LITERACY NIGHT
Kindergarten Reading: An overview of Daily
5, Guided Reading, TRCs and Letterland
Mrs. Morrissey
Kindergarten Team
READING STRUCTURE IN KINDERGARTEN
 Consists
of a rotation of Mini lessons and Guided Reading/Literacy
Centers.
 Mini Lessons include Shared Reading, Phonemic Awareness
Lessons, Letterland, Reading strategies, etc.
 All teachers use some form of literacy centers. Some use a program
called “Daily Five.” All teachers have the components of listening to
reading, word work, reading, and writing.
There
are five components of the Daily Five:
1) Listen to Reading
2) Read to Self
3) Read to Someone
4) Word Work
5) Work on Writing
LISTENING
 We
hear examples of good
literature and fluent reading by listening.
We learn more words and expand our vocabulary.
 We do this through the use of computers, cassette players, and cd
players.
READ TO SELF
 The
best way to become a
better reader is to practice
each day, with books you
choose, on your just-right
reading level.
READ TO
SOMEONE
 Reading
to someone
allows time to practice
strategies, work on
fluency and expression,
check for
understanding, and hear your
own voice.
WORD WORK
 Correct
spelling allows for
more fluent writing.
 We practice sight words and word families by using
magnets, letter tiles, wiki-sticks, letter beads, letter stickers,
foam letters, etc.
WRITING
 The
best way to become a
better writer is to practice every day!
 Types: Narrative, Opinion, Informative
GUIDED READING
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Teaching reading strategies, listening to students
read.
Working with the teacher helps children become
self reflective about their learning and behavior.
TRCS (TEXT READING AND COMPREHENSION)
Used
to measure reading level of students
Middle of year Benchmark: Level C (3-4)
End of year Benchmark: Level D (5-6)
There are oral comprehension questions
Written comprehension is required for levels F and
above
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Phonics program used for students to learn letters and sounds.
Each character is a letter with an action trick, story, and song.
Students are taught short and
long vowels, consonant digraphs
(th, sh, ch) and consonant
blends (sl, st, gr)
Students learn how to blend
and segment sounds
(rollercoaster trick, word stretching)
QUESTIONS???