I have to say that the videos and reading this week were a little bit difficult to relate to the primary levels of Elementary Education where the majority of what we read IS basic literacy, intentionally, but there were some helpful insights that made me understand the importance of also going beyond basic literacy in our read-alouds and with those students who are ready. Reading Rockets highlighted Literacy expert Tim Shanahan who says that "disciplinary literacy is generally taught in middle school and high school, but that K-5 teachers can get their students ready. Here’s how: In the elementary grades, making sure that kids are reading about geography, economics, history, culture, biography, environmental science, life science, physical science, music, art, and current events is really important. Building kids’ stores of knowledge in those areas and giving them practice dealing with that kind of language and content is imperative" (WETA, 2025) There are some great books ...