Below are a set of publications from LDC that will help enhance your ability to best teach literacy in various content areas.
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The 1.0 Guidebook to LDCThe Guidebook is our core explanation of the LDC framework and how teachers are implementing it across the country. The standard version will download quickly, while the printer version has top-quality photograph files that make it very large document. Choose the one that works for you! Download standard version (quicker, smaller file) |
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LDC Rules of the RoadThe LDC Design Team created an instructional system that is now known as “LDC.” This document establishes the technical specifications for this system. We call these specifications “The LDC Framework.” The audience is current LDC project leaders and potential LDC partners interested in designing LDC modules. |
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Template TasksLDC template tasks are fill-in-the-blank “shells” built off the Common Core standards. They allow teachers to insert the texts to be read, writing to be produced, and content to be addressed. When filled in, template tasks create high-quality student assignments that develop reading, writing, and thinking skills in the context of learning science, history, English, and other subjects. This first collection includes the original 29 template tasks. |
Educurious Science Template TasksLDC Partner Educurious has developed “Select LDC Template Task Adaptations for Use in Science Classrooms.” The three new templates support reading and writing distinctive to scientific work: A Research Design Plan, a Background Research/ piece, and a Research Abstract. Each template was created for first use with the Educurious Introductory Biology course, and is supported by discussion of the complete task used in that curriculum. |
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LDC Sample ModulesLDC Modules help teachers teach students to succeed on assignments created using LDC Template Tasks. Modules are built on a common “chassis” so instruction can be shared across a wide variety of grades, content areas, and instructional approaches. Partners across the country are now offering samples of how teachers are building out the design. Click below to see sample modules in: English Language Arts |
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LDC Module Development ToolsLDC module templates provide a starting point for teachers to create tasks and modules around their own disciplinary content. LDC also offers two guidance tools, a checklist for ensuring that a module meets the Rules of the Road, and a field-test edition of the “Good-to-Go” scoring rubric used to identify modules that are ready to be shared more widely around the country. |
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