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Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction. Multidimensional Variables: Cultural, Socioeconomic, Environmental. Take advantage of students’:. Culture Language Values Symbols History Interests Experiences Prior Knowledge/Background. Six Characteristics:. Teachers set high expectations - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Culturally Responsive Culturally Responsive Literacy InstructionLiteracy Instruction
Multidimensional Variables: Multidimensional Variables: Cultural, Socioeconomic, Cultural, Socioeconomic, EnvironmentalEnvironmental
Take advantage of Take advantage of students’:students’:
CultureCulture LanguageLanguage ValuesValues SymbolsSymbols HistoryHistory InterestsInterests ExperiencesExperiences Prior Knowledge/BackgroundPrior Knowledge/Background
Six Characteristics:Six Characteristics:
Teachers set high expectationsTeachers set high expectations Teachers develop positive relationships with Teachers develop positive relationships with
families and communityfamilies and community Teachers exhibit cultural sensitivityTeachers exhibit cultural sensitivity Teacher involve students by using active Teacher involve students by using active
teaching strategiesteaching strategies Teachers act as facilitatorsTeachers act as facilitators Teachers use cooperative learning groupsTeachers use cooperative learning groups
Review: 5 Critical Review: 5 Critical Reading AreasReading Areas
Phonemic AwarenessPhonemic Awareness PhonicsPhonics FluencyFluency VocabularyVocabulary ComprehensionComprehension
Improving Phonological Improving Phonological Processing in Middle Level Processing in Middle Level
ReadersReaders Explicitly model phonological detection using Explicitly model phonological detection using
culturally relevant materialculturally relevant material Practice phoneme discrimination with media Practice phoneme discrimination with media
materialsmaterials Purposefully arrange task difficultyPurposefully arrange task difficulty Emphasize clapping names, pictures, and Emphasize clapping names, pictures, and
wordswords Use picture guessUse picture guess Play “Which One”?Play “Which One”?
Improving Phonological Improving Phonological Processing in Middle Level Processing in Middle Level
ReadersReaders Use splitting rhymesUse splitting rhymes Use alliteration when reading stories Use alliteration when reading stories
aloudaloud Create tongue twistersCreate tongue twisters Use spoonerismsUse spoonerisms Use popular music (preview lyrics first)Use popular music (preview lyrics first) Compile a class rhyme bookCompile a class rhyme book
Improving Decoding and Improving Decoding and Structural Analysis Skills in Structural Analysis Skills in
Middle Level ReadersMiddle Level Readers Diagram sound-letter relationshipsDiagram sound-letter relationships Play onset and rime gamesPlay onset and rime games Use DISSECT (Use DISSECT (ddiscover the content, iscover the content, iisolate solate
the prefix, the prefix, sseparate the suffix, eparate the suffix, ssay the stem, ay the stem, eexamine the stem, xamine the stem, ccheck with someone, heck with someone, ttry the ry the dictionary) to decode wordsdictionary) to decode words
Play counting and syllabicationPlay counting and syllabication Use relevant reading selectionsUse relevant reading selections Play rhyming gamesPlay rhyming games Use Word CategoriesUse Word Categories
Improving Fluency in Improving Fluency in Middle Level ReadersMiddle Level Readers
Responsibility, opportunities, engagement, Responsibility, opportunities, engagement, demonstration, risk taking, instruction, choice, demonstration, risk taking, instruction, choice, assessmentassessment
Read aloud and modelingRead aloud and modeling Buddy-readingBuddy-reading Choral readingChoral reading Vocabulary and multiple meaningsVocabulary and multiple meanings Use poetry to introduce new wordsUse poetry to introduce new words Spelling instruction – especially high frequency Spelling instruction – especially high frequency
wordswords
Improving Vocabulary in Improving Vocabulary in Middle Level ReadersMiddle Level Readers
Need to develop a large repertoire of academic Need to develop a large repertoire of academic vocabularyvocabulary
Independent readingIndependent reading Individual word instructionIndividual word instruction Word-learning strategiesWord-learning strategies Word consciousnessWord consciousness Morphemic and contextual analysis (break Morphemic and contextual analysis (break
words down to facilitate understanding)words down to facilitate understanding) Teach use of dictionary Teach use of dictionary Peer tutoring flash cardsPeer tutoring flash cards
Improving Improving Comprehension in Middle Comprehension in Middle
Level ReadersLevel Readers Concept maps and graphic organizers (Venn, Concept maps and graphic organizers (Venn,
cause-and-effect, sequencing, main idea and cause-and-effect, sequencing, main idea and details)details)
Cooperative learning (Think-pair-share, Cooperative learning (Think-pair-share, roundtable, corners, graffiti, learning together, roundtable, corners, graffiti, learning together, jigsaw, group investigation)jigsaw, group investigation)
Literature based reading instructionLiterature based reading instruction Multiethnic and multicultural literatureMultiethnic and multicultural literature Student team literatureStudent team literature
In conclusion,In conclusion,culturally responsive culturally responsive
literacy instruction connects literacy instruction connects students’ backgrounds, students’ backgrounds,
interests, and experiences interests, and experiences to the standards based to the standards based
curriculum.curriculum.