I believe content literacy is being able to to speak about specific content using grade level appropriate vocabulary. It is also being about to discuss and write about the content being worked on -- whether it be a map, fiction book, recipe, etc.
I teach 4th grade ELA and the second half of our year has primarily been focused on non-fiction. We've been working on RI.4.5 (text structure), RI.4.7 (interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively), and RI.4.9 (integrate information from two texts on the same topic). My "focus" since our last session was on speaking and listening. One activity that I've been using with my students is having them read the passage a day in advance and then generating the discussion topics/questions for the next day. This has worked well with most groups of students and I have found that they are more engaged in the discussion when we are answering questions generated by them and their classmates. Although this might not work perfectly with all standards, it has been working for the past few that we have been focusing on. I intend to continue using this method and mixing in some other new discussion points as needed.
I teach 4th grade ELA and the second half of our year has primarily been focused on non-fiction. We've been working on RI.4.5 (text structure), RI.4.7 (interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively), and RI.4.9 (integrate information from two texts on the same topic). My "focus" since our last session was on speaking and listening. One activity that I've been using with my students is having them read the passage a day in advance and then generating the discussion topics/questions for the next day. This has worked well with most groups of students and I have found that they are more engaged in the discussion when we are answering questions generated by them and their classmates. Although this might not work perfectly with all standards, it has been working for the past few that we have been focusing on. I intend to continue using this method and mixing in some other new discussion points as needed.