Elementary Disciplinary Literacy tackles a subtler literacy challenge for MAT candidates — how reading and writing actually work differently across science, math, and social studies texts.
What D698 covers
The course focuses on the unique literacy demands of content disciplines, exploring how reading, writing, speaking, and listening are used differently in each domain. Students investigate the specialized language structures and text features inherent to each discipline and learn strategies to help learners navigate and master these complexities.
The curriculum emphasizes skills through the science of reading that enable candidates to guide learners in critically engaging with and producing disciplinary texts, and explores integrating technology and digital literacy into teaching practices.
The D698 performance assessment
Expect a performance assessment requiring you to design a disciplinary-literacy lesson for a specific content area (e.g., science or social studies text), addressing that discipline's specific text demands.
Key topics in D698
- Discipline-specific literacy demands
- Specialized text structures and features
- Digital literacy integration
Writing tips for D698
Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line
WGU performance assessments for D698 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.
Ground every claim in a specific grade band and student population
MAT Elementary Education courses like D698 typically ask you to design instruction for a specific grade range and set of learner needs rather than write about teaching in the abstract. As a post-baccalaureate candidate, connecting your prior professional background to your instructional reasoning strengthens a response further.
Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission
There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for each D698 assessment as a real deadline.
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Why students seek help with D698
MAT candidates sometimes apply generic reading-comprehension strategies without addressing the specific text features of the chosen discipline (e.g., a science text's diagrams and technical vocabulary) — the rubric typically wants discipline-specific strategies, not generic ones.
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D698 has no listed additional prerequisites and is part of WGU's graduate (MAT) Elementary Education teacher-licensure curriculum.
- Master of Arts in Teaching, Elementary Education
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Frequently asked questions
D698 is the graduate (MAT, post-baccalaureate) version of the same course content that undergraduate teacher-candidates complete as D690. The content and expectations mirror each other closely — the difference is the degree pathway and candidate population, not the classroom content itself.