Literacy Collaborative

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Literacy Collaborative

• Achievement for
• Every Student

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Literacy Collaborative Model

• Literacy Collaborative is a comprehensive school
  reform model which includes long term
  professional development designed to improve
  student literacy.

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• It provides an instructional model that is
  student-centered, language-based, and
  process-oriented.

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• Literacy Coordinator K-2
• Ann Marie Herman
• Literacy Leader 3-5
• Amy Van Zanten
• Individual Training
• Staff Training/Coaching
• Bereas Literacy Collaborative Team
• Classroom teachers K-5 and reading teachers

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Research Tested

• Lesley University engages in a network of
  universities nationwide to bring the most current
  research and best practices to schools
  implementing Literacy Collaborative.
• These universities conduct systematic assessment
  of model implementation by collecting and
  analyzing student test results from Literacy
  Collaborative schools.
• Their research results continue to shape the
  instructional framework of the model and revise
  the training and implementation process.

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Literacy Collaborative

• Is aligned with New York State ELA Standards and
  supports the core performance indicators in the
  areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Addresses the five areas of reading instruction
  stressed in the No Child Left Behind Act
  phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, fluency
  instruction, vocabulary instruction, and
  comprehension instruction

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Literacy Collaborative
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Intermediate FrameworkGrades 3-5
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3-5 Instructional Framework Components

• Reading Workshop 60 Minutes
• Independent Reading
• Guided Reading
• Literature Study
• Writing Workshop 60 Minutes
• Independent Writing
• Guided Writing
• Investigations
• Language and Work Study 30 Minutes
• Interactive Read Aloud, Modeled or Shared
  Reading/Writing, Readers Theatre, Choral
  Reading, Poetry Sharing/Response, Current Events,
  Interactive Edit, Interactive Vocabulary,
  Handwriting, Word Study

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Instructional Framework K-6
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Language and Word Study

• Word Study- Teacher provides mini-lessons to help
  children learn more about how letters and words
  work.
• Students work independently at a word/study
  center and share learning.
• Teachers help children notice letters and words
  throughout the framework.

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Individualized SpellingBuddy Study

• Students choose words from personal word lists
  and word study lessons
• Five Day Activities
• Day 1 Choose, Write, and Build
• Day 2 Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
• Day 3 Buddy Check
• Day 4 Making Connections
• Day 5 Buddy Test

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Buddy Study
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Interactive Writing and Shared Writing

• Interactive Writing Teacher and students
  compose authentic writing pieces that are written
  using a shared pen technique.
• Shared Writing- Teacher and students work
  together to compose writing pieces teacher
  supports process as scribe.

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Interactive Read Aloud

• The teacher reads aloud to the whole class. A
  carefully selected body of childrens literature
  is used in a variety of genres for enjoyment,
  language, writers craft and comprehension.

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Shared Reading

• Students join the teacher to read aloud
  (poetry, big books, songs, etc.) in unison from
  an enlarged text for the purpose of support in
  language, vocabulary, fluency, book features,
  content, and comprehension.

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Reading Workshop

• Guided Reading
• The teacher works with a small group of students
  who have similar reading processes. Teacher
  supports students in fluency, reading strategies,
  vocabulary and comprehension.

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Literacy Centers

• Independent Literacy Centers
• ABC
• Poetry
• Social Studies /Science
• Writing
• Art/Sketching
• Listening
• Computer

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Centers in ActionStudents learn to work
independently.
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Independent Reading

• Students read on their own.
• They learn to choose Just Right books.
• Teachers conference with students
• Students learn to respond through pictures,
  journals, Readers Notebook, letters to teachers,
  and small and whole group discussions-Literature
  Study

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Writers Workshop K-2

• Begins with storytelling
• Sketching
• Students write from their own experiences
• Students learn to write different genres

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Writers Workshop 3-5

• Independent Writing
• Begins with mini-lesson based on needs of
  writers. Individual
• Guided Writing
• Small, temporary groups based on the writers
  needs at the time. Homogeneous
• Investigations
• Exploring topics in depth
• Research skills examine works of literature,
  study authors, content areas

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• Writing Mini-lessons
• Teachers demonstrate the authors craft in
  various genre.
• Independent Writing
• Students write in books theyve made. Authors
  are their mentors.
• Sharing
• Students take the authors chair and read to the
  class for discussions.

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• Conferences
• Individualized attention to needs of writing,
  from mechanics to the authors language to
  achieve growth as writers

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Bereas K-5 Bookroom
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Questions?

• We look forward to hearing your feedback
  regarding Literacy Collaborative as our
  implementation progresses ?