Show Me Literacies Collaborative

As an educator, you see firsthand how sharing your knowledge and passion for writing helps your students and community to better understand the importance of this skill and the role it plays in our world today.

This year, we hope that you will share the 2027 Achievement Awards in Writing with your students and colleagues!

The prompt for this cycle is now available; read “The Meaning of Literacy Today” before you welcome back your students. We also invite you to mark your calendar for October 20, when we will celebrate the National Day on Writing™ by opening the awards for nominations.

Achievement Awards in Writing The prompt is live. The application is open. It's time to nominate students for the 2022 Achievement Awards in Writing! The deadline to apply is February 21, 2022.

Why teaching whole books is important. Register for this free webinar sponsored by NCTE to learn more.

Register Now for Our New Webinar Increasingly, students are encountering literature in smaller, disconnected pieces rather than through sustained engagement with complete books.

Congratulations, Dr. Zapata!

Dr. Angie Zapata has won the 2026 Richard A. Meade Award for her book, Deepening Student Engagement with Diverse Picturebooks!

This award from ELATE recognizes published research-based work promoting ELA teacher development at any educational level and in any scope and setting. https://bit.ly/4h89mIe

Congratulations also to Honorable Mention winners Katharine Covino and Cara Mulcahy, editors of The Intersections of Critical Pedagogy, Critical Literacy, and Social Justice: Toward Empowerment, Equity, and Education for Liberation.

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Even with all the best annotation tools at their fingertips, students still need strategies for selecting the best evidence from all of their annotations. In order to select, organize, and rank evidence, student writers must consider the audience beyond the teacher. A collection in our resource hub, Teach Write Now: https://bit.ly/4w2gISe

We had a great first day at Summer Launch! We learned, shared, and laughed with each other. Now time to unwind and reflect.

Looking for literacy resources you can trust? 📝

ILA brings together research, professional learning, classroom strategies, and practical tools to help educators at every stage of their careers. Whether you're searching for journals, webinars, professional learning, or ready-to-use resources, you'll find support grounded in evidence and designed for real classrooms.

📍 Find the resources you need to strengthen literacy instruction and support every learner. Bookmark this page: https://buff.ly/ka7fkY6

So cool!

👉️ MYTH: The Science of Reading (SOR) ends in elementary school.

👉️ FACT: Many students still need explicit instruction well beyond the primary grades and how you apply the research in secondary classrooms matters.

On August 4 at 4:00 p.m. ET, join Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey for a live webinar all about SOR principles in secondary classrooms. If you work with adolescent readers and need practical ways to strengthen decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, this session is for you.

📍Register today: https://buff.ly/0hDoaij
📍Explore our full digital archive: https://buff.ly/t4uvdCu

Last call to sign up for Writing Institute this fall with Gateway Writing Project

Last Call for Fall Institute! Last Call for Fall Institute!