The School District of Beloit literacy curricula are highly rated and aligned to Wisconsin state English Language Arts standards.  Our vision for literacy learning builds strong reading foundational skills and grade level understandings for all students through culturally relevant and responsive instructional practices, strategies and resources to meet each learner's language and literacy needs.  Through rigorous and engaging instruction in the domains of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking, we will develop students' language abilities so that they can analyze, interpret, summarize, and synthesize information from multiple sources and perspectives to make meaning of the complex world around them.  By nurturing strong home, school and community literacy partnerships, the School District of Beloit’s literacy programs will nurture the joy of reading and a strong, lifelong literacy identity within each learner so that they may excel in their pursuit of college, career and community opportunities.

• determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative  language, and academic and content-specific words  within a text.
• recall facts from literary or informational texts to support reflection and inquiry.
• engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing one’s thinking clearly.
• include digital media and visual displays in presentations to enhance certain facts and details.
• develop and answer questions to locate relevant and specific details in a text to support an answer or inference.
• write text in a variety of modes: b. Informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts, definitions and details  to develop points.
• read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
• describe a character (traits, motivations, and/or feelings) drawing on specific details from the text.
• identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza.
• demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.