LETS LEARN LITERACY

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.

HOW WILL WE LEARN LITERACY?

Read Aloud’s Independent Reading Guided Reading Writers Workshop Word Study

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE WILL BE A BLAST THIS YEAR!