
Literacy is the key to a strong, robust, and rewarding life - both personally and professionally.
Literacy is a complex, multifaceted skill.
Learners must be able to decode, contextualize, and make meaning from information and communicate that knowledge effectively to others.
Literacy exists in a symbiotic relationship with lived experience, interest, background knowledge, and cultural relevance. It is the key to a happy and successful life!
Visit the II Professional Learning Page to see
upcoming opportunities.

Library Highlights
Selected books, articles, or conversations
Book: To Read Stuff, You Have to Know Stuff: Helping Students Build and Use Prior Knowledge by Kelly Gallagher

Project Resources
Article: "Play-Based Activities that Build Reading Readiness" Edutopia, January 26, 2021
Article: "What is Background Knowledge and How Does it Fit Into the Science of Reading" - Education Week, January 30, 2024
On February 13:
"Integrating Literacy through Background Knowledge" with Josie Cameron - register here

Office Hours (via Zoom)
Selected books, articles, or conversations
- Tuesdays @ 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Topic of the Week: Modern Literacies: What Are They?
Register Here - Thursdays @ 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Week 1: Pre-K-2
Week 2: Grades 3-5
Week 3: Grades 6-8
Week 4: Grades 9-12
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“...literacy education not only unlocks opportunity for learning across disciplines but it is enhanced when well-integrated within disciplines. Inter-disciplinary literacy instruction enables the application of literate abilities for purposeful and richer learning, often motivating learners through engagement in disciplines and topics of interest.”
Contact
Kathy Bertini
Interdisciplinary Instruction Coordinator
Phone: 207-816-0294
Email: kathy.bertini@maine.gov