2. Getting to Know Literacy
Learners
• Take time to get to know each student
– What are their interests?
– What topics does he or she have
background knowledge on?
– What types of text do they enjoy reading?
– How can you motivate them or spark their
interest?
3. Getting to Know Literacy
Learners
• Conduct Reading Inventories on each
student.
– Running Records
• Assess accuracy and fluency
– Word Lists
• Sight word vocabulary
• Word Recognition Process
– Retellings/Comprehension Questions
• Literal and inferential understanding
Afflerbach, P. (2012). Understanding and using reading assessment, K–12 (2nd ed). Newark,
DE: International Reading Association
4. Getting to Know Literacy
Learners
• Determine student attitudes toward
reading
– ERAS Survey
• What are student’s attitudes toward reading?
McKenna, M. C., &Kear, D. J. (1990). Measuring attitude toward reading: A new tool for
teachers. The Reading Teacher, 43(9), 626--639. Use the Education Research Complete
database, and search using the article's Accession Number: 11080456.
Motivation
Reader Self-Concepts
Reading Interests
Attributions for Success/Failure
Attitudes toward Reading
Afflerbach, P. (2012). Understanding and using reading assessment, K–12 (2nd ed). Newark,
DE: International Reading Association
5. Selecting Texts
• Determine a purpose for reading
• Consider:
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Student interests
Student background knowledge
Exposure to a variety of genres
Text structure
Text Features
Tompkins, G. E. (2010). Literacy for the 21st century: A balanced approach (5th ed.). Boston:
Allyn& Bacon.
6. Interactive Perspective
• Teach students strategies to help them read
accurately, fluently and with comprehension.
• Guide students to become METACOGNITIVE
with strategy selection.
• Work towards the ultimate goal:
– “The ultimate goal of the interactive perspective is to teach
children how to be literate learners who can navigate the text
independently” –Dr. Janice Almasi
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010) Interactive perspective: Strategic processing [Video
webcast]. In the beginning reader PreK-3. Retrieved from
https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps
%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_4066335_1%26url%3D
7. Critical and Response
Perspectives
• Critically examine text from multiple
perspectives
– Author’s perspective
– Reader’s perspective
– Character perspective
• Challenge Text
– What power does this text hold?
– Why was it written?
Molden, K. (2007). Critical literacy, the right answer for the reading classroom: Strategies to
move beyond comprehension for reading improvement. Reading Improvement, 44(1), 50–56.
8. Critical and Response
Perspectives
• Respond to text in a variety of
meaningful ways
• Connect to text
• Think deeply about text
Tompkins, G. E. (2010). Literacy for the 21st century: A balanced approach (5th ed.). Boston:
Allyn& Bacon.
