It is important for content area teachers to consider students’ literacy levels as part of instructional planning and assessment.

It is important for content area teachers to consider students’ literacy levels as part of instructional planning and assessment. A student who is struggling to demonstrate mastery in content area subjects may be experiencing challenges because of literacy skills deficits. For example, a student may be able to solve a geometry proof successfully but may not be able to justify the answer in writing due to difficulties with reading or writing skills. Having knowledge of how to use various literacy assessment tools to assess literacy skills in the content area helps teachers develop intervention and support strategies that can best meet the individual needs of students. build intervention/support into future lessons.

Tool Description(List the name of the tool and describe its purpose in one sentence. Include a link to the tool if possible.)

Implementation Schedule(One sentence describing how often and when the tool should be implemented in the content area classroom.)

Pros and Cons(List at least one pro and one con for implementing each tool in the content area classroom)

type of assessment

tool description 

(list the name of the Literary tool)

implementation schedule 

( how often should the tool be implemented in the classroom)

pros cons 

reading  

writing  

speaking