Reading aloud to children builds a child’s vocabulary, background knowledge, and phonological awareness. Research has shown that reading to and with a student has these benefits, it’s also fun. So find some wonderful books and start reading to children as early possible. And continue the practice everyday for 10 to 15 minutes. Hart and Risley’s landmark study (1995) states that children who have been read to consistently will enter school with higher listening and speaking vocabularies. Read alouds between an adult/caretaker should and needs to happen especially during the summer months. Look for my article coming soon about “Beer for Books.”
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A room, literal or figurative, where a student is taught.
Formative Assessment: Classroom Strategies that Work
Expert Panel Discussion Formative Assessment
Do You Know How to Align Balanced Literacy with Common Core? Strategies for Making It Work
Formative Assessment in the New Balanced Literacy Classroom
Now there’s a way to blend balanced literacy and formative assessment. This book infuses research-based best practices of formative assessment through the lens of Common Core, with assessment support in these areas: read-alouds, guiding language into reading, language and literacy centers, and independent reading and writing. It also includes the “how” for novice and veteran K-8 teachers, administrators, and school literacy teams. Resources are included to help educators collect information and provide feedback to students.
The New Balanced Literacy School: Implementing Common Core
Create a new approach to balanced literacy grounded in research-based best practices. This book infuses best practices of the new balanced literacy model through the lens of Common Core, with support on read-alouds, guided reading, language and literacy centers, word walls to language walls, independent reading and writing, and classroom libraries.
http://www.capstonepub.com/classroom/products/new-balanced-literacy-school/
4 Strategies for Implementing the CCSS in a Balanced Literacy Classroom
Within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) there is a powerful new lens and shift of awareness to language. Continue reading “4 Strategies for Implementing the CCSS in a Balanced Literacy Classroom”