Effective teachers of reading understand how children learn to read and use a variety of instructional strategies. They create a community of learners where students feel valued and responsible. Key principles of an effective reading program include demonstrating skills, encouraging risk-taking, providing instruction, response and choice, and assessing student learning. Effective teachers have high expectations and engage students in challenging learning.
4. What is Literacy?
• Mean knowing how to read, but then
the term has been broadened to
encompassed both reading and
writing.
• To carry out the complex tasks using
reading and writing related to the
word of work and to life outside the
school .
6. Reading and Writing
• Both Reading and Writing are
process of constructing
meaning.
• Sometimes children describe
"reading" as saying all those
words right or "writing" as
making all your letters neatly.
7. Principles of an Effective
reading program
• 1. Create a community of
learners- they see themselves as
valued and contributing members
of the classroom community.
• Ten characteristics of
community of learners
8. Characteristics Student's
Role
Teacher's
Role
Responsibility
Participating in the
classroom. Including
completing of the
assignment,
participating in
groups and a
cooperating w/
classmates.
Set guidelines and
serves as a
responsible model
Opportunities They read
independently and
share their writing
during sharing time.
Provides opportunities
for children to read
and write in
meaningful activities.
Engagement Actively involved in
reading and writing.
Make it possible for
students to engage by
the literature and
activities.
9. Demonstration
Students observe the
teacher's demonstration
of skills and strategies
that the readers and
writers use.
Teachers demonstrate
what readers and writers
do and think-alouds to
explain their thinking
during the
demonstrations.
Risk-taking Students explore what
they are learning, take
risks as they ask questions,
and make guesses. They
expect not to be laugh at
or made fun of.
Teachers encourage
students tobtake risks,
make guesses and
explore their thinking.
They deemphasize
students' need to get
things right.
Instruction Students look to the
teacher to provide
instruction on procedure,
concepts, strategies and
skill related to reading and
writing.
Teachers provide
instruction through
minilessons.
Response Students respnod to books
they are reading in reading
logs and grand
conversations.
Teachers provide
opportunities for
students to share and
respond to reading and
10. Choice
Students make choices
about some books they
read , some writing
activities and some
projects they develop
within parameters set by
teacher.
Teacher encourage
students to choose some
of the books they read
and some of the writing
the writing activities and
projects they develop.
Time
Students have large
chunks of time for
reading and writing
activities. They work on
projects over days and
weeks and understand
when assignments are
due.
Teachers organize the
class schedule with large
chunks of time for
reading and writing
activities.
Assessment
Students understand how
they will be assessed and
graded, and they
participate in their
assessment.
Teavhersbset grading
plans with students
before beginningbeach
unit, meet with students
in assessment conference
work for portfolios.
11. 2. Effective Teachers of reading
understand how children Learn
-Understanding how children learn,
particularly how they learn to read,
influences the instructional approaches
that effective teachers use.
This principle includes the four
learning theory
*Constructivist Learning theory -Jean
Piaget
12. *Interactive Learning theory- proposed
by David Rumelhart and Steuorich
*Sociolinguistic Learning Theory-
proposed by Heath and Lev Vygotsky
*Reader Response theory- proposed by
Louise Rosenblatt
13. 3. Effective Teachers know what
their students need to learn.
-Teachers must know what literacy skills
and understand their students require.
4. Effective Teachers have high
expectations for students
-positive expectations for and
acknowledgement of their students'
effort are key factors leading to
success in learning literacy.
14. 5. Effective Teachers use a range
of instructional strategies
-flexibility to use a range of instructional
practices to meet the diverse needs of the
students in any class.
6. Effective Teachers engage
students in challenging learning
-for real learning occur, students need to
be active participants.
15. *The Literacy Common Core
State
-standard acknowledges this and
have place an increasing emphasis on
making student ready for complexities
of the text they will face both in and
out of school.
16. Comprehension Check:
• 1. Do you think that those reading
strategies would helpful? Explain
• 2. Choose from the reading stategies
and explain how it will help to enhance
pupil's literacy.