News and Information
Below are links to the most recent DPS elementary Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! news brief, as well as archived issues. In addition to providing a Response to Intervention (RtI) update and an announcement or curriculum connection, each issue focuses on one specific literacy topic. To support investigation of the featured topic, each news brief includes a summary from professional literature or research, a video clip link, and additional articles or tools (attached as additional pages in the PDF).
Share and use this resource as you reflect and engage in professional conversations about literacy pedagogy and practice. We’ve carefully selected topics that are timely, pertinent, and aligned with our theory of practice and the DPS Framework for Effective Teaching. Subsequent editions will be posted here and in the Teacher and Administrator Portals every other Monday morning. Thank you for reading!
Documents are in PDF format, unless noted otherwise.
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 2, Issue 3, "Interdisciplinary Units Update,"
May 2012
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 2, Issue 2, "Guided Writing,"
January 2012
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 2, Issue 1, "Issues with Challenging Texts,"
November 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 11, "Vocabulary Development,"
May 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 10, "Comprehension," April 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 9, "Summer Reading," April 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 8, "Structured Independent Reading," March 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 7, "A Framework for Balanced Literacy, Part 1," March 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 6, "Rethinking Phonics for the 21st Century," February 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 5, "Using Oral Language to Check for Understanding," January 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 4, "Authentic Literacy," January 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 3, "The Zone of Proximal Development and Gradual Release Model," January 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 2, "Writing Across the Curriculum," January 2011
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Volume 1, Issue 1, "What Really Matters?" November 2010
- Literacy [lit-er-uh-see]! Introductory Issue, November 2010