MISD Literacy Block

Units 3-5

Meet Common Core State Standards

Literacy Block Components

ORead AloudOShared ReadingOGuided ReadingOIndependent Reading

Identify the unit activities that address two or more strands of CCSS: Reading, Writing,

Language, and Speaking and Listening

O Read Aloud O Shared Reading O Guided Reading O Independent

Reading O Strategies That

Work O GHR for Summary,

Multiple-Choice, Craft

O Writing: Thematic Prompts/Quick Writes

O Focus Questions

O Vocabulary in Context

O FluencyO Research

Units Meet Common Core

Reading Anchor StandardsO Read Aloud correlates with Standards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9.O Shared Reading correlates with Standards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.O Guided Reading correlates with Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.O Independent Reading correlates Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

and 10.O Strategies That Work correlates with Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

9, and 10.O GHR for Summary/Multiple-Choice/Craft correlates with Standards

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.O Writing: Thematic Prompts/Quick Writes correlate with Standards

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10.O Focus Questions correlate with Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10. O Vocabulary in Context correlates with Standards 4 and 10.O Fluency correlates with Standards 4 and 10.O Research correlates with Standards 7 and 10.

The great books you have asked us to keep…

O 3rd The Hit-Away Kid with The Detroit Tigers and Oil Spill!

O4th Sadako and the Thousand

Paper Cranes and Poppy

O 5th The Sign of the Beaver and The Fighting Ground

Reading

Literature balanced with related

Informational Text

Plus Short, Snappy Articles

O “Saving Big Cats: and “Vanishing Frogs”

O“Moose on the Move” and “6.5 and Counting”

O “Penobscot Indians” and “Hessian Soldiers”

for Guided Highlighted Reading

Guided Highlighted Reading

OPrompts

OMultiple-Choice

OSummaryFrom Guided Highlighted Reading: A Close-Reading Strategy for Navigating Complex Text,

Weber, Nelson, and Schofield, 2011, Maupin House.

Preparing for Reading

OVocabularyOFocus for Reading/Listening

O“Walk Through” Book Features

OGenre Defined

Discussion and Review

OFocus for Reading (parenthesis)

OGuided Reading (notes)

OFocus Questions

Research

Research OpportunitiesO 3rd Oil Spill!

Deepwater Horizon

O 4th Poppy character names

O 5th The Fighting Ground American Revolution

WritingOCommon Core GenresOReading/Writing Thematic Prompts

OFocus QuestionsOQuick Writes

Common Core Writing

OOpinion (Argument)

OInformational/Explanatory

ONarrative

Reading/Writing Thematic Prompts

3rd Oil Spill!O “Taking Care of Animals”

O “To the Rescue of Birds in Oil Spill: A Fifth Grader”

O Prompt: “Each individual is an important part of society”

Writing Prompts O Explanations and ideas

O Checklist (CCSS)

O Writing Process

O Graphic Organizer

O Peer Editing Questions

Focus Questions

OPrompt

OAnswer Plan

OPossible Answer

Speaking and Listening

O Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

O Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

O Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.

O Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

Fluency

OReader’s TheaterOChoral ReadingOStory Theater

Thank You!Original Authors

O Clare Baxter 3rd Roseville O Diana Ronayne 3rd Mount

Clemens O Linda Pelloni 3rd Lakeview O Sue Francek 3rd Roseville O Marcia Powell 4th Van DykeO Mary Dombro 4th Anchor Bay O Renee Fiema 4th L’Anse Creuse O Sandy Hudkins 4th Van Dyke O Cathy Walle 5th ConsultantO Dave Figurski 5th Warren O Debbie Parrish 5th Fraser O Jackie Rybinski 5th Warren

Advisory Team

O Clare Baxter, ConsultantO Diane Berg, ConsultantO Virginia Daniels, FraserO Betsy Facione, UticaO Mary Kate Fitzpatrick, FraserO Theresa Hasenauer, UticaO Melissa Labadie, UticaO Stephanie La Belle, Van DykeO Kathy Ming, ConsultantO Debbie Parrish, ConsultantO Sharon Rice, Van DykeO Elaine Weber, MISD

Thank You!

MISD for encourageme

nt and support

Breakout Sessions

OGrade 3: Room 203OGrade 4: Room 100BOGrade 5: Room 201