Writing Aloud/Modelled Writing
- the teacher makes the thinking visible while composing text
- students see a demonstration of how writing works - planning, thinking
drafting, organizing, selecting words, forming letters, spelling, punctuating,
revising, editing and formatting through 'think alouds'
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Shared Reading
- the students see the text, observe an expert (usually the teacher) reading
it with fluency and expression and are invited to read along
- big books,
poems, novel passages, readers theatre are examples of shared reading text
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Shared Writing
- the teacher and students compose collaboratively
- the teacher acts as an expert records while guiding and negotiating the creation of meaningful text
- the focus is on the craft of writing as well as conventions INTERACTIVE WRITING - is shared writing with the addition that students share the pen
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Guided Reading/Reading Conferences
- reading instruction in which the teacher guides one or more students through
aspects of the reading process: choosing books, decoding, defining words,
reading fluently and comprehension strategies
- the reading conference celebrates
what the student can do well - the teacher chooses one reading skill or
strategy to develop
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Guided Writing/Writing Conferences
- writing instruction in which the teacher guides a group of students through
aspects of the writing process based on need
- writing conferences celebrate
what the writer can do well
- the teacher focuses on one writing strategy to
develop
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Independent Reading
- an extended reading time
- students are reading material at their independent level
- students record a personal connection in their Reader's Notebook
- students share their insights with text in book clubs, pairs, or whole class discussions
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Independent Writing
- after the appropriate preparatory modeling, sharing and talking students have an extended writing time
- writing is shared and celebrated daily
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Read Aloud
- the teacher makes the thinking visible to interpret the
author's message and use text features to support comprehension of the text by using big books, author study and novels
- the students learn strategies that 'good readers' use when reading
to apply to their Independent Reading books |
