This document outlines various strategies and components for teaching literacy to students from preschool through 3rd grade. It discusses getting to know students, creating a text-rich classroom, key components of literacy instruction, and different approaches to reading including read aloud, guided reading, paired/independent reading, and literacy assessment. The overall purpose is to provide an overview of best practices for teaching early literacy.

2. Knowing
your
students….
s Diversity/
Cultural
Sensitivity
s Abilities
s Interest
s State
Standards
s Interviewing/Surveys
s Observations
and
Conversations
s Show
and
Tell
Activities

3. A
Text
Rich
Room
&
Selecting
Texts
s Bright
and
Cheerful
Library
s Labeled
Room
s Labeled
Library
s Large
Print
Books
s Technology
s Word
Walls
s Variety
of
Genres
s Leveled
Library

4. Key
Components
to
well
balanced
Literacy
Instruction…
s Phonics/Phonemic
Awareness
s Vocabulary
s Comprehension
s Fluency
s Writing

5. Getting
to
Know
an
Emergent
Literacy
Learner…
s Birth-­‐PreK
s Explores
lots
of
forms
of
literacy
s Starts
to
make
connections
between
real
world
and
text.
s Start
to
enjoy
creating
their
own
stories
through
pictures
and
words.
s Begin
to
work
on
Alphabetical
Principal
s Beginning
Stages
of
Writing
(Scribbles)

6. Getting
to
Know
a
Beginning
Literacy
Learner…
s K-­‐2nd
Grade
s Learning
to
read
on
their
own
and
with
help.
s Interest
s Attitude
towards
reading
s Motivation
s Work
on
Phonic
Skills,
Decoding
Skills,
Comprehension,
and
Vocabulary
s Writing
Skills

7. Read
A
loud….
s Read
aloud-­‐
is
a
short
block
of
time
during
reading
were
the
student
is
able
to
access
more
complex
ideas
and
vocabulary
by
listening
to
a
higher
language
level.
s Benefits-­‐
teacher
is
able
to
practice
and
review
strategies
and
skills
with
students.
s Students
are
able
to
access
more
in-­‐depth
and
complex
concepts.
s Students
are
able
to
access
higher
order
vocabulary.

8. Guided/Shared
Reading
…
s Guided
Reading-­‐
is
a
block
of
time
where
small
group
instruction
is
conducted.
Teacher
is
able
to
meet
with
students
and
create
differenated
instruction
to
reinforce
concepts
and
promote
proficiency.
s Benefits-­‐
Teacher
is
able
to
meet
with
small
group
to
provide
extra
support.
s Teacher
is
able
to
differentiate
lesson
to
help
student
success.
s Students
are
able
to
focus
on
certain
concepts.

9. Paired/Independent
Reading…
s Paired/
Independent
Reading-­‐
the
block
of
reading
where
teacher
allows
students
to
either
read
level
books
in
pairs
or
by
themselves.
This
gives
students
the
opportunity
to
show
mastery
of
skills
and
strategies.
s Benefits-­‐
students
are
able
to
practice
skills
and
strategies
independently.
s Students
are
able
to
show
mastery
of
concepts.
s Provides
students
an
opportunity
to
read
their
own
books
they
are
interested
in.

10. Literacy
Assessment…
s Here
are
different
forms
of
literacy
assessment:
s Diagnostic-­‐
teacher
collects
information
on
students
knowledge
before
literacy
activity
(activating
prior
knowledge
by
read
aloud).
s Formative-­‐
teacher
observes
students
as
they
interact
with
text
(during
lesson).
s Summative-­‐
students
are
able
to
show
mastery
of
a
literacy
concept
by
completing
passage
and
questions
(End
of
Lesson).

11.
An
inside
look
at
how
I
teach
PreK-­‐3rd
Grade
Literacy!