early literacy tuesday, september 16, 2014. reflection discussion questions: 1. literacy is a...
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Quick Write Consider the statement below & respond by free writing in your journal for 5-10 min: Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand what they are reading, they are not really reading. Do you agree or disagree? Why?TRANSCRIPT
Early LiteracyTuesday, September 16, 2014
REFLECTION & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Literacy is a process that begins in infancy and continues throughout our lives. What role do parents and early caregivers play in guiding a child to literacy?
2. Some young children have rich literacy experiences while others have little exposure to books and other forms of print. How can teachers meet the diverse needs of young students in their classrooms?
Quick Write• Consider the statement below & respond by
free writing in your journal for 5-10 min:
Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not
understand what they are reading, they are not really reading.
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
HOW EFFECTIVE TEACHERS SUPPORT THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN’S LITERACY DEVELOPMENT?
Teachers…foster young children’s interest in literacy and teach
concepts about written language.understand that children move through the emergent,
beginning, and fluent stages of literacy development.match instructional activities to children’s stages of
reading and writing development.monitor children’s literacy development to ensure that
they’re moving through the three stages, and they intervene when children aren’t making expected progress.
WHAT INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES SUPPORT EARLY LITERACY DEVELOPMENT?
• Shared reading & writing• Language Experience Approach• Interactive read-aloud & writing• Manuscript handwriting• Writing centers• Morning message
HOW DO TEACHERS FOSTER AN INTEREST IN LITERACY?
Concepts about print Assessing students’ concepts about print
Concepts about words Environmental print Literacy play centers
Concepts about the alphabet
ACTIVITY
Construct morning messages that you could use in the following settings… A kindergarten classroom An upper elementary classroom
How might you use your morning message to support your students’ interest in literacy? (e.g. concepts about print, concepts about words, concepts about the environment, vocabulary etc…)
Write your messages on chart paper & share with the class.
INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUD
•What?
•Why?
•How?
SHARED READING
•What?
•Why?
•How?
Interactive Read-AloudFountas & Pinnell, Ch. 15
• Using the list provided in Fig. 15-8 (p. 224), select 5 books that each meet at least 3 of the guidelines.• Use books on display&/or in the curriculum lab
• Individually, select 1 picture book:• Create an outline for “Opening Moves” (pp. 226-227) that you could
use to begin an Interactive Read-Aloud activity.• Present your book introduction to a small group of peers.
Engaging Readers in Thinking & Talking About Texts – Creating a Literature Culture Through IRA & Shared
Talk About Texts• What to the titles of chapters 15 & 16 say about literacy?• Discuss Chapter 15:• Select & read 2 of the “Ways of Opening” [Figures 15-9 to 15-15]• Discuss what the teacher is doing in each of the 3 possible openings.
• Discuss Chapter 16:• What are the characteristics of “intentional conversation”?• How can teachers teach “technical vocabulary” or “academic language”
through IRA?• Why do you think there is so much emphasis placed on “teacher talk” in
literacy instruction?
Fluency
• Respond to the prompts below in your Reader Response Journal:• What do we mean by “fluent reading”?• How do you know if a student is reading fluently?
How do effective teachers assist students in “cracking the alphabetic
code”?• Teachers…• teach students to “crack the code” through phonemic
awareness, phonics, and spelling instruction.• understand that phonemic awareness is the foundation
for phonics instruction.• teach high-utility phonics concepts, rules, phonograms,
and spelling patterns.• recognize that students’ spelling errors are a measure
of their understanding of phonics.
Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic Awareness StrategiesTeaching Phonemic AwarenessSound-Matching ActivitiesSound-Isolation ActivitiesSound-Blending ActivitiesSound-Addition and Substitution ActivitiesSound-Segmentation ActivitiesNurturing English LearnersAssessing Children’s Phonemic Awareness
Why Is Phonemic Awareness Important?
Phonemic Awareness Activity
• Dr. Seuss wrote many books which teachers can use to develop their students’ phonemic awareness.
• Select one of the books provided in class and brainstorm possible activities to support phonemic awareness your picture book.
What’s the Role of Phonics in a Balanced Literacy Program?
Phonics concepts: Consonants Vowels Blending into words Phonograms Phonics rules
Teaching PhonicsExplicit InstructionApplication ActivitiesAssessing Students’ Phonics Knowledge
Stages of Spelling Development
• Stage 1: Emergent Spelling• Stage 2: Letter Name-Alphabetic Spelling• Stage 3: Within-Word Pattern Spelling• Stage 4: Syllables and Affixes Spelling• Stage 5: Derivational Relations Spelling
How do effective teachers teach spelling?
• Word Walls• Making Words• Word Sorts• Interactive Writing• Proofreading• Dictionary Use• Spelling Options
The 3 Reading Cue Systems
Meaning[Sematic Cue
System]
Structure[Syntactic Cue
System]
Visual[Graphophonic Cue
System]
Graphophonic Cue System
• What do students in K-8 need to know about letters & letter-sound relationship?
• Review the developmental continuum provided.• What information is provided to help you plan
instruction that is developmentally appropriate?
• Consider the students in your kindergarten & elementary practicum classrooms. Would you describe them as emergent, transitional, fluent readers?
DESCRIBE THE EMERGENT, BEGINNING, & FLUENT STAGES OF LITERACY DEVELOPMENT.
Emergent reading & writing
Beginning reading & writing
Fluent reading & writing
Decoding Strategies• Read and reflect on the variety of
strategies presented in your handouts.
• Which of these strategies do you typically use when reading?
• Let’s make a Strategy Hand!
Instruction
• Explicit & Direct
• Design a mini-lesson to teach a specific strategy!
• Step 1: Provide objectives, establish expectations, and introduce the skill
• Step 2: Model the skill
• Step 3: Provide an opportunity for guided practice with feedback
• Step 4: Independent practice and application
Vocabulary
• What do we know about the
importance of vocabulary to
reading comprehension?
• How do readers learn vocabulary?
• What word learning strategies can
teachers introduce to support students’
vocabulary development?
• National Reading Panel Report
Assessment: What? How? When?
Critical Concepts in Literacy Development
• Directionality• Spacing• Letters• Punctuation
Concepts
About Print
• Decoding Strategies
• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics
Word Work
• Strategies
• Vocabulary
Comprehension
• Accuracy• automaticity
• Speed• Reading rate
• Prosody• Reading with
expression
Fluency
Types of Assessment
Informal Formal
Thank you Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
What is your response to Polacco’s
autobiographical story?
How did Mr. Falker make a difference in Polacco’s
life?
What did Mr. Falker actually do – as a
teacher – to ensure that Polacco didn’t fall
through the cracks?