Literacy / Language Arts
Phonics: The purpose of phonics instruction is to expand and refine childrens reading and writing ability. In the process of reading and writing, letters, sounds, and words are keys to help children grasp and use language as a tool. They will apply concepts that they learn by doing various activities. The students will connect the lessons to word solving in both reading and writing.
Read Aloud: Your child will hear written language during read alouds. We will learn about the structure of written language. being read to aloud is very important because the patterns and vocabulary help children to expand their comprehension strategies.
Shared Reading: During this part of the literacy block, students are reading stories or poems from big books, transparencies, teacher-made books, or community writing. Shared reading helps the children to locate familiar words by using letter/sound knowledge, but is also done to teach reading strategies to the whole class.
Guided reading: The purpose of guided reading is to enable the children to use and develop reading strategies in order to read and comprehend increasingly challenging levels of texts. The primary goal is for students to become fluent readers who can problem solve strategically while reading independently. Guided reading will be followed by a quick celebration time for students to share their learning.
Community Writing: Students will have the opportunity to construct class writings based on ideas from stories we read in class, or for other purposes such as rules, directions for a task, writing a letter, or making a list. The children will be actively engaged in developing the text and deciding what type of writing would best serve our purpose. Look for these writings displayed in classroom as well as the hallway.
Writing Workshop: During writing workshop, I will demonstrate a writing technique in a short mini-lesson. When the lesson is finished the students will have time to work on independent writing. I will be walking around and conferencing with individuals as needed. During this time, students may be writing in a variety of genres, with the focus being on personal narratives of real life events. No two children need to be working on the same thing. We will end this portion of the day with a sharing time to give an opportunity for the children to read what they have worked on to their peers.
Read Aloud: Your child will hear written language during read alouds. We will learn about the structure of written language. being read to aloud is very important because the patterns and vocabulary help children to expand their comprehension strategies.
Shared Reading: During this part of the literacy block, students are reading stories or poems from big books, transparencies, teacher-made books, or community writing. Shared reading helps the children to locate familiar words by using letter/sound knowledge, but is also done to teach reading strategies to the whole class.
Guided reading: The purpose of guided reading is to enable the children to use and develop reading strategies in order to read and comprehend increasingly challenging levels of texts. The primary goal is for students to become fluent readers who can problem solve strategically while reading independently. Guided reading will be followed by a quick celebration time for students to share their learning.
Community Writing: Students will have the opportunity to construct class writings based on ideas from stories we read in class, or for other purposes such as rules, directions for a task, writing a letter, or making a list. The children will be actively engaged in developing the text and deciding what type of writing would best serve our purpose. Look for these writings displayed in classroom as well as the hallway.
Writing Workshop: During writing workshop, I will demonstrate a writing technique in a short mini-lesson. When the lesson is finished the students will have time to work on independent writing. I will be walking around and conferencing with individuals as needed. During this time, students may be writing in a variety of genres, with the focus being on personal narratives of real life events. No two children need to be working on the same thing. We will end this portion of the day with a sharing time to give an opportunity for the children to read what they have worked on to their peers.