Transcript Balanced Literacy

Bergenfield Public School District
Grade 2
Goal –
• Establish a common language for literacy
across the district by building a shared
understanding of balanced literacy and its
role in effective literacy instruction
• Identify best practices in literacy which
focus on strategy acquisition
Agenda
• Self-assess understanding/development of guided
reading
• Share celebrations/learning from spring
• Address common roadblocks/ challenges including
leveled literature available and district assessments
• Discuss how to develop, manage, and organizing literacy
centers
Needs as Identified by Teachers
(April 2010)
Use our More
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materials example strategy
lessons work
Guided
reading
Centers
Mon.
Tues.
Possible Daily Schedule
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
SSR/DEAR
Can be done
before/after lunch
SSR/DEAR
Can be done
before/after lunch
SSR/DEAR
Can be done
before/after lunch
SSR/DEAR
Can be done
before/after lunch
SSR/DEAR
Can be done
before/after lunch
15 min
Direct Teaching
Shared Interactive
Core
books/anthology
60 min
Direct Teaching
Shared Interactive
Core
books/anthology
15 min
Direct Teaching
Shared Interactive
Core
books/anthology
60 min
Direct Teaching
Shared Interactive
Core
books/anthology
15 min
Direct Teaching
Shared Interactive
Core
books/anthology
45 min
Guided reading
45 min
Guided reading
45 min
Guided reading
Modeled Reading
(Read Aloud)
Can be done
before/after lunch
Modeled Reading
(Read Aloud)
Can be done
before/after lunch
Modeled Reading
(Read Aloud)
Can be done
before/after lunch
Modeled Reading
(Read Aloud)
Can be done
before/after lunch
Modeled Reading
(Read Aloud)
Can be done
before/after lunch
30 min
Shared/Modeled
Writing
Grammar/Spelling
30 min
Writers Workshop
30 min
Shared/Modeled
Writing
Grammar/Spelling
30 min
Writers Workshop
30 min
Shared/Modeled
Writing
Grammar/Spelling
Independent read
Conference
students 1-2
Independent read
Conference
students 3-4
Independent read
Conference
students 5-6
Independent read
Conference
students 7-8
Independent read
Conference
students 9-10
15 min
Shared reading Using anthology
series big book ,
students chorally
read and work
collaboratively to
mark text when
questioning
themselves to
define an
unfamiliar word
60 min
Shared reading
15 min
Shared reading
Echo read specific
selections of Fire
Fighter anthology
story. Students
work
cooperatively to
identify how text
structure provided
support in
determining
importance
60 min
Shared reading
Use “paired
reading” selection
in anthology to
think aloud
applications of
combination of
vocab strategies
Students reread
Fire Fighter in
partners and
complete vocab
“clues to use”
15 min
Shared reading
Paired reading for
text structure–
Natural
Resources
Introduce Fire
Fighter anthology
story with
objective – use
text structure to
question
unfamiliar vocab
and determine
importance – think
aloud.
Big book Trip to the Market
– defs in text
45 min
Guided reading
Modeled Reading
Baloney – ½ with
using context
clues
45 min
Guided reading
Modeled Reading
Baloney – ½ with
parts of words
Modeled Reading
Magic School Bus
– text structure
45 min
Guided reading
Modeled Reading
Magic School Bus
– text structure
Modeled Reading
Magic School Bus
– text structure
Guided Reading Groups
Red Group
Jane – E
Amber – E
Owen - E
Kiera – F
Mary – G
Green Group
Matt – M
Laura – M
Emily – N
Alison – N
Kaily – N
Ella – O
Blue Group
Brian – K
Jen – K
Jose – L
VJ – L
Josh – L
Danny - L
Purple Group
Mike – R
Aiden – R
Ryan – R
Liam - T
Guided Reading Schedule
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Red
Green
Purple
Purple
Red
Green
Blue
Blue
Red
The in-class support teacher, BSI teacher, or classroom
teacher will meet with red group one additional day during
silent reading (DEAR, SSR) on Tuesday or Friday.
Leveling Text (electronically)
to level your libraries
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/pohlmanr/levelingbooks.html
• Free access to various sites that provide sources for
leveling text by author, title, genre, etc.
• http://www.fountasandpinnellleveledbooks.com/
(must purchase)
• over 32,000 leveled books that are sortable by level, genre,
series, or publisher
• video clips of guided-reading classrooms in action
• organizational and classroom management tips
• suggested read-alouds for all grades
• professional development information for individuals and
groups
Leveling Text (literature)
to level your libraries
• Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children
by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene C. Fountas
• Matching Books to Readers: Using Leveled Books in Guided
Reading, K-3
by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
• Leveled Books, K-8: Matching Texts to Readers for
Effective Teaching
by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
• Leveled Books for Readers, Grades 3-6: A Companion Volume
to Guiding Readers and Writers
by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
Assessments – Running Records
Guided Reading/Strategy Acquisition Workshop
1.
Differentiate instruction
2. Get to know students very well
(reading ability, interests, needs)
Materials Available (leveled text)
District Assessments
(to level students/assess readers – not stories)
3. Focus on reading strategies
Centers (ideas, quality of work, behavior)
4. Small group instruction
Organizing/Scheduling/Begin
5. Teach “readers”
6. Assessment drives instruction