~ Reading
Reading is King! If a child cannot read, other knowledge/disciplines cannot be obtained. All other subject areas depend upon a student's reading ability.
The 5 Big Components of READING:
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Comprehension is the last and most important component...Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, and Vocabulary are all building blocks to Reading Comprehension.
Reading Comprehension Strategies:
Monitoring Comprehension
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Summarization/Synthesis
Cause and Effect
Inferring
Charts/Graphs/Tables
Prediction
Sequencing
Structures for Reading Programs:
Daily 5 (Listen to Reading, Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work, and Writing
Whole Group Strategy Lesson and Guided Reading Groups (Small Group Instruction)
Balanced Literacy Program:
Reading Aloud (Modeled Reading)
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Independent Reading
Interactive Writing (Modeled Writing)
Shared Writing
Guided Writing (Writing Workshop)
Independent Writing
Word Study
Phonics
*Know your students- Their levels, their strengths/weaknesses, their interests
*Direct and Indirect Instruction
*Individual Instruction, Small-Group Instruction, Whole Group Instruction
*Lots of Modeling
Classroom Libraries:
A classroom library should be a comfy, inviting Nook in your classroom.
Rugs, beanbags, pillows, lamp, etc. A space kids can't wait to read in.
Your classroom library should contain the following:
Books for different reading levels - books below and above the grade you currently teach.
Books for Boys and Girls
Fiction and Nonfiction Books:
Biographies
Mysteries
Picture books
Chapter books
Science Books
Magazines
Comics
Catalogs
Grocery/Shopping Flyers
Recipes
Menus
Text Classifications:
Fiction: text that is not real - narrative works, stories not based on facts, mysteries, fables, myths, plays, poems, novels
NonFiction: informational text, text that is real - textbooks, biographies, historical texts, newspaper articles, editorials, legal documents
Resources for Teachers/Parents:
There are places you can go to find great resources to teach reading and resources to send home for parents too - Some are free, some at low cost!
Reading must be learned/practiced at school AND home. Encourage your students and parents to read at home (nights and weekends). The Results are incredible.
TPRI.org (Texas Primary Reading Inventory) -Click Resources, Click Teachers, Blackline Masters {Free}
FCRR - Florida Center for Reading Research {Free}
Reading A-Z (Mother company is Learning A-Z) - {Approx. $50} a year for an account.
Endless resources: printable leveled readers to use in class or send home...Plus Much More!
Some campuses provide accounts for teachers - ask your administrator/principal.
Comprehension is the last and most important component...Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, and Vocabulary are all building blocks to Reading Comprehension.
Reading Comprehension Strategies:
Monitoring Comprehension
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Summarization/Synthesis
Cause and Effect
Inferring
Charts/Graphs/Tables
Prediction
Sequencing
Efferent Reading- Reading to Learn.
(Informational/Nonfiction Text) - Lots of Notetaking/Coding.
Aesthetic Reading- Reading for
Entertainment. (Fiction Text) - Notetaking/Coding when necessary.
Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps:
Graphic Organizers should be flexible, developmental, integrative, reflective, and consistent. You should be able to use GOs across the curriculum/discipline areas (subject areas).
Graphic Organizers (Types) - Venn Diagram, Circle Map, Bubble Map, Tree Map, Flow Map, Brace Map,
Graphic Organizers are wonderful tools to help individuals visually organize text/learning.
Certain Graphic Organizers' designs are well suited for particular comprehension strategies.
For example:
1) A flow map is ideal for teaching sequencing or Beginning, Middle, End....but could also be used for timelines in socials studies!
2) A bubble map is ideal for teaching main idea in reading (describing qualities or displaying details)...but could also be used in science for categorizing characteristics of plants or animals.
Graphic Organizers/Thinking Maps:
Graphic Organizers should be flexible, developmental, integrative, reflective, and consistent. You should be able to use GOs across the curriculum/discipline areas (subject areas).
Graphic Organizers (Types) - Venn Diagram, Circle Map, Bubble Map, Tree Map, Flow Map, Brace Map,
Graphic Organizers are wonderful tools to help individuals visually organize text/learning.
Certain Graphic Organizers' designs are well suited for particular comprehension strategies.
For example:
1) A flow map is ideal for teaching sequencing or Beginning, Middle, End....but could also be used for timelines in socials studies!
2) A bubble map is ideal for teaching main idea in reading (describing qualities or displaying details)...but could also be used in science for categorizing characteristics of plants or animals.
Structures for Reading Programs:
Daily 5 (Listen to Reading, Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work, and Writing
Whole Group Strategy Lesson and Guided Reading Groups (Small Group Instruction)
Balanced Literacy Program:
Reading Aloud (Modeled Reading)
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Independent Reading
Interactive Writing (Modeled Writing)
Shared Writing
Guided Writing (Writing Workshop)
Independent Writing
Word Study
Phonics
*Know your students- Their levels, their strengths/weaknesses, their interests
*Direct and Indirect Instruction
*Individual Instruction, Small-Group Instruction, Whole Group Instruction
*Lots of Modeling
Classroom Libraries:
A classroom library should be a comfy, inviting Nook in your classroom.
Rugs, beanbags, pillows, lamp, etc. A space kids can't wait to read in.
Your classroom library should contain the following:
Books for different reading levels - books below and above the grade you currently teach.
Books for Boys and Girls
Fiction and Nonfiction Books:
Biographies
Mysteries
Picture books
Chapter books
Science Books
Magazines
Comics
Catalogs
Grocery/Shopping Flyers
Recipes
Menus
Text Classifications:
Fiction: text that is not real - narrative works, stories not based on facts, mysteries, fables, myths, plays, poems, novels
NonFiction: informational text, text that is real - textbooks, biographies, historical texts, newspaper articles, editorials, legal documents
Resources for Teachers/Parents:
There are places you can go to find great resources to teach reading and resources to send home for parents too - Some are free, some at low cost!
Reading must be learned/practiced at school AND home. Encourage your students and parents to read at home (nights and weekends). The Results are incredible.
TPRI.org (Texas Primary Reading Inventory) -Click Resources, Click Teachers, Blackline Masters {Free}
FCRR - Florida Center for Reading Research {Free}
Reading A-Z (Mother company is Learning A-Z) - {Approx. $50} a year for an account.
Endless resources: printable leveled readers to use in class or send home...Plus Much More!
Some campuses provide accounts for teachers - ask your administrator/principal.
