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This week, I read Analysis of Expert Readers in Three Disciplines: History, Mathematics, and Chemistry by Shanahan, Shanahan and Misischia.  I felt that it was important for me to read this journal because I am working in a group with a colleague who plans to teach middle school science.  Also, many of my classmates areContinue reading “Week 9 – Ideas for Teaching”

This week I read David E. Kirkland and Austin Jackson’s “We Real Cool”:  Toward a Theory of Black Masculine Literacies.  I chose to read this journal rather than Allison Skerrett’s Religious Literacies in a Secular Literacy Classroom because I am uninterested in religion.  Where religion effects literature, history, and even the sciences, I don’t seeContinue reading “Week 7 – Classroom Observation as a Discipline”

I read A Literature Review on Disciplinary Literacy:  How do Secondary Teachers Apprentice Students Into Mathematical Literacy by Ann Marie Hillman.  Since the majority of my classmates did not read this article and I don’t believe we have studied any other works by Hillman in class, I think it’s important to mention her relationship withContinue reading “Week 6 – Disciplinary Literacy Teaching”

Watching the Reading Rockets and Tedd teaching videos this week were a nice change of pace.  I’m really interested in watching people teach, especially at those younger grades that I don’t seem to remember myself.  I spoke with someone in my reading group after reading Rainey et al 2018 during week 3 about how beneficialContinue reading “Week 5 – Content Reading Strategies and Disciplinary Practices”

The Shanahan and Shanahan reading this week provides us with the opportunity to take a stance on whether disciplinary literacy has its place at the elementary level.  This journal “sold” me on disciplinary literacy more than previous readings because the authors defined disciplinary literacy based on the idea that teaching students the specialized ways ofContinue reading “Week 4 – Examining the Disciplines”

I am a little bit confused by the first sentence of the first article: “there is growing consensus that disciplinary literacy teaching is necessary for advancing goals of college readiness and social justice: (Rainey et al. 2018).  I can totally see that possessing disciplinary literacy would help students be college ready, but I can’t immediatelyContinue reading “Week 3 – Examples of Disciplinary Literacy”

The first reading highlights the differences between a number of similar-sounding terms.  Content is what the author tries to convey to the reader.  The author may use a variety of approaches, including but not limited to words, images, or sounds.  At the same time, the reader brings their own experiences to the content.   I thinkContinue reading “Week 2 – Content Area vs. Disciplinary Literacy”

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