ELEMENTARY READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS SCHEDULE



ELEMENTARY READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS SCHEDULE

WITHIN A BALANCED LITERACY FRAMEWORK

|Read-Alouds |The teacher reads aloud to the whole class or small groups. A carefully selected body of children’s literature is used. Texts |

| |rich in meaning or language and class favorites are read again and again and may be used as a base for other activities and |

|The teacher provides multiple, daily |learning. |

|read-alouds across the curriculum | |

| |Multiple, daily read-alouds to support: |

| |Books That Build Community |

| |Language Arts Curriculum |

| |Books that expose children to the beauty of the language |

| |Poetry reading |

| |Exposing students to a variety of types of text |

| |Books that have been read before and so can now be used for reading/writing mini-lessons |

| |Chapter books that are read over an extended period of time |

| |Books that beg to be read |

| |Tried-and-True: books recommended by friends |

| |Building Bridges Across the Curriculum; mathematics, science, and social studies curriculum, nonfiction books that support the |

| |content curriculum |

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|Reading Workshop* |Includes: |

| |Interactive Read-Aloud/Shared Reading (Explicit Instruction) |

|Minimum-70 minutes |Independent Reading/One-on-One Conferences |

| |Small Group Instruction (Guided Reading/Strategy Instruction) |

| |Book Clubs/Literature Groups |

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|Word Study |Students are systematically taught about phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and strategies for encoding and decoding words |

| |Based on your students’ reading and writing, provide small-group instruction that includes: |

|15-20 minutes |Mini-lesson/Explicit Teaching |

| |Student practice through sorts. By examining words and noticing patterns, students learn phonics rules and generalizations. |

| |Students continue to practice and apply their new understanding in their reading and writing. |

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|Phonological Awareness (PK-K) |The understanding of spoken words, which includes an awareness of words, syllables, rhymes, and individual sounds. |

|(1st as needed) | |

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|10-15 minutes | |

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|Writing Workshop* |Includes: |

| |Mini-lesson/Explicit Teaching |

|50-60 minutes |Independent/Guided Practice Writing & One-on-One Conferences |

| |Share Time (Opportunity to re-teach at close of Writing Workshop) |

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|Shared/Interactive Writing (PK-1) |Teacher and children work together to compose messages and stories; teacher supports process as scribe and/or using a “shared |

|(2nd as needed) |pen” technique that involves children in the writing. |

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|15-20 minutes | |

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|Handwriting | |

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|10-15 minutes | |

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