Engaging Literacy Strategies
for Grades 3-5
Pat Calfee and Laura Candler
Collaborative Conference on
Student Achievement
April 19th, 2011
Domains of Reading
yPhonemic
Ph
i Awareness
A
yPhonics
yVocabulary
yFluency
yComprehension
Phonemic
Awa n ss
Awareness
Hear, identify and manipulate the
individual sounds in words.
words
•Blending
•Segmenting
•Manipulating
Phonemic
Ph
nemic Awareness
A
Activities
•Rhyming
•Sound
S
d SSubstitution
b i i
•Syllable Segmentation
Give It a Try!
yRhyming
yS
Sound S
Substitution
Task Cards
Directions
Di
ti
y With a p
partner,, decide who is A
and who is B
y Partner
P t
A will
ill lead
l d Sound
S
d
Substitution
y Partner B will lead Rhyming
Give It a Try!
Syllable Segmentation
Clap It Out!
Directions
Look at the picture. Clap out the
y
number of syllables.
Clap It Out!
Clap It Out!
Clap It Out!
Clap It Out!
Clap It Out!
Clap It Out!
Clap It Out!
A child's level of phonemic
awareness on entering school is
widely held to be the strongest single
d
determinant
i
off the
h success that
h she
h
or he will experience
p
in learning
g to
read — or, conversely, the likelihood
that she or he will fail.
fail
(Adams, 1990; Stanovich, 1986)
Phonics
•Letter-Sound Relationships
•Word Families
•Comparing Unknown to Known
Phonics
•Prefixes Showdown
•Spelling
S lli Cheerleading
Ch l di
Spelling
Cheerleading
Directions
Short Letters (a, e and m) - hands on
waist!
Tall Letters (l,
(l k and d) - hands in the air!
H gi g Letters
Hanging
L tt
( g, y, p)) - touch
t
h ttoes!!
Vocabulary
Listening
Speaking
Writing
Reading
Choosing Vocabulary Words
y Choose words from student texts
or teacher read-alouds.
read-alouds
y Give a “kid-friendly” definition.
y Include non-examples
y Practice daily with activities
Categories
Tier I Words
• Basic Words
• Examples include: baby, play, go
Tier II Words
• Rich Words
• Examples include: proficient, constantly, steady
Tier III Words
• Content Based Words
• Examples include: plateau, metamorphic, constellation
Vocabulary
Frayer Model
• Word of the Day
y
•
hesitate
Jack in the Beanstalk
•Swap
•Dolt
D lt
•Paltry
•Precious
•Bundled
•Ogre
•Tremble
•Cackle
•Rogue
•Muttered
•Larder
Tier II Words for
Jack and the Beanstalk
Folded Frayer Model Directions
Hold a sheet of 8 ½ x 11 inch paper like a portrait. Then fold the sheet in half horizontally.
Now fold the paper in half vertically to create 4 sections if you open it up.
On the corner where the folds meet, fold a right triangle with the bottom edge of the triangle
parallel to the bottom edge of the paper.
Now open the paper flat, put the word in the center diamond, and label the four sections
like they are on a regular Frayer Model.
Definition
Examples
Facts/Char
-acteristics
Nonexamples
Frayer Model
Definition in your own words
Examples
Facts/characteristics
Word
Nonexamples
Choose a Word
yCackle
yMuttered
yOgre
yPrecious
F
Frayer
M d l
Model
Definition in your own words
Examples
Facts/characteristics
Word
Nonexamples
Word of the Day
•Introduce word
•Give a “student friendly” definition
•Teacher or leader wears the word.
•Pass it on when a student uses the word
correctly
•Add stars
t or other
th incentives
i
ti
hesitate
Fluency
Reading
R
di ttextt accurately
t l
and quickly.
quickly
Fluency
Comprehension
Fluency
•Reader
Reader’ss Theater
•Tape-assisted reading
•Poem
P
off the
th Week
W k
•Choral Reading
•Power Point Practice
•Flip
p Books
•Partner Repeated Readings
Fluency Activities
• Choral Reading
• Power
P
Point
P
Practice
P
Springtime
A small green frog
On a big brown log;
A black and yellow bee
In a little green tree;
A red and yellow snake
B a blue-green
By
bl
l k
lake,
All sat and listened
To red bird sing,
"Wake
Wake up,
up everybody
everybody,
It's spring! It's spring!"
Sight
Si
h Word
W d
Phrases Drill
C
Comprehension
h
i
Understanding, remembering
Understanding
and communicating
g with others
about what is read.
Comprehension
•Talking Sticks
•Colorful
C l f lQ
Questions
i
Colorful Questions
•Orange
Phonemic Awareness
•Red
Phonics
•Green
Vocabulary
•Purple
Fluency
•White
Comprehension
www fcrr org
www.fcrr.org
Questions
www.lauracandler.com
Great Books to “Check
Check Out”
Out
y Beck,
B k Isabel
I b l L.,
L Margaret
M
G.
G McKeown,
M K
and
d Linda
L d
Kucan. Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary
Instruction. New York: Guilford, 2002.
y Opitz, Michael F., and Timothy V. Rasinski.
Good-bye round Robin: 25 Effective Oral Reading
Strategies. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2008.
y Rasinski, Timothy V. The Fluent Reader: Oral Reading
Strategies for Building Word Recognition
Recognition, Fluency
Fluency, and
Comprehension. New York, NY: Scholastic Professional,
2003.
Web Sites
y www.lauracandler.com
y http://np.harlan.k12.ia.us/reading_center.htm
y www.fcrr.org
y http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm
http://www teachingheart net/readerstheater htm
y http://www.freereading.net/index.php?title=Vocabulary_Activities
y http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm
y http://www.k3learningpages.net/web%20phonemic%20awareness.htm
Thanks for coming!
Pat Calfee
patcalfee@gmail.com
Laura Candler
www.lauracandler.com