Literacy
Balanced Literacy Program
During my internship I utilized a balanced literacy program incorporating:
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Literacy Supplements
Some of the programs I used to supplement my balanced literacy program included:
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Lucy Calkin's Writing Program
As part of my balanced literacy program, I planned and implemented lessons adapted from the Lucy Calkin's Writing Program. Click on the link below to see an example of the Revision Unit from the program.
Writer's Workshop Calendar
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The Daily 5 Literacy Program
The Daily 5 is a literacy program that fosters literacy independence in all students. The Daily 5 consists of five literacy centers: Read to Self, Listening to Reading, Read to a Partner, Word Work and Writing. The program allows students to make their own choices regarding which literacy centers they want to do and when. It also teaches students to monitor their own literacy learning. While the students are working independently on one of the five centers, the teachers are working with students. Typically, while the students were completing their Daily 5 centers, my collaborating teacher and I were running guided reading groups and working with students one-on-one. The program is motivating and engaging, and can be adapted to fit the diverse literacy needs of all students.
Language Arts: Nonfiction Unit
Throughout my internship, I planned and implemented multiple Language Arts Units including an Author Study on Jan Brett, a Nursery Rhymes Unit, a Fairy Tales Unit, an Author Study on Tomie dePaola and a Nonfiction Unit. Below are links to the unit plan and example lesson plan from the Nonfiction Unit.
Nonfiction Unit Plan
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Nonfiction Unit Lesson Plan
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Above: A chart my class made showing the different
types of animals that depend on trees for food and shelter |
Top: A K.W.L.S. (What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I Learned, What I Still Want to Know) chart we used while reading a book about baby animals
Bottom: A Venn Diagram we used to compare and contrast two books we read |