Communication

Decide if this is separate or part of Reading/Writing

1. What are the skills and strategies students need to know? 2. How do we assess?
 * || **Skills** || **Strategies** || **How do we assess?** ||
 * K-2 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 3-5 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 6-8 ||  ||   ||   ||

1. Define the term. 2. What are the teaching methods teachers need/can use to teach? 3. What other terms need to be included? -information literacy is more than communicating with words, it also includes visual elements such as diagrams, graphs, maps and tables -many visual texts are complex, multilayered texts -visual texts communicate certain information more clearly than verbal texts -visual texts are widely used in electronic media -visual literacy is a life skill || Reading and Writing -simple diagrams such as picture glossaries and scale diagrams -analytic diagrams such as cutaways and cross sections -synthetic diagrams such as flow diagrams -graphs such as bar, column and line graphs -time lines -maps -tables -graphic design || "I See What You Mean" by Steve Moline
 * || **Definition/Rationale for an area of focus** || **Teaching Methods** || **Resources** ||
 * Visual Literacy - Julie and Kate || -literacy is reading and writing information

http://k-8visual.info/

Nonfiction Mentor Texts by Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli

"Visual Literacy Learn to See, See to Learn" by Lynell Burmark || 1. Listening and Speaking (Listening and Understanding, Social Interaction, Extended Discussion, Content) 2. Presentation (Voice, Conventions, Organization, Word Choice, Ideas and Content, Media) 3. Technology (Gathering information/Research, Publishing) ||  || "The Continuum of Literacy Learning" by Fountas and Pinnell ||
 * Oral Communication - Julie and Kate || Fountas and Pinnell define this as:
 * Written Communication - Julie and Kate ||  ||   || "The Continuum of Literacy Learning" by Fountas and Pinnell ||