ALSP High School ELA

Balanced Literacy

READING (60-80 min/day)

(15-20min) Whole Group: Read aloud or shared reading (building background), Direct/Explicit Instruction, Guided practice and feedback

(30-60min) Teacher: Guided reading, Small group instruction, Conferencing, Assessments Student: Independent reading, Partner reading, Reading response journals, Centers (poetry, computer, etc.), Seatwork, Conferencing, Lit Circles, Assessment, Reader’s Theater

Guided Reading

• • Unique

  • Reading A-Z/Razplus

  • Scholastic Weekly Reader

Shared Reading

• • Scholastic Weekly Reader

  • Epic!

  • News-2-You

  • Unique

  • Brain Pop

Informational Text

• • Scholastic Weekly Reader

  • ReadWorks

  • News-2-You

  • Unique

Literature

• • Novel Studies

  • Epic!

  • Tar Heel Readers

  • Sherlock Adapted Literature

WORD WORK (10-30 min/day)

(10-20min) Whole Group: Sight-Words, Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary (content & life skills), Spelling, Grammar

(10-20min) Teacher: Mini-lessons, Re-teaching, Skill groups Student: Differentiated practice

Word Work/Phonics

• • Words Their Way

  • EdMark

  • Dolch Sight Word List

  • EdMark Functional Word Series

Fluency

• • Read Naturally

LA/WRITING (45 min/day*)

(10-20min) Whole Group: Modeled/Adapted writing, Shared writing, Mini-lesson, Conventions

(10-20min) Teacher: Individual conferences, Small group instruction, Guided writing, Shared writing Student: Independent writing, Peer conferencing, Planning, writing, revising, editing, publishing, Conventions, Listening, Speaking

Writing

• • Daily Report Home Writing

  • Language Experience Stories