Cross-Curricular Literacies

How can we view literacy as more than just reading and writing in English class and how can we integrate other subject areas into reading and writing?

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The Critical Arts Project: Using Story to Critically Engage with Artforms | To help educators launch a Critical Arts Project with students, Mary L. Fahrenbruck provides three examples that use sculpture to think critically about global connections.

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Wherefore Art Thou? The “Arts” of the English Language Arts | In the September issue of Voices from the Middle, Sara Kajder and Shelbie Witte invited readers to "share the ways in which the arts are prevalent within their classrooms."

Teachers as Assessment Leaders in Literacy: Roundtable Discussions | Members of the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment share opportunities for a conversation with colleagues about literacy assessment at #NCTE18.

This issue of Teaching English in the Two-Year College brings some exciting research to readers as well as a range of articles that will give you new ideas for your fall 2018 writing, critical reading, and literature courses.

The theme for this issue of Voices From the Middle is "Wherefore 'Art' Thou? The ‘Arts’ of the English Language Arts" and is packed with ideas for integrating arts education with curriculum, and not just in ELA classes. Art Education, Curriculum, Teachers, Middle

The theme for this issue of Voices From the Middle is "Wherefore 'Art' Thou? The ‘Arts’ of the English Language Arts" and is packed with ideas for integrating arts education with curriculum, and not just in ELA classes.

Tunnel books combine poetry and art. // Blog by Teach Kids Art

10 middle grade books to help you bring STEAM-–Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math--into your classroom. // Blog by Nerdy Book Club Space Science, Science Nature, Science Words, Science Rules, Steam Science, Moms Choice, Foundation, Quiz Names, Constellations

10 middle grade books to help you bring STEAM-–Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math--into your classroom. // Blog by Nerdy Book Club

Culinary Arts Integration: 12 PBL Activities Students Can Sink Their Teeth Into // Article by Edutopia

Surprise Summer Reads Via the Mathical Book Prize | You can sometimes find great summer reading in places you weren't expecting! Check out these recommendations for books that engage and entertain while helping kids make friends with math. Hammock Posts, Define Summer, Reading Calendars, Lesson Plan Book, Reading Process, Professional Books, Independent Reading, Summer Learning, Persuasive Writing

Surprise Summer Reads Via the Mathical Book Prize | You can sometimes find great summer reading in places you weren't expecting! Check out these recommendations for books that engage and entertain while helping kids make friends with math.

Looking for ways to integrate the arts into your literacy instruction? Reading Challenging Texts: Layering Literacies Through the Arts can help! With a focus on teaching about the Holocaust and Anne Frank’s diary, James S. Chisholm and Kathryn F. Whitmore's new book provides accessible strategies and resource recommendations for teachers to draw on as they design arts-based instruction that helps students learn about difficult literature and subjects in relation to their contemporary lives. New Books, Books To Read, S Diary, Anne Frank, Student Learning, Subjects, Design Art

Looking for ways to integrate the arts into your literacy instruction? Reading Challenging Texts: Layering Literacies Through the Arts can help! With a focus on teaching about the Holocaust and Anne Frank’s diary, James S. Chisholm and Kathryn F. Whitmore's new book provides accessible strategies and resource recommendations for teachers to draw on as they design arts-based instruction that helps students learn about difficult literature and subjects in relation to their contemporary lives.

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Art History and Writing Integration for elementary school students // Blog by Whimsy Workshop

Social studies is an often-neglected subject in elementary school because it isn’t generally assessed on the state standardized tests that young children take. However, informational text comprehension IS tested… and what better way to teach non-fiction reading strategies than through interesting and relevant resources about the world students live in? // Blog by Angela Watson 4th Grade Social Studies, Social Studies Middle School, Social Studies Classroom, Social Studies Elementary, Social Studies Activities, Teaching Social Studies, Teaching History, Teaching Tips, Teaching Reading

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Social studies is an often-neglected subject in elementary school because it isn’t generally assessed on the state standardized tests that young children take. However, informational text comprehension IS tested… and what better way to teach non-fiction reading strategies than through interesting and relevant resources about the world students live in? // Blog by Angela Watson

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Some ideas on how to reuse old, outdated books to create amazing works of art. // Article by Renovated Learning

Novel Studies for Math Classes: A great way to tie literature and mathematics. This list has some suggested titles to help you get started. // Article by Joel Bezaire

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Looking for some ideas on how to celebrate Earth Day in the classroom? These lesson plans for ReadWriteThink can help!

Do you like fiction and mathematics? Are you looking for a book or story that might be useful for the students in your math class? Are you interested in what our society thinks about mathematicians? Then you've come to the right place. This database lists over one thousand short stories, plays, novels, films, and comic books containing math or mathematicians. // Database by Alex Kasman Algebra Activities, Math Resources, Math Classroom, Math Picture Books, Math Sites, Math Genius

Do you like fiction and mathematics? Are you looking for a book or story that might be useful for the students in your math class? Are you interested in what our society thinks about mathematicians? Then you've come to the right place. This database lists over one thousand short stories, plays, novels, films, and comic books containing math or mathematicians. // Database by Alex Kasman

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How are poetry and science related? Find out on this podcast from Heinemann.

Music in Our Schools Month is in March | March is Music in Our Schools Month, the time of year when educators display the benefits school music brings to students of all ages. Use these NCTE and ReadWriteThink resources to celebrate music and literacy in our schools. Musical Lessons, Elementary Music Lessons, Elementary Schools, Benefits Of Music Education, Middle School Literacy, New Lyrics, Music School, Music Classroom, Student Writing

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Music in Our Schools Month is in March | March is Music in Our Schools Month, the time of year when educators display the benefits school music brings to students of all ages. Use these NCTE and ReadWriteThink resources to celebrate music and literacy in our schools.

Help students better understand the writing process using the metaphor of writers are sculptors. Writers carefully mold their work in the same way that artists create their masterpieces. Students will do the same in this kinesthetic writing process activity! // Article by Reading and Writing Haven Writing Process Activities, Kinesthetic Learning Activities, Writing Strategies, Writing Lessons, Writing Resources, Teaching Writing Process, Ela Writing

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Help students better understand the writing process using the metaphor of writers are sculptors. Writers carefully mold their work in the same way that artists create their masterpieces. Students will do the same in this kinesthetic writing process activity! // Article by Reading and Writing Haven

Sustainable WAC: Launching and Developing Writing Across the Curriculum Programs | Michelle Cox, Jeffrey R. Galin, and Dan Melzer share more about their new book, which is organized around a set of principles, methodology, strategies, and tactics that, when used together, introduce transformational change to campus cultures of writing and lead to programs that are integrated, highly visible, and sustainable. Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Phonics, Vignettes, Nonfiction, Audio Books

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Sustainable WAC: Launching and Developing Writing Across the Curriculum Programs | Michelle Cox, Jeffrey R. Galin, and Dan Melzer share more about their new book, which is organized around a set of principles, methodology, strategies, and tactics that, when used together, introduce transformational change to campus cultures of writing and lead to programs that are integrated, highly visible, and sustainable.

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Pair your art study unit with language arts with these books about artists! // Blog by Mommy Evolution

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Some ideas from teachers for how to integrate other subjects into the ELA classroom. // Article by 2 Peas and a Dog

Help students step into the shoes of a historical figure with this lesson plan, which encourages students to write journal entries from the person's perspective after studying their real journal entries. // Article by WriteShop High School Writing Prompts, Homeschool Writing Prompts, Picture Writing Prompts, Teaching Writing, Teaching Ideas, Writing Club, Diary Writing, Writing Center

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Help students step into the shoes of a historical figure with this lesson plan, which encourages students to write journal entries from the person's perspective after studying their real journal entries. // Article by WriteShop

$Math needs language too! Developing student’s language skills by focusing on mathematical vocabulary and using sentence frames helps students learn the language of math! // Article by What Have I Learned Math Strategies, Math Activities, Math Skills, Math Lessons, Sentence Frames, Math Talk, Upper Elementary Math, Math Vocabulary$

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Math needs language too! Developing student’s language skills by focusing on mathematical vocabulary and using sentence frames helps students learn the language of math! // Article by What Have I Learned

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Keeping the ART in ELA with these eight suggestions. // Article by Musings from the Middle School

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