Literacy

Last Updated on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 5:02 AM

Literacy includes reading, writing, and the creative and analytical acts involved in producing and comprehending text. From Read to Succeed: Kentucky's Literacy Plan, developed by the Kentucky Literacy Partnership, June 2002.

Literacy Without Limits: Help for Struggling Students, Grades 4-12
Produced in partnership with KDE's Early Literacy Branch, this DVD-ROM resource showcases strategies that content area teachers can use to help students who struggle with literacy. It features 90+ video clips shot in classrooms across Kentucky. KDE is providing a free copy of this resource to every public school in the state, and the DVD-ROMS are posted online at www.literacywithoutlimits.org. Please take a moment to visit the web site. You'll find that Literacy Without Limits is thorough, accessible, and useful for 4-12 teachers in multiple subjects and classroom settings.

Literacy Leadership - Stories of Schoolwide Success
KET and the Kentucky Department of Education visited a variety of schools in Kentucky and interviewed principals, literacy coaches, curriculum specialists, state educational cooperative literacy consultants and teachers in an effort to capture the type of leadership described in research-based standards. The Literacy Leadership: Stories of Schoolwide Success video series is a compilation of successful practices gathered from these visits. The video series is available online at the following link: http://www.literacyleadership.org

To request a dvd copy of the Literacy Leadership: Stories of Schoolwide Success video series, contact the Reading First staff via email at kderf@education.ky.gov.

Literacy Link Newsletter
Kentucky Literacy Link is a KDE publication designed to address topics that impact literacy instruction in all Kentucky classrooms. Issues are posted here.

A KDE-KRA Joint Position Statement on Literacy Plans for KY Schools—2010
Literacy is the “foundation upon which academic learning and successful student performance depends” (Meltzer & Ziemba, 2006). Literate students are ones who know howto use reading, writing, listening and viewing, speaking and presenting, and critical thinking skills “to learn content … [to] use those skills to communicate what he or shehas ... More

American Diploma Project Aligned Curriculum Modules
In partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education and educators from Ft. Thomas High School, the Northern Kentucky Council of Partners in Education has developed American Diploma Project aligned modules for English I-IV. Each module includes narratives, formative and summative assessments, and ADP benchmark alignment. American Diploma Project benchmarks were ... More

Integrated Strategy Districts
These resources are for the Integrated Strategy pilot districts for use with district leadership and teachers and include information of Literacy & Mathematics Design Collaborative work as well as the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System.Integrated Strategy Newsletter 12-16-2011 ELA Networks Partnership Work Dec 1 and 2_2011 KY Launch LDC-Thiebes Writers ... More

Isaac Murphy - Everybody Reads Project
Kentucky author Frank X Walker has written a collection of poetry, I Dedicate This Ride, in honor of African-American jockey Isaac Murphy. To coincide with the 2010 World Equestrian Games, The University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences, is sponsoring an Isaac Murphy Everybody Reads Project. To access resources for ... More

Kentucky Adolescent Literacy Plan
In April 2007, the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) invited Kentucky to become part of an Adolescent Literacy Network. Kentucky was one of ten states chosen to become part of this network because of the commitment to adolescent literacy development the state has already shown in its present ... More

Kentucky Cognitive Literacy Model
The Kentucky Cognitive Literacy Model (KCLM) is a project-based approach to instruction which can be used as a single class intervention for struggling adolescent students or as a school-based model for engaging and meeting the needs of all learners. The model is based on the following four critical components: 1. Student engagement ... More

Kentucky Literacy Team
As a part of the federal Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy planning grant, the Kentucky Department of Education is developing a state literacy plan. The Kentucky Literacy Partnership was established in 1999 to coordinate Statewide literacy efforts among the public and community entities that share an interest in improving the reading and literacy ... More

Literacy - Professional Resources
This list of professional resources is organized into categories—Preschool/Elementary, Middle/High and Other. It contains descriptions and bibliographies of sources on books about literacy, coaching, best practices and assessments among other topics.

Literacy PERKS Professional Development
Literacy PERKS is designed for use by school, district, and state-level reviewers. At the school level, the best use of Literacy PERKS occurs when a literacy team is formed and members conduct an initial review of the school’s approach and programs in literacy. Following the review, literacy team members should compile ... More

Literacy Planning Guide for KY Schools
The purpose of this guide is to assist schools in establishing a literacy team and to provide guidance as they develop, implement, monitor and sustain their literacy plan. To assist literacy teams in evaluating their existing literacy programs, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has developed a resource, Literacy Program Effectiveness ... More

Literacy Plans
Read samples from Kentucky schools and districts. You can download literacy plans from the schools below.

Literacy Reports
View the latest reports on literacy topics from a variety of national groups and researchers.

Literacy Snapshot Modules
The following Literacy Snapshots were created by the Reading First team. You will need the latest version of Adobe Flash Player and Quicktime installed to view the Literacy Snapshots. Click HERE to download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. Click HERE to download the latest version of Quicktime.

Literacy Strategies Glossary
Included in this glossary are definitions of common terms used around literacy instruction. The strategies can be used by teachers in every content area to support literacy instruction. Some of the terms have accompanying word documents with templates and/or examples of the strategy for teacher use.

Literacy-Grants
Fiscal Resources (federal, state, local) are allocated to support high performance in literacy. Perks-Valuable Resources Indicator 8.1

Literacy-Technology Resources
This site includes resources for books-on-line, software which reads text, as well as web search engines which teachers can use to integrate the Internet into their classroom and much, much more.

National Family Literacy Day
Family literacy programs provide disadvantaged parents and their children with tools and strategies for success in school and life. Parents become full partners in their child’s education and interact with their children through planned, high quality literacy experiences. While National Family Literacy Day® is celebrated on November 1st, many communities ... More

Newspaper in Education Opportunity for Elementary Teachers
Kentucky’s annual, award-winning, statewide serial story begins Sept. 11, 2011. The literacy project is sponsored by LG&E/Kentucky Utilities and the Kentucky Press Association and the Herald-Leader’s Newspaper in Education program. This year’s theme is the Civil War. The first chapter begins in 58 Kentucky newspapers the week of Sept. 11, 2011. ... More

Professional Learning Plan
In response to KRS 158.6451 (Senate Bill 163, 2010), the Kentucky Department of Education has designed professional learning resources to help schools work through the process of building and evaluating a high-impact professional learning plan. The High-Impact Professional Learning Plan includes internal feedback tools for schools to use throughout the professional ... More

Reading and Writing Assessments
These resources provide information about interim and diagnostic assessments for reading and writing. With any assessment, teachers should investigate which assessments best meet the learning needs of their students prior to purchasing or administering.

SPEAK 2011 Conference - September 30 - 2011
SPEAK is a collaborative conference sponsored by the Kentucky National Forensic League and co-sponsored by the Kentucky High School Speech League, the Kentucky Catholic Forensic League (Louisville diocese), and the Kentucky Educational Speech and Drama Association. The conference, to be held at the University of Kentucky, is hosted by Dr. Deanna ... More

Text Complexity Resources
On this page are resources to support implementation of the KY Core Academic Standards for ELA and the Literacy in the Science, Social Studies/History and Technical Areas Standards.

Kentucky Even Start
Even Start Family Literacy provides intensive family literacy services that integrate learning activities for parents and children, helping parents to become active partners in their children's education, and children to achieve a high level of success in school and life. Even Start offers educational opportunities to families most in need, as ... More

Kentucky Writing Program
Writing instruction prepares students to communicate for a variety of purposes and audiences in a variety of real-world forms.

Lexile for Reading

Literacy PERKS
Literacy PERKS (Program Effectiveness Review for Kentucky Schools) is designed for use by school and district reviewers. At the school level, the best use of Literacy PERKS occurs when Literacy Team members complete the review and use the results to develop a school wide literacy plan. An accompanying Literacy PERKS Booklet ... More

Reading
Reading is the complex, recursive process through which we make meaning from texts, using semantics; syntax; visual, aural, and tactile cues; context; and prior knowledge. --from Standards for the English Language Arts: A Project of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 1996 KCCT ... More

For more information contact:

Cindy Parker
500 Mero Street, 19th floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: 502-564-2106 x4528

cindy.parker@education.ky.gov