Balanced Literacy Essential Elements Goal To teaching reading
Balanced Literacy Essential Elements
Goal To teaching reading as a total process that promotes: 1. higher order thinking 2. problem solving 3. reasoning
Print-rich Environment § Quality literature § Comfortable atmosphere § Real world materials
Recommended Resources § § § § Big Books Leveled books Trade books Little books (beginning readers) Quality literature Informational books Word walls Classroom library § § § § Dictionaries Software Charts of poems and songs Poetry books Multicultural literature Directions Posters
Emphasis on Comprehension § Phonemic awareness § Phonics instruction § Word study
Balanced classrooms integrate authentic reading and writing with purposeful word study.
Comprehension § Processing text with prior knowledge § Active process § Children become aware of how they read and what strategies help -- and when in the reading process
Comprehension § Three cueing systems: § 1. Semantic (meaning) § 2. Syntactic (grammar/sentence structure) § 3. Graphophonic (letters, sounds)
Grouping § Children and should be on different levels within the classroom. § Flexible grouping (homogeneous and heterogeneous
Differentiated Instruction § § Reading aloud Shared Reading and Writing Guided Reading and Writing Independent Reading
Response to Text § § Always return to the text Important to comprehension Need to balance Literature circles, drama, art projects, shared writing ……
Reading and Writing § Complementary processes …. daily Journals
Diversity § Important to use multicultural literature and multiple perspectives
Authentic Assessment § § Running Records Reading inventories Checklists Portfolios § Continuous feedback
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