Presented by Brigida Littles and Brooke Josefs

Reading Writing Word Study

Reading

-Direct Instruction

-Read aloud

-Shared reading

-Interactive reading

-Guided reading

-Independent reading

-Partner reading

Writing

-Direct instruction

-Shared writing

-Interactive writing

-Independent writing

-Strategy groups

Word study

-phonics

-spelling

-vocabulary

Reading Time (with, to, for)

-Students reading independently from book baggies

-Classroom library (leveled books, genre, unit of study, interest)

-Students conferring with the teacher

-Students reading/talking with partners or in small groups

-Reading poems, charts, previously written work

Writing time

-Students going through the writing process (drafting, revising, editing, publishing)

-Sharing their stories with a writing partner

-Conferring with a teacher

-Small group strategy lessons

Word study-Students learning a new spelling feature with the

teacher-Students practicing sorting based on a spelling

feature-Students noticing spelling patterns in books and

charts throughout the room-Students practicing reading, writing, making high

frequency words-Students playing games that reinforce a spelling

feature and high frequency words

Sample of spelling feature sort.

Mini lesson Conferring Guided practice Strategy lesson

Here is what it looks like!

Teacher’s College -Letter-sound recognition -Concepts of print -Running record - Reading Rate -High frequency word lists

Words Their Way Spelling Inventory

Observations

How to Help at HomeReading-having your child recognize letters in their

environment-read aloud to your child-listen to your child read their “just right” books-have your child practice high frequency words-have your child practice reading “just right” books

multiple times-encourage your child to use multiple word solving

strategies-encourage your child to talk about their books

How to help at home Writing-Have your child: -drawing pictures -make lists -label areas, items in the home -keep a writing notebook -write letters to family members -create their own stories

What about spelling? Handwriting?

Here are examples of what writing looks like in the primary grades.

Amblesideprimary (google it!) Abcya.com Literacyconnections.com Starfall.com