Balanced Literacy Teaching All Children to Read and Write Proficiently

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Balanced LiteracyTeaching All Children to Read
and Write Proficiently
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What do you need? High-interest books that touch
the heart or tickle the funny bone, books from
various genres5-10 minutes per dayShow joy of
reading and think aloud!
Read Aloud
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What do you need? Composition notebook for each
student10 minutes per dayHave in place a
system for responding to each journal at least
once a week. Also, make notes of common mistakes
in journal writing.Make sure the students head
each entry with the date!
Journals
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What do you need? reading material, class sets,
anthology, charts for graphic organizers40
minutes per day for 2nd-5th / 30 minutes per day
for 1st Not teaching the story! Teaching the
strategy/skill and using different stories to do
that! Model the strategy then let students
practice it!
Teacher Directed Reading of Literature
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Every LessonPreReading- (10 minutes) activate
prior knowledge, information to deliver, preview
and predict, key vocabulary, set purpose for
readingDuring Reading- (20 minutes) shared,
paired, independent, combination for 1st, this
is 10 minutesPost Reading- (10 minutes) graphic
organizers, cite textHave a graphic organizer
for every strategy!PACT-like assessments
Teacher Directed Reading of Literature
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What do you need? nonfiction text, chart paper
for graphic organizersEvery LessonUse KWL,
DRTA, Anticipation Guides, and sometimes Feature
Analysis.Use graphic organizers for
cause/effect, main idea/details, outlines,
compare/contrast, sequence, problem/solution, etc.
Teacher Directed Reading of Content (Nonfiction,
Science and Social Studies)
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What do you need? spelling folders (three flaps),
Word Wall, spelling test format, handwriting
paper20 minutes per day for 2nd-5th / 30
minutes per day for 1st Handwriting First 3
minutes everydayKeep handwriting paper in their
foldersPrint 1st and 2nd and Cursive
3rd-5th 3rd-5th Work up to having them take
posttest in cursive by mid-September.
Word Development
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Word Wallhigh frequency wordsSpelling
Pretest and Posttest (Monday and Friday)Do not
make your tests ahead of time! Your spelling
words should be chosen based on the mistakes your
students are making in classnot a pre-made
list!When making tests week-to-week, remember
that 6-10 becomes 1-5 next week.Tuesday
through ThursdaySkills Taught ex.
synonyms/antonyms/homonyms, analogies, context
clues, multiple meaning wordsWord Activities
Make a Word, Guess the Covered Word, Word Wall
Riddles, Word Sorts, etc.Teaching 37 word
families, looking for chunks, word building, and
sorting
Word Development
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30 minutes per day for 2nd-5th / 45 minutes per
day for 1st Flexible small groups is a
must!Set upLiteracy Centersonly ELA
centersLiterature Circles Teachers group
Small Group Instruction/ Flexible Guided Reading
Groups
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Teachers GroupWord AnalysisWe are starting
our teacher small groups with word analysis for
the first six weeks. After first six weeks,
move into reading comprehension small
groups.Listen to them read, take diagnostic
notes, and teach cueing strategies for word
recognition and comprehension
Small Group Instruction/ Flexible Guided Reading
Groups
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Self-Selected ReadingWhat do you need? yellow
folder, Self-Selected Reading Logs, bookmarks,
flip chart for conferencing, conferencing
records, several books displayed for the students
to choose fromConference with 4-5 students each
day, using the flip chartMake sure children are
actually reading at this time.At Home
ReadingWhat do you need? At-Home Reading Logs
Self-Selected Reading and At-Home Reading Logs
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Balanced Math
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(30 minutes)Hands-onStandards-basedDo not
teach a lesson that does not directly address
your standards.
Teacher-Directed Math
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(15-20 minutes)What do you need? Problem
solving buckets or baskets for each groupYour
students work together in groups to solve
problems with manipulatives in front of them.Be
sure to present problems with a variety of
strategies for finding the solution.At the end,
have students share strategies. only a few
Problem Solving
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Mental Math (5 minutes)Fast paced Fantastic
Five (5-10 minutes)
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Science and Social Studies
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ScienceFOSS kitsJournals(Set aside one of the
composition notebooks you asked your students to
bring for use as the Science journal.)Social
StudiesIncorporate into LiteratureSocial
Studies WeeklyUse your support documents!
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Classroom Environment
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Classroom Environment-500-3,000 books in
classroom and on display-Pacingkeep a timer!
Follow schedule.-Make sure all students can see
the overhead/LCD screen/Smart Board easily.-Have
ongoing charts on display.Ex. genres, editing,
revising, overused words, transitions, etc.-Have
your concept board and use it!-Display writing
that is current and date it!-Manipulatives are
neatly organized, labeled, and student
accessible.-Objectives listed and posted in the
room. (Ex. fact/opinion not standard written
out)