Taft teachers gathered with Carisa Barnes, Kearny cluster Gear Up coach, and Sarah Petersen, California Reading and Literature Project consultant, to practice ways to integrate literacy strategies into their curriculum. As math, history, English, world languages, science, and PE teachers came together, they explored what it means to incorporate more effective opportunities for reading, writing, speaking, and listening into their daily instruction. They discovered that strategies such as taking notes and looking for evidence during reading, participating in a listening protocol that encourages students to actively listen and paraphrase what their classmates say, and using graphic organizers to make connections between reading and thinking, can help equip students to be more mindful in their learning process. Throughout the training, teachers planned for ways to implement literacy strategies into their current and future teaching practices.
