Literacy Collaborative
The Literacy Collaborative framework provides opportunities in reading and writing and consists of the following:
Writing Instruction
Shared Writing:
*Teacher and children work together to compose messages and stories; the teacher supports the writing by being the scribe. Shared writing pieces are composed following a shared experience such as a class field trip, school program, science investigation, etc.
Interactive Writing:
*As in shared writing, teacher and children compose messages and stories which are written using a “shared pen” technique that involves children in the writing of the message or story. Interactive writing pieces can be composed in all second grade subject areas.
Guided Writing/Writing Workshop:
*The children engage in writing a variety of texts. The teacher guides the process and provides instruction through mini-lessons. Students writing projects may include but not be limited to friendly letters, lists and procedures, personal narratives, autobiographies, short fiction, and informational pieces.
Independent Writing:
*Children write on their own, including stories, informational pieces, retellings, labeling, speech balloons, lists, etc. The teacher monitors the work and provides individual assistance.
Language/Word Study:
Phonemic awareness and phonics instruction moves from demonstration and explicit teaching to guided practice and then to independent problem solving. Weekly spelling lists consist of four words from the word study lesson and three high frequency words. Spelling City is a great site for students to practice their spelling words.
Reading Instruction:
Interactive Read Aloud:
*Students are actively listening and responding to an oral reading. Teachers pose questions throughout the reading that enhance story meaning and how to make sense of the text. Read alouds can be theme related, content related, or related to author studies. Tumblebooks has a variety of stories the students can listen to and read.
Shared Reading:
*Shared reading introduces children to a variety of texts and entices them to become better readers. It systematically and explicitly teaches children the reading and writing process. Poetry and readers theater are integral pieces of the shared reading block. Poetry4kids has a variety of poems and activities.
Guided Reading:
Students meet in small reading groups based on their reading level which is determined through reading assessments. Guided reading lessons include the following:
Before Reading: A Teacher will access background knowledge, build schema, and preview the text with students. Typically a group will engage in a variety of pre-reading activities such as predicting, learning new vocabulary, and discussing various text features.
During Reading: The students will read independently within the group. As students read, the teacher will monitor student decoding and comprehension. The teacher may ask students if something makes sense, encourage students to try something again, or prompt them to use a strategy.
After Reading: Following the reading, the teacher will again check students' comprehension. The group will also discuss reading strategies they used during the reading.
Students will bring home their guided reading books during the week along with the assignment that is to be completed. They should be returned to school the following day.
Independent Reading:
Students are involved in choosing their own reading material. Instruction occurs on choosing books that are just right for the reader and not ones that are too hard or too easy. Students will become better readers when choosing texts that are just-right.
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