Apprenticing Students to Read and Write in the Disciplines

Reading and writing in the disciplines require more than basic skills. This session introduces an apprenticeship approach that helps students engage deeply with texts and communicate like disciplinary experts. 

This Leading Together webinar introduces Reading Apprenticeship and Writing Apprenticeship, which take an integrated, research-based approach to disciplinary literacy. Participants will explore how instruction can center students’ thinking, build on their knowledge and experiences, and develop reading and writing practices specific to each discipline.

Grounded in a framework that combines social, cognitive, personal, and knowledge-building dimensions, the approach supports students in making sense of complex texts through metacognitive conversation and structured routines such as Think Aloud. The session also highlights professional learning services that help educators design engaging, inquiry-based classrooms in which students read, write, and communicate like experts across subject areas.