Balanced Reading Program

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Classroom atmosphere:

Materials

Big books, flexible seating arrangements, Vast assortment of text pieces, calenders, menus, magazines, flyers

Various text pieces

Literacy rich environment

Word walls, labels around the room, student work displayed, various text pieces, classroom library, co-created anchor charts, student talk time

Balanced Literacy Program

Guided Reading 45 mins

Students are able to apply knowledge with some teacher support when needed

Teacher must ensure flexibility when determining groupings- they will change throughout the year based on student abilities

Guided reading allows teachers to gain assessment on how students are able to apply skills and concepts taught in whole group settings.

Guided reading is conducted in small group settings rather than whole group.

Shared Reading 15-20 mins

Use of big books is best for a shared reading to ensure that all students can see and participate

Teacher will use one text piece to focus on for multiple days in order to explicitly teach a particular skill or topic. As students re-read the same text piece the gradual release of responsibility becomes less

Both teacher and students participate

Independent Reading 20 mins + talk time

Modelling various reading strategies and skills prior to sending kids off individually is imprtant for student success.

Ensure accountability systems to make sure students are using independent reading time appropriately. ie. reading logs, book talks etc.

Last stage in gradual release of responsibility. Students have been taught the skills to successfully read on their own or with a partner

Read Aloud 10-15 mins

Highest level of teaching support

Can be used to teach new vocabulary

Great way to implement cross curricular connections for math, science, social studies, music, etc.

Used to model what good readers do

4 cueing systems: Semantic syntactic pragmatic graphophonic