For content area teachers trying to embrace the incorporation of the Common Core Learning Standards for Reading and Literacy (Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2018) into their classrooms, understanding the best practices for accomplishing this task while enhancing presentation of content specific material can be challenging. According to the Nation's Report Card, only 37% of our 12th graders are reading at or above proficiency level (Nation's Report Card, 2015). Shanahan & Shanahan (2008) argue that "disciplinary literacy" -- advanced literacy instruction embedded within content-area classes such as math, science, and social studies -- should be a focus of middle and secondary school settings." With this in mind, the authors describe how their Literacy Professional Learning Team (PLT) in the NYS Master Teachers Western Region was generated to study literacy skills in our STEM content-area classrooms.