Social Studies + Literacy Skill Builder Routines

Help students read, think, and communicate like historians.

Building social studies knowledge requires more than traditional reading skills. Students need to ask questions, analyze sources, build knowledge, discuss ideas, and support their thinking with evidence. These disciplinary literacy skills help students make meaning of what they read while developing deeper social studies understanding.

Inside, you'll find:

• Flexible classroom routines focused on reading, thinking, discussion, and writing
• Simple strategies for building vocabulary, comprehension, and evidence-based communication
• Ready-to-use prompts that work with any social studies lesson, source, image, or text
• Meaningful literacy connections that strengthen both social studies understanding and literacy skills

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