Transcript PTO Presentation on Harcourt Reading Series

PTO Presentation on
Harcourt Reading Series
Erin Monn
Literacy Coach
Agenda
• What is Balanced Literacy?
• How will the Harcourt reading series
benefit my child?
• What are the components in the
Harcourt reading series?
• What materials will my child be using?
• Questions
What is Balanced Literacy?
• Response to the “Reading Wars”
– Phonics versus whole language
• All 5 components of reading (phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension)
are important
How will the Harcourt reading
series benefit my child?
• The National Reading Panel Report (2000) shows effective
reading instruction must include:
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Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension
• A Comprehensive Core Reading Program (Harcourt):
– Includes all five essential components
– Is research based
– Provides consistent and systematic instruction across and
between grade levels
– If instruction is delivered with fidelity, we can better assess
why students are not succeeding
How will the Harcourt reading
series benefit my child? (cont.)
• Materials
– Variety of instructional materials to support learners at
different levels
– Anthology stories are “real” literature; include fiction
and nonfiction
– Built in review of concepts
– Students make connections
• Vocabulary in leveled readers and anthology story
• Stories within a theme
• Focus skills and strategies
What are the components in
the Harcourt series?
• Reading
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Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Independent Reading
Read Aloud
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Modeled Writing
Shared Writing
Guided Writing
Independent Writing
• Writing
• Word Study/Spelling
– Phonemic Awareness
– Phonics
– Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Assessment
• Planning
What materials will my child
be using?
Every child uses:
• Anthology
• Leveled readers
• Practice book
Other Materials:
• Predecodable and decodable books
• Big books
• Word builder cards
• Sound spelling cards
• Center activities
• Story retelling cards
• Fluency builder cards
Questions