A Model for Balanced Literacy Instruction

METACOGNITION

LITERATURE

 ASSESSMENT 
Strategic Planning Practicing What You've Learned
GUIDED
READING

Reading/Thinking
-before, during, after
Literature Circles
Community of Readers

 

 

 

 

 GUIDED WRITING

Writing/Thinking
Revising/Editing
Conferencing

 

 

 

 

 INDEPENDENT READING

Author's Notebook
Journals
Poetry Collections
Reader's Chair		 INDEPENDENT WRITING

Research on a topic
Learning Logs
Author's Chair
Publishing
Projects


Art-Music-Drama
Presentations

 

 

Oval: WORD WORK Phonemic Awareness Word Games Word Wall Word Families Making Words Word Study Method Individualized Word Lists Spelling Contracts

Mini-Lessons -
DIRECT INSTRUCTION
Conferencing

Modeling          

 

SHARED READING

Reading Strategies
Choral Reading
Reading for Information
Readers Theatre
Graphic Organizers
Expository Text
Poetry

  

SHARED WRITING

Interactive Writing

  

READ ALOUD

Think Aloud Explanations

  

MODELLED WRITING

Language Experience
Overhead Writing
LISTEN/SPEAK READ/WRITE VIEW/REPRESENT

Independent Writing

Editing and Revising Text

Guided Reading

Running Records

Referencing Word Bank or Dictionary

Publishing

Nursery Rhymes Drama

Word Games

Word Families

Read - Aloud with Critical Listening and Explanations - Dr. Jon Stott

Read-Aloud

Research Booklets