Foundational Literacy Skills Curriculum CommitteeMeeting #1- Pro Dev Course #6543

March 3, 2020

Interview and introduce

• Your name, who you are, who you represent on this committee

• What drew you to want to be a part of this work

• What are you currently reading or what have you read that has greatly impacted you?

Standards

The Foundational Literacy Skills Landscape

A look at recent work and current

initiatives

Here’s what:

Washington State:Dyslexia Law and guidance

K-2 SCREENING EVIDENCE BASED, MULTISENSORY, STRUCTURED

LITERACY INTERVENTIONS USING MTSS

INTERVENTIONS ARE PROVIDED WITHIN TIER 1 IN

GENERAL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

GUIDANCE ON WORKING WITH AND COMMUNICATING WITH

FAMILIES

IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 AND ABOVE EXPERIENCING

DYSLEXIA

Used with Nancy

Young’s permission

Recommendations of the Understanding and Supporting Students with Dyslexia Advisory Group

Provide increased and focused professional development

Revise assessment approaches to better meet the needs of students through screening and diagnostic assessments identifying students with dyslexia and dyslexic tendencies.

Prioritize instructional materials and methods (core instruction and intervention) aligned to current neuroscience and how we can best support students with dyslexia or demonstrating dyslexia tendencies.

Identify specific staff to support students, staff and families with what is best for students to learn and access learning.

Connecting to previous work:

District work in 2018-19:

Foundational Skills Ad Hoc Committee Work:Feb.-May. 2019

Meeting 1: current state: standards, data, and an update on the work of the Dyslexia Advisory

Meeting 2: learned about neuroscience of

reading instruction, and the absence of this

empirical research in a balanced literacy

program vs. a structured literacy program.

Meeting 3: learned about the link between handwriting instruction

and neuroscience of learning reading and

writing and the need for alignment with

handwriting instruction.

Meeting 4:recommended compiling

a concrete scope and sequence for K and 1 for

fall 2019

Fall, 2019 Current Reality- What are you using to teach foundational skills?

Kindergarten:

• Fountas and Pinnell

• Orton-Gillingham

• Making Words

• Words Their Way

• Literacy Continuum

• Reading Strategies/Writing Strategies

• LLI

• Handwriting without Tears

• Heggerty

• PA skills

• Lucy Calkins

• Literacy Beginnnings

• Word Matters

• David Matteson

• Teacher made/online/pinterest/no specific program

1st grade:

• Orton-Gillingham

• Making Words

• Fountas and Pinnell

• Blitz

• Heggerty

• Words Their Way

• 7 syllables

• Poetry

• Scholastic news

• Handwriting without tears

• Workshop

• Lucy Calkins

• McCraken

• Zoophonics

• Literacy Guide

• Drops in a bucket

• Teacher made, teachers pay teachers, pinterest, etc.

2nd grade:

• Orton-Gillingham

• Making Words

• Fountas and Pinnell

• Heggerty

• Words Their Way

• 7 syllables

• Word lists

• LLI

• Handwriting without tears

• Reading Strategies

• Lucy Calkins

• Benchmark

• DRA

• Teacher made, teachers pay teachers, pinterest, etc.

So what?: What impact does that have on our literacy program?

Reading Writing

Instructional Approach:

workshop, gradual release

Whole group

• Interactive read aloud• Modelled

• Shared

Small group

• Shared

• Guided

• Literature circlesOne on One:

• Independent

reading

• Conferring

• Opinion

• Narrative

• Informative

• Writing process

• Research skills

• Task, purpose,

audience

Foundational

Skills

(word study)

• Comprehension

• Balance of literature

and informational

text• Grade level text

complexity

• Close reading- text

based evidence

• Analysis and critique

of text• Figurative

language/vocabulary

• Concepts of Print

• Letter Knowledge

• Phonological Awareness• Phonics

• Word recognition (sight, irregular, high frequency words

• Vocabulary• Fluency

• Spelling

Instructional approach:

• Explicit/direct • Systematic

• Sequential

Instructional Approach:

workshop, gradual release

Whole group

• Mini-lesson/write to• Interactive writing

• Shared writing

Small group

• Partner group

• Strategy group

One on One:• Independent writing

• Conferring

Oral Language (speaking and Listening)

Bellingham Elementary Comprehensive Literacy Model Snapshot, draft 12/6/19

Developed by Michelle Hornof and Stephanie Korn

Now what?: What’s the plan to make it happen?

Foundational Skills Leadership Team

Professional Learning

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Developing a common understanding

A star, a wish, and a worry

Establishing norms

Guiding District Documents

ELA STANDARDS

CURRICULUM MAP

LITERACY GUIDE

HOLD-TIGHTS LOOK-FORS

ELA Standards Curriculum Maps

Literacy Guide Look-ForsHold tights

Leadership team posters: Commonalities from our PD

Draft a screening document

Programs we have received for review:Program name Vendor NameBeing a Reader Collaborative ClassroomBlevins Teaching Phonics Impact Scholastic Core Knowledge Language Arts Foundational Skills AmplifyF.I.R.S.T. (Ooca Island) Scholastic Education

Foundations Logic of EnglishFountas and Pinell Phonics HeinemannFundations WilsonIRLA Foundational Skills Toolkit American Reading CompanyLanguage for Learning SRA McGraw-HillLearn Zillion EL EducationOpen Court Foundational Skills Kit SRA McGraw-HillReach Into Phonics National GeographicReading Mastery SRA McGraw-HillRime Magic ScholasticSuper Kids Zaner BloserUnits of Study for Phonics Teacher's CollegeW.O.R.D. Scholastic Education

Words Their Way Pearson

Summary/Elevator Speech

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