1. What is it? Balanced Literacy

5. Teacher reads selections aloud to students Read Aloud

6. Shared Reading Teacher & students read text together Primary

7. Guided Reading Teacher works with small, flexible groups of children who have similar reading strengths & needs.

8. Students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth Literature Circles Intermediate

9. Independent Reading Students read appropriate self-selected books independently

10. Students are taught rules, expectations and tasks for participation in each center. Literacy Centers

11. Reading Primary Intermediate Read Aloud  Shared Reading  Guided Reading   Independent Reading   Literature Circles 

12. Modeled Writing Teacher demonstrates a writing strategy, skill or convention of written language

13. Shared Writing Teacher & students collaborate to write text; teacher acts as a scribe

14. Interactive Writing Teacher & students compose text together sharing the pen. Primary

15. Guided Writing Teacher works with a group of students with similar strengths & needs

16. Independent Writing Students write independently

17. Teacher provides guidelines, a structure & a timeline for projects while students research a topic . Investigative Writing Intermediate

18. Writing Primary Intermediate Shared Writing  Independent Writing   Guided Writing   Interactive Writing  Investigative Writing 

19. Teacher provides instruction on developing word knowledge. Language/Word Study