7.+Elements+of+Literacy

Outline for Module


===[|The Cognitive Foundation of Learning to Read] ===

//Collaborative Questions// graphic organizer. Used for Core Readings. 

[|What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Comprehension]
 * Core Readings **

[|Advancing Our Students Language and Literacy] (Adams)

[|From Phonemic Awareness to Fluency]

[|Cognitive Elements of Reading]

What is Most Important to Know About Vocabulary? 

How Important is Reading Skill Fluency for Comprehension? 

**Activities for Vocabulary Study** (thanks Donna!)


 * [|Discussion: Family Circus] ( **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I know my letters. Now what do I do to get them to say something?)

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">The brain's cognitive "desk space" has a limited amount of processing capacity (attentional resources) at any one time. Just as you were not fluent with decoding, not having any cognitive "desk space" left over to think about what you were reading, the same is true for readers who continue to struggle with decoding the words on the page. These readers have limited memory capacity, end up using most, if not all of it, on decoding, and have nothing left over to use to actually think about what they are reading. Therefore, when reading, it is important for your students to be automatic with the decoding aspects of reading so that they are able to free up enough memory capacity to think about what they are reading. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Cognitive Desk Space **
 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Neurological Underpinnings //**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Chall's Stages of Reading Development** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Readings Graphic Organizer: Collaborative Questions** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Ehri's Stages of Word Recognition Development** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Fluency
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Students time each other for 2 minutes reading each item. After each person has read, the partner asks a few comprehension questions. After each person has read each item they count the number of words that were read correctly. This is repeated with the second item. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Alice in Wonderland (text):

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Scientific:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Oral Reading Fluency Rubric:

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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Directions in Reading: 5 Major Components **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;"> (Fluency)


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Letter Names and Letter Sounds **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reading Simulation (LETRS)
//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Letters for students to cut out for activity //:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Directions:

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">page 2:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">page 3:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">page 4:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">page 5:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Reading "new" words:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Reading sentences with "new" words:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Reading Simulation Reflection Questions:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Reading Simulation: The Big Ideas:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Syntax (Cavemen cartoon)


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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">One Person's Perspective: **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Most Obvious Conspiracy in the History of the World //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">[|The Triumph of Look-Say] //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">(a review by Diane Ravitch)