2. WHAT IS A LITERATE ENVIRONMENT?
• The classroom community should feel safe and
respectful so students are motivated to learn and
actively involved in reading and writing activities
(Tompkins, 2010).
• A place rich in print and in language, where literacy
consists of both reading and writing. (Tompkins,
2010).
• A place where students value diverse classmates
and recognize that all students make an important
contribution to the classroom (Tompkins,2010).
• Students assume responsibility for their own
behavior and learning, work collaboratively with
others, complete assignments, and take care of the
classroom (Tompkins, 2010).
3. THREE PARTS OF A LITERATE ENVIRONMENT
• Getting to know the learners
• Selecting texts
• Literacy Lessons
Interactive Perspective
Response Perspective
Critical Perspective
“The better you know the students, the better you
can connect them with texts that will impact them in
profound ways” (Laureate Education, 2010).
4. GETTING TO KNOW LITERACY LEARNERS
• Cognitive Assessments
Formative Assessments-ongoing assessments to
determine progress of a student’s learning. These
assessments provide information and guide instruction
(Afflerbach, 2012).
•
Examples:
Running Records
Checklists
Developmental Reading Assessments (DRA)
Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)
5. GETTING TO KNOW LEARNERS
• Cognitive Assessments
Summative Assessments- provide a summary of
students learning and measure a student’s achievement
in relation to curriculum standards (Afflerbach, 2012).
•
Examples:
DRAs
Unit tests
End of the Year tests
Standardized tests
6. GETTING TO KNOW LEARNERS
• Non-Cognitive Assessments
Informal assessments to gain information about the
student as a learner and a performer. These assessments
include getting to know a student’s interests, attitudes,
motivations, and self-concepts (Afflerbach, 2012).
• Examples:
Reading Inventories
Interviews
Me stew interest activity (Laureate Education Inc,
2012).
7. SELECTING TEXTS
• Three Genres of Texts
Narratives, fiction stories
Informational text, non fiction stories
Poems
Text Factors to determine difficulty
Font and size of font
Readibility
Length of text
Picture support
When students understand how authors organize and present
their ideas in texts then comprehension will be easier (Tompkins,
2012).
8. LITERACY MATRIX
• A tool used to analyze text (Laureate ,2012).
Linguisticword
oriented
Narrative-
Informational-
Fiction, nonfiction stories
non-fiction with
text features
Semioticpictures
9. LITERACY LESSON-INTERACTIVE
• Interactive Perspective is one of three research
based components of literacy instruction to
promote student growth in reading (Laureate,
2012).
• Through this interactive perspective I concentrated
on strengthening comprehension skills. I chose a
book based on student interests and reading ability.
I modeled the reading strategy using clear
demonstrations and explicit language, that
advance children’s learning to higher thinking
(Dorn, Soffos, 2001)
10. LITERACY LESSON-INTERACTIVE
• During guided reading groups, I used clear and
precise language for directing student’s thinking
(Dorn, Soffos,2001).
• I allowed for many opportunities to practice the
reading strategy and apply the strategy to a text
11. LITERACY LESSON-CRITICAL, RESPONSE
• The critical and response perspective are the
second and third research based components of
literacy instruction, which provide for a more critical
approach to think about the text and respond to
the text through personal connections and lived
experiences (Laureate, 2012).
• Critical perspective
evaluate
judge
examine
12. LITERACY LESSON-CRITICAL, RESPONSE
• Response
discuss
connect
life changing response
Through these perspectives, I provided opportunities for
my students to:
make connections to the text
describe feelings and thoughts about the text
examine the perspectives of the characters of the book
(Laureate Education Inc., 2012).
13. REFERENCES
Afflerbach, Peter (2012) Understanding and using
reading assessment K-12. International Reading
Association: Newark,DE.
Dorn, L., Soffos, C. (2001). Shaping Literate Minds. Stenhouse
Publishers: Portland, ME.
Tompkins, Gail. (2010). Literacy for the 21st Century: A
Balanced Approach. Pearson Education: Boston,MA.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012a). Getting
to know your students .[Video
webcast]. Retrieved from http://www.courseurl.com
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012b). Reading
Inventories. [Video webcast]. Retrieved from
http://www.courseurl.com
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012c).
Perspectives on Literacy Learning. [Video webcast].
Retrieved from http://www.courseurl.com
