Holly's response to "Why is everyone talking about..."

You'll have to excuse this post if it doesn't make too much sense.  My city has now tested the tornado sirens about five or so times and it's making it very difficult to form a coherent thought.

Onto the article though...

I thought the authors made some interesting points in this article.  The first being that literacy needs to be incorporated into content specific instruction.  I think that many times we may be adequate in the literacy of one content area but in another we are in helplessly over our heads.  In high school I would have been fairly competent in the literacy of history, but in science I was lost most of the time.  I think this is especially critical as you get into the high school years and have more in depth instruction in different content areas.

I also thought the point that the authors made about literacy instruction happening not only in the classroom was interesting as well.  Having a support system outside of the schools makes sense also.  It seems we never have enough time in the classroom and while we should be the first to offer instruction and support in literacy, it is also helpful to have the outside support and I think students can really benefit from the additional instruction.