana

Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop - Jeff Anderson

Patterns of Power, Grades 6–8: Inviting Adolescent Writers Into The Conventions Of Language - Jeff Anderson, Travis Leech and Melinda Clark

The Grammar Workshop: Systematic Language Study in Reading and Writing Contexts - Leah A. Zuidema

From Finding Error to Finding Wonder: A Shift in Grammar Instruction - Eileen Shanahan

Teaching Content Literacy

Tools for Teaching Content Literacy - Janet Allen

MORE Tools for Teaching Content Literacy - Janet Allen

Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science, and Math: Practical Ways to Weave Comprehension Strategies into Your Content Area Teaching - Laura Robb

Nonfiction Writing from the Inside Out: Writing Lessons Inspired by Conversations with Leading Authors - Laura Robb

Reading, Thinking, and Writing About History: Teaching Argument Writing to Diverse Learners in the Common Core Classroom, Grades 6-12 (Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series) - Chauncey Monte-Sano, Susan De La Paz, Mark Felton, Susan B. Neuman, D. Ray Reutzel

Reading Like a Historian: Teaching Literacy in Middle and High School History Classrooms―Aligned with Common Core State Standards 2nd Edition

by Sam Wineburg (Author), Daisy Martin (Author), Chauncey Monte-Sano (Author)

Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines (2nd edition) - Doug Buehl

Multi Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS): The RSU 21 Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a school-wide, data-driven framework for improving learning outcomes for EVERY student. The learner receives a layered continuum of evidence-based practices in a positive and engaging learning environment. MTSS is a systematic team approach that is differentiated to meet the learners' specific needs and goals.

Teacher: Kevin Stack Ed. Tech: Alicia Wilson
Phonics and Fluency Assessment: Dibels
Fluency, Accuracy and Comprehension Assessment: Benchmark Assessment System (BAS)
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Refresher
Instructional Reading Levels

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