Disciplinary+Literacy

=EMWP to Create Disciplinary Literacy Curriculum= =with Science and Social Studies Teachers= by Co-Directors Doug Baker and John Staunton

===EMWP director Bill Tucker secured a $5,000 grant from the National Writing Project for the purposes of embarking on an ambitious project to ** support literacy instruction of science and social studies teachers, particularly incorporating writing in subject areas, linking to Common Core Standards, and supporting local school, district, and state goals **. In August volunteer EMWP fellows, who largely teach students in these two subject areas, met to discuss opportunities of this grant, especially as NWP strives to support the nation’s teachers with a lean budget.===

===Co-directors Doug Baker and John Staunton will coordinate the efforts with two groups of energetic teachers and NWP fellows. The science teachers will be led by Julie Blomquist (Emerson Middle School, Livonia), Julie King (Emerson Middle School, Livonia), Lauren Luedtke (International Academy, Bloomington Hills), and Jeff Taylor (Clague Middle School, Ann Arbor). The social studies teachers include Andrea Gillies (Flat Rock High School), Michelle McLemore (Onsted High School), Judy Wycoff (Allen Park High School), Dawn Putnam (Chelsea High School). ===

===Both groups plan to meet monthly and design research-based and classroom-proven lessons that teachers can implement with their students. By also linking the lessons to the Common Core Standards, which the state of Michigan has adopted, these EMWP fellows will strive to lead and guide other teachers to offer curricular opportunities to students to meet subject area literacy goals and increase students’ awareness and knowledge of these disciplines.===

===EMWP will highlight the effort and products of these two groups of teachers as part of the Reading and Writing in a Decade of Standards series. The social studies group will demonstrate lessons on March 10, 2012, and the science teachers will follow up on April 14.===