Literacy

Last Updated on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 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.

Family Literacy Links
This page provides Website links related to family literacy.

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

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

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

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

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-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.

NASBE Adolescent Literacy Grant award
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) will receive a one-year, $15,000 planning grant to help state efforts to incorporate literacy strategies into core academic subjects, the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) announced today. The KBE joined state boards of education in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Utah and West Virginia ... 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

Adolescent Literacy Timeline
This timeline provides an overview of Kentucky’s adolescent activities from 1998-2011. Items in blue are hyperlinked to supporting documents and resources. Press Control + Click to access the links.

Kentucky Writing Project (KWP) Summer Academies
The KWP, co-sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education, will be hosting sessions on schoolwide literacy planning at four sites throughout the state this summer. See a brochure of additional information below.

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

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.

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

Read to Achieve
Read to Achieve: Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant ProgramThe Read to Achieve Grant Program was created to focus on reading diagnostic and intensive reading intervention for struggling readers within the state primary program. The Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Program is a competitive program that provides funds to schools to implement ... 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

Reading First in Kentucky
Reading First is a major federal initiative within the new reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: No Child Left Behind to improve reading for primary age (K-3) children throughout the state. The United States Department of Education will send Kentucky $13.7 million annually for the next six years. Reading ... More

For more information contact:

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

Phone: 502-564-2106

Cindy.Parker@education.ky.gov