ELEMENTARY READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS SCHEDULE
WITHIN A BALANCED LITERACY FRAMEWORK
Read-Alouds
The teacher provides
multiple, daily read-alouds
across the curriculum
The teacher reads aloud to the whole class or small groups. A carefully selected body of
children’s literature is used. Texts rich in meaning or language and class favorites are read
again and again and may be used as a base for other activities and learning.
Multiple, daily read-alouds to support:
 Books That Build Community
 Language Arts Curriculum
 Books that expose children to the beauty of the language
 Poetry reading
 Exposing students to a variety of types of text
 Books that have been read before and so can now be used for reading/writing
mini-lessons
 Chapter books that are read over an extended period of time
 Books that beg to be read
 Tried-and-True: books recommended by friends
 Building Bridges Across the Curriculum; mathematics, science, and social studies
curriculum, nonfiction books that support the content curriculum
Reading Workshop* Includes:
Minimum-70 minutes
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Word Study
15-20 minutes
Phonological
Awareness (PK-K)
Interactive Read-Aloud/Shared Reading (Explicit Instruction)
Independent Reading/One-on-One Conferences
Small Group Instruction (Guided Reading/Strategy Instruction)
Book Clubs/Literature Groups
Students are systematically taught about phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and strategies for
encoding and decoding words
Based on your students’ reading and writing, provide small-group instruction that includes:
 Mini-lesson/Explicit Teaching
 Student practice through sorts. By examining words and noticing patterns, students
learn phonics rules and generalizations.
 Students continue to practice and apply their new understanding in their reading and
writing.
The understanding of spoken words, which includes an awareness of words, syllables, rhymes,
and individual sounds.
(1st as needed)
10-15 minutes
Writing Workshop*
50-60 minutes
Shared/Interactive
Writing (PK-1)
Includes:
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Mini-lesson/Explicit Teaching
Independent/Guided Practice Writing & One-on-One Conferences
Share Time (Opportunity to re-teach at close of Writing Workshop)
Teacher and children work together to compose messages and stories; teacher supports
process as scribe and/or using a “shared pen” technique that involves children in the writing.
(2nd as needed)
15-20 minutes
Handwriting
10-15 minutes
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