What Do You Do With a Problem - SMHS Literacy Edition

The Amazing (W) righting race

Aria Cunningam
Errol Brown
Brook Baily
Mary Soliman

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Chapter 1
The Problem

In which ways do students struggle with literacy in your content area?

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Chapter 2
Pedagogical Supports

What pedagogical supports are already in place to help you solve the problem?

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Summary of Literacy Instruction

In writing, students need more
practice, choices, and variety to be
balanced in their learning.

Chapter 3
Digital Supports

What tools are available as supports to help you solve the problem?

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Tools
Creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, content, assessment, extensions, student
agency.

Connections: the more you can connect math to life, the better. Drilling without comprehension causes
more confusion to a degree.

creative to communication to collaboration builds critical thinking, grade level assessments and students
are involved in their own learning.

Chapter 4
Opportunities

What opportunities are presented by the problem?

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Not enough writing tasks for my content Content related
resources.

Smaller classes and
outside of school
hours opportunities
to catch up.