What ARE the Other Kids Doing? K-2 Meaningful Literacy Centers Kathy Bumgardner Literacy Specialist / Consultant National Consulting Author Macmillan McGraw Hill kbumreading@yahoo.com Kathy Keane ELA Curriculum Specialist Catawba County Schools kathy_keane@catawba.k12.nc.us
Teacher s Ultimate Goal: to empower students to read silently and sustain comprehension.
What are your daily challenges? TIME
ONE of You and LOTS of Them!!
Guided Reading: It s time for my small groups What ARE my other kids doing???
Encouraging Independent Learning: Two Before You Do Signal that You Are Unavailable: My own Electric Fence : Necklace Only 3 Reasons for Interrupting me in my groups or in a conference: B,V,E Nonverbal Clues
How It All Works Procedures Procedures Procedures
Workboard w/ Icons THERE ARE MANY Management System OPTIONS
8 Centers: Home Toys/ Blocks Language Arts Computer Games / Puzzles Math Writing Reading Moon Week / Star Week
Literacy Rotation Charts Using Student s Pictures
#1 Center Cards... Center cards are for student recordkeeping. (there are many ways to do this )
Center Choice...
Literacy Products: Student Accountability The teacher must set the accountability in place with required literacy work samples from students as they work in the centers
Centers Clipboard This is an example of a sheet with icons for the centers in which a student must complete a product.
How do we grow GOOD READERS???
The Gradual Release of Responsibility Begins with: Teacher Modeling Guided Practice Independent Practice Independent Application
THINK OF IT THIS WAY: I DO WE DO YOU DO
The next slide is a reading assignment much like many students encounter every day in school. If you have difficulty reading your assignment, you work together with the person sitting next to you to figure out what the text says. If you have already been tutored on this assignment please do not help others not yet anyway. Thanks!
Fix-Up Strategies. Good Readers Use Fix-Up Strategies to figure out words and parts they do not know or are not sure about.
Try a popper. Give it a try... What does this word look like it should or could be?
What would make sense? I looked for a in my closet.
Look for words and word parts inside words: Fantastic
What would sound right? I looked for a dr in my closet.
Look for similarities.
Back track and read again.
Skip it and go on.
Fix-Up Strategies Cards: Comprehension Strategies Chart:
Literacy Centers Literacy centers give teachers the opportunity to: *work with individual students *teach mini-lessons to small groups of students *teach guided reading or writing lessons *reteach concepts for struggling students *observe
Literacy Centers Literacy centers give students the opportunity to: *to learn from their peers by talking to each other about their work *independently practice what you ve been teaching them about reading and writing *to allow them to experience time management and responsibility
Activities to Enhance the Five Domains: Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension
Basic Literacy Centers: READING / RESPONDING/ LISTENING PHONICS/PHONEMIC AWARENESS ALPHABET-Letters, Words VOCABULARY BUILDING-SPELLING WRITING
ABC- LETTER - WORD CENTER Magnetic Letters / Letter Stamps / ABC Books / Letter Tiles Crayons/Markers / Paper / Pencils / Alphabet Books / ETC
ABC Sort
ABC Sort
ABC Find Students use yellow crayon to highlight the letter of the week.
Letter/Sound Match Students match objects to letters.
Capital/Lowercase Match Students match capital letters to lowercase letters.
Alphabetical Order Students first place words in alphabetical order, then record them.
ABC Letter/Sound Match Students match pictures to letters.
Vegetable Stew: Alphabetizing Word Cards
What Rhymes? Students match pairs of words, pictures, or objects that rhyme.
What Rhymes? Students record pairs of rhyming words.
Vocabulary- Spelling Making Words
Match Words and Pictures Match Beginning Sounds Environmental Print Center Sort by kind / category. Sort by # of Syllables.
Stamp Words Students spell out words using letter stamps.
Making Words Students begin with a word and the boxed letters for that word.
Making Words Students cut apart the boxed letters and rearrange them to create as many new words as they can find.
Magnetic Letters Students create words using magnetic letters.
Word Swatter Game
Making Words Clothesline Students clip letters in order to create words.
Students fill in the blanks to complete the word. Fill-In-The-Blanks
Word Families Students add a letter in the window to create different words in the same family.
Making Sentences Students are given a recording sheet and word cards. They cut apart the words and rearrange them to make logical sentences. Then they record them.
Making Sentences Students place words in order to make logical sentences.
Read and Write The Room Students get a clipboard and walk around the room copying words.
Reading Center: Classroom Library
Independent/ Buddy Reading
Things to do During Reading Time Read around the room. Read from your book box. Read a big book. Read a fairytale or folktale. Read an ABC book. Read a book at the Listening Center. Read books our class has written. Read from your journal. Read from your writing folder. Read at the overhead projector. Read an information book. from Guided Reading- Fountas & Pinnell
Supply Station for easy student access
Daily Reading Chart
Read and Write the Room
Reading Around the Room Students use special pointers while reading.
BIG Books / Class Books Students choose from lots of different reading materials big books, class-made books, poems, charts, etc.
Students read directions to create a picture. Following Directions: Scribble Art
Special Reading Spots Students create buildings in which to read and write.
Reading Tent Flashlight Reading
Bath Tub Reading
Reading Phones / READING BUDDIES
Listening to READING Students listen to books on tape, then respond to the story by recording their ideas on paper.
Listening / Recording Studio
Book Clubs
Storytelling & Retelling
Retelling Center: Flannel Board/ Retell Apron
Storytelling Students retell a story using simple props.
Pocket Chart/ Poetry Reading
Poetry Center: Poem of the Week
Poetry Charts Pocket Charts Book Baskets
Poetry Center
Poetry Using the Overhead and the Recording Station With the Poem of the Week
Students can match words to charts, create sentences, etc. Pocket Charts
Sentence Frames Students fill in the blanks to create logical sentences. They may use word cards or erasable markers to complete each sentence frame.
Overhead Center for Reading/ Word/ ABC / and Writing Activities
Overhead Students use the overhead projector to write, read, manipulate plastic letters, fill in the blanks, do word studies, etc.
Individual Student Writing / Responding Office
Word Closets
Prewriting Guides Students must copy these exactly.
Fill in the Blank Booklets Students may also write and illustrate patterned booklets to go with units of study.
Publishing Students edit their stories, add illustrations, and publish them into book form.
Surveys Students poll each other on given questions to conduct a survey.
Interviews Students poll each other on specific questions to learn more about their classmates.
Writing For Real! Students should have an opportunity to show what they know and write about small moments in their lives and share them with each other.
Students read the question and add items to the collage board to show that they understood what they read. Reading and Following Directions
Discovery Letter/Item Bottles Students observe and explore the different materials (letters / items) that match their letter/word study.
LITERACY TOOLS Fix-Up Strategies Think Clouds Author s Purpose Pie Fiction Walk Nonfiction Walk Someone Wanted But So Then Something s Purpose But So Then
Good Readers. ASK QUESTIONS MAKE CONNECTIONS VISUALIZE MAKE INFERENCES NOTICE THE AUTHOR FIND IMPORTANCE IN TEXT SUMMARIZE / SYNTHESIZE USE FIX-UP STRATEGIES For Comprehension THINK CLOUDS.see
FICTION: Summary Frames NONFICTION: Something s Purpose But So Then kbumreading@yahoo.com
FICTION vs Setting Character Sequence of Events Plot Predictions / Inferences Author s Purpose Connections NONFICTION Intro of Topic Sequence Ideas/Details Key Vocabulary Draw Conclusions & Inferences Author s Purpose Connections
Author s Purpose Pie Inform I P Persuade E Entertain
Resources Guided Reading- Fountas & Pinnell Guiding Readers and Writers- Fountas & Pinnell Reading With Meaning- Debbie Miller What Are The Other Kids Doing-Marriott & Williams Strategies That Work- Harvey Treasures Reading Program-Mamillan McGraw Hillwww.mhschool.com Other misc. teacher websites check them out the internet is a wonderful resource for teachers sharing with other teachers