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Developing a Literacy Friendly Environment
Key Elements
Elements of Literacy Friendly Environment
• Learning Environment
• Literacy Materials
• Literacy Activities
• Cross-Curriculum
• Partnerships
A Balanced Approach
• Active learning
• Absence of conflict
• Allow students time to think
• Allow students the opportunity to be mobile
• Appreciate individuality
• Authentic & explicit teaching
• Effective routine
• Empower student learning
• Encourage real-world problem solving
• Encourage open discussion
• Focus on student solutions & interpretations
• Interactive teaching & learning methods
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• Keep it fun
• Make the connection between reading & writing
• Reward & value creative efforts & attributes
• Student-centered academic environment
• Systems & procedures
• Variety of research-based instructional strategies & materials
Learning EnvironmentExplore, invent, discover, play
Environments
• Psychological Atmosphere
• Social Environment
• Physical Environment
• Administrative Environment
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Reading Routine• Complete a picture walk before reading
• Find all the parts of the text
• Ask questions: before, during, after
• Set aside independent reading everyday
• Label pictures
• Draw pictures
• Read different forms of print everyday
• Count the paragraphs
• Track Print
• End of day message
Physical Environment
• Meeting Area
• Small group
• Classroom Rug
• Centres
• Individual Quiet Area
• Plants
• Colour
• Attractive Wall Space
• Content Posters
• Anchor Charts
• Word Wall
• Variety of Materials
• Easily Accessible and Visible
• Workable Floorplan
• Desk Arrangement
Areas
• Dramatic Play
• Creative Play
• Sensory Learning
• Construction Area
• Individual/Quite Spot
• Literacy Centre
• Writing Centre
• Multi-media Centre
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Possible Themes for Areas
• House
• Promoting Literacy: Phone directory, phone, recipe books, calendar, newspapers…
• Café/Restaurant
• Promoting Literacy: Open/Closed sign, hours of operation, menus, notepad for taking orders, no smoking sign, table mats, logos, recipe books, weighing scales, ‘Today’s Special’ board, reservation pad, receipt paper…
• Stores (Grocery type)
• Promoting Literacy: Signs, labels, price tags, tins, packets, till, play money, old credit cards, calculator, bags, adverts, ribbon, picture books, leaflets, pots, plastic fruit/vegetables, old shampoo, bubble bath, conditioner bottles, toothpaste boxes, play medical supplies…
• Tourist Information Office
• Promoting Literacy: atlas, maps, brochures (hotel, local attractions, local businesses, adverts)…
• Opticians
• Promoting Literacy: eye test charts, old glasses (without frames), sunglasses, mirrors, contact lens boxes…
• Post Office
• Promoting Literacy: letters, postcards, parcels, labels, post box, information leaflets, sorting boxes, pricing guide, post office forms, measuring tape…
• Campsite
• Promoting Literacy: rules and regulations, books, fees, flash light, information leaflets, instructions for setting up tent, camping safety guides…
• Aquarium
• Promoting Literacy: photos of fish, fish information books, homemade fish tanks, labels to classify fish, magnifying glass, entry prices, little fish nets, empty fish food bottles…
• Museum
• Promoting Literacy: old objects with labels, entry tickets, donation box…
• Witches/Wizards Cave
• Promoting Literacy: cauldron, hats, clocks, spell books, labelled pots of pretend ingredients, books about witches…
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• Santa’s Workshop
• Vet
• Shops
• Book
• Clothing
• Bakery
• Music
• Real Estate Agency
• Theatre
• Puppet Shows
• Science Lab
• Weather Station
• Bank
• Garage
• Spaceship
• Igloo
Try to avoid
• Health Care
• Doctors’ Offices
• Hospitals
• Dentist
• Police Station
• Hairdresser
Writing Center
• Detailed directions for variety of writing assignments
• Sample pages
• Anchoring charts
• Writing tools
• Word Bank
• Grammar
• Spelling rules
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Literacy MaterialsEasily Accessible
Literacy Center
• Print-related Materials
• calendars, menus, job charts, daily schedules, labels, signs
• Reading Materials
• books, magazines, photo albums, flyers, mail, recipes, coupons, highlighters
• Writing Materials
• pencils, markers, crayons, erasers, sponge shapes, letter stamps, paper, easels, graphic organizers, writing promos
• Electronics
• CD player,, headphones, audio books, computer, electronic readers
• Props
• alphabet toys, flannel boards, magnetic board and letters, modeling clay, clipboard, anchor charts, visual inspiration, play dough
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Reading Baskets – Classroom Library
• Informational Texts
• Literature Texts
• Chapter Books
• Picture Books
• Poetry
• Magazines
• Articles
• Reader Response Journal
• Post Its
• Literacy Tools
Lists, lists, and more lists
• Grammar rules
• Sentence starters
• Writing strategies
• Vocabulary
• Descriptive words
• Synonyms & antonyms
• Transition words
• Wow words
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Literacy ActivitiesModel – Guide – Practice
Build Self-efficacy
• Model
• Share
• Guide
• Scaffolding
• Independent
Letters and Sounds – Phonemic Awareness & Phonics
• Stamp Words
• Use Fingers
• Magnetic Letter
• Clapping syllables
• Rhyme generation
• Phonics Washing Line
• Alphabet strips
• Word family card game
• Recorded reading
• Games
• Digital
• Card
• Board
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Build Vocabulary – Fluency
• Word of The Day
• Board Game
• Digital Programs
• Playing Detective
• Make your own Dictionary
• Popsicle Stick Words
• Word Swat
• Word Bingo
• Beach Ball Words
• Word Link
• Find the Word
• Read the Word
• Write the Word
• Tic-Tac Word
• Muddled Words
• Words in Words
Comprehension
• Book of the week
• Describe It
• Comic Strips
• Journals/Diaries
• Guess the word
• Letters, tweets, texts
• Create an online profile for a fictional character
• Storytelling
• Fairy tale links
• Picture Flashcards
• Around the School
• Show and Tell
Don’t know a word
• Sound it out.
• Does the word make sense?
• Did you look at pictures for clues?
• Are there little words inside the big words?
• Skip it, read the rest of the sentence and hop back.
• Try the short vowels and if it sound wrong try the long vowels.
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Literacy Activities• Daily reading & writing
• Multi-dimensional writing
• Composition templates
• Editing worksheets
• Interactive edits
• Worksheets
• Brainstorming
• Mind mapping
• Graphic organizers
• Idea web, Venn diagram, Timeline…
• Invite author to speak
• Role-play
• After school debate, writing, speaking clubs
• Author’s chair
• Literacy Circles
• Reading aloud
• Reader’s theater
• Choral reading
• Poetry Share
Interactive writer’s notebook
• Graphic organizer
• Rough Drafts
• Revising and Editing
• Evaluation checklist
• Extra Help
• Spelling difficulties
• Illegible printing
• Misuse of punctuation
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Cross-Curriculum
• Art
• Wax museums, drawing/painting, art analysis
• Drama
• Dress up, puppet shows, plays, role-play
• Math
• Word problems, number ordering, graphic organizers
• Social Studies
• Comparisons, mapping
• Science
• Working with ingredients
Partnerships
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• Take home reading, word wall words
• Parent feedback
• Community camps & programs
• School District
• Sister school