information literacy

I receive emails, countless text, and blah blah blah all day long. So much information coming in, sometimes it is hard to decide what is important and what is not. With the new common core standards there is an emphasis on literacy in all content areas. There are several strategies that you can teach students to analyze text such as close reading to find textual evidence needed to comprehend on a deeper level. Understanding text structures like point of view is critical in understanding the information being presented. This enables the reader to decipher between propaganda type information and information needed to understand the concept. With all the continued debate surrounding common core, I feel this is an important shift. It is crucial to CTAE with all of the manuals and technical documents students must read.