Fitting It All In! How the Core Components Work Together Across the Day/Week

Fitting It All In!

How the Core Components Work Together Across the

Day/Week

Components of a Comprehensive Core Literacy Program

Turn and Talk….

Read AloudInteractive Read AloudShared ReadingReading WorkshopSmall Group Reading/ConferringInteractive WritingShared WritingWriting WorkshopSmall Group Writing/ConferringWord Study

Comprehensive Core Literacy

• Demonstrate proficient reading

• expand access to text beyond child’s ability

• exposure to a variety of genres.

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• explicit teaching point to begin

• child chooses the text

• child practices at independent level

• teacher confers/sees small group

• share captures the work of the time

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• Teacher models targeted skills using think aloud

• Students actively engaged in thinking and talking about text

• Teacher uses mentor texts

Interactive

Read Aloud

• Teacher provides a minilesson on writing process, craft, etc.

• Students write independently on a topic of their choosing

• Teacher confers or meets with small groups.

Writing

Workshop

• Teacher and student work together to compose a text

• Teacher acts as a scribe• Teacher and student

reread text to learn and check message

• Teacher shares the pen during common writing process/message

Shared

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Writing

• Teacher provides minilesson and guided practice on how letters, words work.

• Students study words across multiple categories of learning

Word Study

• This component can happen inside the workshops or at other times

• Strategy lessons are taught to small groups

• Teacher records teaching and progress

Small Group Teaching

Child Does

Read AloudModeled Writing

Shared ReadingShared Writing

Guided Reading

Independent Reading

Interactive Writing/ Read Aloud

Guided Writing

Independent Writing

Teacher Does

Child Does

Comprehensive Core Literacy

The teacher gradually gives control of the text to the child, depending upon the demands of the text and the child’s ability

Guided Questions Talking PointsHow Do We Fit It All In?

• Making decisions to be flexible while trying to address the essentials?

• How does the assessment calendar effect the schedule

• How does the schedule shift over time to build stamina and hand more of the task to the students?

Essentials for Kindergarten Literacy Across the Year

Component Time Range Frequency During Assessment

Morning Routines 15 mins 5x/week non-negotiable

Morning Meeting/RC 20 mins 5x/week time reduced

35 mins

Read Aloud 10-20 mins 5x/week reduce time and/or frequency

Interactive Read Aloud 10-20 mins 5x/week non-negotiable

Shared Reading 10-20 mins 3-5x/week reduce to 3-4x/week

Reading Workshop 30 mins 5x/weeksmall groups: non-negotiable;

conferences: reduce

Interactive Writing 10-20 mins 5x/week reduce to 3x/week

Writing Workshop 30 mins 5x/week non-negotiable

Word Study 10-20 mins 5x/week reduce to 3-4x/week

110-160 mins

Essentials for First Grade Literacy Across the Year




30 mins

Read Aloud or Shared Reading 10-20 mins 5x/week reduce time and/or frequencyInteractive Read Aloud 10-20 mins 5x/week non-negotiable

Reading Workshop 60 mins 5x/weeksmall groups: non-negotiable; conferences: reduce

Interactive Writing 10-15 mins 5x/week reduce to 3x/week

Writing Workshop 45-60 mins 5x/week non-negotiable


145-195 mins

Essentials for Second Grade Literacy Across the Year




25 mins

Read Aloud or Shared Reading 10-20 mins 5x/week reduce time and/or frequency

Interactive Read Aloud 10-20 mins 5x/week non-negotiable

Reading Workshop 60 mins 5x/weeksmall groups: non-negotiable; conferences: reduce

Interactive Writing 10-15 mins as needed as needed

Writing Workshop 45-60 mins 5x/week non-negotiable


145-195 mins

Sharing/Closure

1.Summarize Your Learning

2.Share Your Thinking

3.Any Clarifying Questions

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Fitting It All In! How the Core Components Work Together Across the Day/Week