FINDING A BALANCED LITERACY DIET

EMERGENT READER

FLUENCY
Goal:  accurate tracking		 *finger point reading to memorized rhymes,
 jingles, songs and dictations
*repeated reading of pattern books, etc.		 40%
COMPREHENSION
Goal:  how written language works; concepts about print		 *listening to stories
*retelling stories
*story illustrations
*drama/flannel board		 20%
WRITING
Goal:  letter formation, letter-sound, associations		 *drawing and labeling
*picture captions
*pretend writing		 20%
WORD STUDY
Goal:  phonemic awareness, phonics		 *alphabetic games and activities
*rhyming book activities
*writing letters
*picture sorts by letters and sounds		 20%
BEGINNING READER
 
FLUENCY
Goal:  success in reading
(making reading happen)
automatic word recognition		 *repeated reading of of familiar text
*choral and echo reading
*taped reading		 40%
COMPREHENSION
Goal:  predicting using multiple cueing systems, cross checking, vocabulary, concepts		 *concept sort with word bank words
*predicting in text being read
*retellings		 20%
WRITING
Goal:  writing for sounds		 *dictated sentences using word bank words
*picture captions		 20%
WORD STUDY
Goal: sort known words by alliteration (beginning sounds), rhyme (short vowel families), and short vowels outside of rhyme		 *word bank: sight words
*sorting by beginning sounds
*sorting by rhyming families and short vowel spellings outside of rhyme		 20%

INSTRUCTIONAL READER

FLUENCY
Goal:  fluency (speed and accuracy)		 *timed repeated readings
*paired readings
*readers' theater
*expert reading
*poetry		 20%
COMPREHENSION
Goal:  strategies for reading comprehension		 *directed reading thinking activities
*graphic organizers
*K-W-L		 40%
WRITING
Goal:  express ideas in writing		 *journal writing
*summaries		 20%
WORD STUDY
Goal: sort words by vowel sound and pattern 		*sorting by long and short vowel spelling patterns 20%