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Core instruction in literacy includes reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing. Daily literacy instruction includes time for Reading Workshop, Foundational and Writing Workshop. This is a time for direct, explicit instruction through whole group, small group, and individual settings, and time for independent practice of all literacy skills.
The Essential Components of Literacy Instruction
The Essential Components of Literacy Instruction
Teachers use the structures within reading workshop, foundational skills, and writing workshop to address the literacy needs of all students. The instruction during the literacy time lays the foundation to support reading and writing across the day and through all the contents during the school year.
Literacy Instruction Documents to Support Daily Schedules
Literacy Instruction Documents to Support Daily Schedules
The following documents have been created to support Jeffco teachers in structuring their daily literacy instruction. Time frames are given as recommendations for primary and intermediate grade levels in order for the standards to be taught and assessed throughout the year.
Articles to Further Enhance Teacher Background Knowledge around Literacy Instruction:
Educational Leadership:Reading: The Core Skill:Every Child, Every Day.pdfEvery Child, Every Day by Richard Allington and Rachael Gabriel highlights the elements every child should experience every day.
Science of Reading Articles from Ed Week.pdfScience of Reading Articles on a variety of topics - from EdWeek
Fisher and Frey - Balanced Literacy.pdfIntroduction to the components of balance literacy included in their book.
Additional Teacher Resources for Designing Literacy Instruction:
Who's Doing the Work? by Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris
THiS Is Balanced Literacy by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nancy Akhavan
Writers are Readers by Lester Laminack and Reba Wadsworth
A Mindset for Learning by Kristine Mraz and Christine Hertz
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