CMS uses the Common Core Standards as a guide to our Literacy components. (For more information on Common Core, click here www.corestandards.org.) Our Literacy class will use a Balanced Literacy approach. This means that students will experience a balance of writing, independent reading, word study, guided reading, interactive read aloud, and shared reading on a daily basis. (For more information on Balanced Literacy, click herehttp://www.k12reader.com/category/balanced-literacy/.)
At Dilworth, we will be using the Reading Workshop during literacy. This will be broken into eight topics throughout the year which include:
Unit 1 Readers Build Good Habits
Unit 2 Tackling Trouble: When Readers Come to Hard Words and Tricky
Parts of Books
Unit 3 Readers Meet the Characters in Our Books
Unit 4 Nonfiction Readers Learn About the World
Unit 5 We Can Be Our Own Teachers When We Work Hard To Figure Out
Words
Unit 6 Reading Across Genres to Learn About a Topic
Unit 7 Dramatizing Characters and Deepening Our Comprehension in
Reading Clubs
Unit 8 Readers Can Read About Science Topics to Become Experts
At Dilworth, we will be using the Reading Workshop during literacy. This will be broken into eight topics throughout the year which include:
Unit 1 Readers Build Good Habits
Unit 2 Tackling Trouble: When Readers Come to Hard Words and Tricky
Parts of Books
Unit 3 Readers Meet the Characters in Our Books
Unit 4 Nonfiction Readers Learn About the World
Unit 5 We Can Be Our Own Teachers When We Work Hard To Figure Out
Words
Unit 6 Reading Across Genres to Learn About a Topic
Unit 7 Dramatizing Characters and Deepening Our Comprehension in
Reading Clubs
Unit 8 Readers Can Read About Science Topics to Become Experts