2. WHAT IS LITERACY?
Literacy is reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
They are used everyday when we are reading
books, magazines, menus, and so much more.
3. HOW WILL WE LEARN LITERACY?
Read Aloud’s
Independent Reading
Guided Reading
Writers Workshop
Word Study
4. READ ALOUD’S
I will read aloud a different story each day. While
reading we will talk about many different topics.
These topics can be: how the character has
changed, the plot of the story, the setting, the
conflicts, and resolutions.
We will do Author Studies through read aloud’s,
which are always fun!
5. INDEPENDENT READING/ READER’S
WORKSHOP
This is when the students will pick their own books
to read by themselves.
When you pick a book, you must use the “5 Finger
Rule.”
You will learn different strategies to use while you
are reading your just right book.
6. GUIDED READING
Each student will be placed into a reading group.
With the group and the teacher, students will read
various types of books.
We will learn how to express and share what we
are reading.
7. INDEPENDENT WRITING/ WRITERS
WORKSHOP
The students will independently write for a purpose.
The students will write various types of text (ex:
personal, creative).
We will learn about the different types of sentences
we see in our writing.
We will share our writing with each other.
8. WORD STUDY
Each week we will talk about a different word
principle (ex: some words use the short /o/ sound,
like the “o” in octopus).
As a class we will create a list of words that go
along with the principle for the week.
Our spelling words for the week will come from the
list we create.
