Fundamentals of High Quality Reading Instruction

Stephane Bordelon- PrincipalChastity Navarre- Teacher

A Little About Us…• Stephane (snbordelon@lpssonline.com)

–Teacher–Assistant Director of Special Education–Assistant Principal–Principal

• Chastity (cnbertrand@lpssonline.com)

- 3rd Grade Teacher

- 4th Grade Teacher

- 5th Grade Teacher

- MSP Trained

House Analogy

Think about a house.

There are certain rooms that are a part of every house.

Our House

Language and Word Study• Focus: Develop children’s

language and word study knowledge and skills. Students explore intricacies of language across the genres. Investigate meaning and structure of words and the conventions and forms of written language.

• 20% of the ELA Block K-3 (120 minute minimum, 90 of these minutes are uniterrupted )

• Integrated into the ELA Block 4-5 (minimum of 90 uninterrupted minutes)

• Early Literacy Concepts - very early understandings related to how written language or print is organized and used- how it works

• Phonological Awareness - awareness of words, rhyming words, onsets and rimes, syllables, and individual sounds

• Letter Knowledge - ability to recognize and label the graphic symbols of language

• Letter Sound Relationships - recognizing the corresponding sound if a specific letter when that letter is seen or heard

• Spelling Patterns• High Frequency Words• Word Meaning and Vocabulary• Word Structure• Word Solving Actions - to use a

range of strategies to take words apart and understand their meaning

Reader’s Workshop• Definition: Time when students are exposed to a variety of text both

independently and with the support of the teacher, construct meaning and make connections, learn a variety of comprehension strategies and apply them to a wide genre of text

• Comprehension Instruction

• Exposure to On Level Text– Text Characteristics– Text Features– Reading Behaviors

• Targeted Small Group Instruction

• Data Collection

Comprehension Instruction• Monitor Comprehension

• Activate and Connect

• Ask Questions

• Infer Meaning

• Determine Importance

• Summarize and SynthesizeTeach all the first semester, teach again the second

semester; use of mentor text; nonfiction focus

30 Minutes of the ELA Block

Guided Reading• Definition- instructional technique in which the teacher instructs a small

group of students at their level to foster literacy growth and development by providing targeted, focused instruction

•60 Minutes of the ELA Block•Independent Reading– Students read individually and silently

•Guided Reading (K-5) -- Small group instruction with the same text.– Homogeneous grouping

• Temporary, flexible groups• 3 to 8 students

•Literature Circles (Upper Elementary) – Small heterogeneous groups– Students talk in depth about what they read

Guided Reading Instruction• Assess to determine instructional level• Monitor level via running records (importance

of cold reads and proper coding)

• Strategic planning using templates designed for small group instruction

• Use of leveled checklists

• Comprehension and Word Study Integration

• Data Collection at the Table

RtI (Response to Intervention)

• Hard Targets

• Identifying Areas of Weakness Quickly

• Backing Down during Assessment Cycles

• Triangulation of Multiple Sources of Data

• Data Folders

• Specific Steps to Follow for Placement and Dismissal

Bibliography• The Comprehension Toolkit by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

• The Primary Comprehension Toolkit by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

• The Next Step in Guided Reading by Jan Richardson

• The Next Step in Guided Reading In Action by Jan Richardson

• The Continuum of Literacy Learning by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas

• When Readers Struggle by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas

• Phonics and Word Study by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas

• Benchmark Assessment System by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas

• Guiding Readers and Writers by Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas

• Rubric for Assessing a Retell produced by Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

• Guided Reading Checklists by Dr. Flora Reichandter