By Sarah L. Lopez
BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER OF READING
Behaviorism ConstructivismInteractive
SociolinguisticsReader ResponseCritical Literacy
Teacher-Centered Student-Centered
PRINCIPLE 1: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND HOW CHILDREN LEARN
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PRINCIPLE 1: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND HOW CHILDREN LEARN
CRITICAL LITERACY
• 44 speech sounds (phonemes)
• Grapheme (written representation)
The Phonolog
ical or Sound System
• Syntax• Morpheme
The Syntacic
or Structural System
• Vocabulary Based• Sematics,
Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms
The Sematic
or Meanin
g System
• Function (English language varies according to social and cultural issues)
The Pragmatic or Social and
Cultural Use
System
PRINCIPLE 2: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS SUPPORT CHILDREN’S USE OF THE
FOUR CUEING SYSTEMS
Response
Choice
Opportunities Risk Taking
Response
Demonstration
Assessment Response
Instruction
Classrooms are social settings in which students read, discuss, and write about
literature.
PRINCIPLE 3: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS CREATE A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
1. Develop students’ skills knowledge
2. Instructional approaches sometimes viewed as opposites
3. Variety of reading materials
• Involve both reading and writing
• Skills and strategies taught directly and inderectly
• Learning word recognition and identification, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
• Express meaningful ideas• Goal: Develop lifelong readers
and writers
3 Principles of Balanced Literacy Approach
Characteristics of Balanced Program
PRINCIPLE 4: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ADOPT BALANCED APPROACH TO
LITERACY INSTRUCTION
• Read fluently with expression and talk about strategies used while reading.
• Teach procedure for new reading or writing activity.
• Choral reading, readers theatre• Guided literacy activities
• Independent Reading and writing
Modeling/ Shared Reading and Writing
Interactive/Guided Reading and Writing
PRINCIPLE 5: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS SCAFFOLD CHILDREN’S READING AND
WRITING EXPERIENCES
Basal Reading ProgramsLiterature Focus Units
Literature CirclesReading and Writing Workshop
PRINCIPLE 6: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ORGANIZE LITERACY INSTRUCTION IN
FOUR WAYS
• Determine students’ background knowledge
• Identify reading levels• Monitor learning• Identify strengths and
weaknesses
• Analyze spelling development
• Document learning• Showcase students’ best
work• Assign grades
PRINCIPLE 7: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS CONNECT INSTRUCTION AND
ASSESSMENT
Effective teachers identify their goals and plan their instruction at the same time as they develop their assessment plan
Back to school nights
Newsletters
Conferences with parents
Workshops
Phone calls
PRINCIPLE 8: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS BECOME PARTNERS WITH PARENTS
“Parents are the most powerful influence on children’s literacy development.”
PROVIDING LITERACY INFORMATION TO PARENTS
Evaluation
Recognition
Variety
Training
Recruitment
PRINCIPLE 8: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS BECOME PARTNERS WITH PARENTS
PARENT VOLUNTEERS
PRINCIPLE 8: EFFECTIVE TEACHERS BECOME PARTNERS WITH PARENTS
SUPPORTING LITERACY AT HOME
• Support groups for parents
• Parents develop their own reading and writing competencies
• Planned interactions between parents and
children
• Programs that support parents as children’s first teachers
• Educate parents on the importance of literacy at home
“Parents are children’s first and best teachers.”
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