- Springdale Park Elementary School
- Humanities
Balanced Literacy
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Balanced Literacy Approach utilizing whole group instruction, small group instruction, guided reading and conferring
Instructional contexts include
- Interactive Read Aloud – All grades
- Reading Workshop - Reading mini-lessons, Independent and Partner Reading using differentiated authentic texts to employee the strategies introduced through mini-lessons – All grades
- Writing mini-lessons, independent and partner writing practice using mentor texts and writing strategies that allow students to generate ideas and produce high-quality writing on self-selected topics that have real audiences – All grades
- Phonics Workshop - Phonics mini-lessons with a specific focus on targeted transferrable practice to reading and writing – Grades K-2
- Shared Reading – Opportunities for students to practice fluent reading using successive readings of on-grade level text supported by the teacher – Grades K-2
- Word Work – Morphology studies – Grades 3-5
Focuses on:
- Differentiation to meet the needs of all students through administration and analysis of Reading Records (Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System)
- High-Volume, High Interest Reading of Authentic Text - Upwards of 30+ minutes per day
- Building Knowledge base through authentic nonfiction text
- Teaching Comprehension skills and strategies to support reading achievement and foster a life-long love of reading
- Value of modeling through Interactive read aloud
- Incorporating instruction on foundational skills/phonics within Balanced Literacy supported by Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Continuum
- Supporting students to see themselves as writers by teaching strategies for generating ideas, using mentor texts and writing for real audiences
Reading
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Reading Workshop Curriculum
Reading Units of Study – Evidence-based curriculum created through action-research conducted by Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University
Phonics Workshop Curriculum
Phonics Units of Study – Research-based curriculum created through action-research conducted by Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University
Writing
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Writing Workshop Curriculum
Writing Units of Study – Evidence-based curriculum created through action-research conducted by Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University
Social Studies
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Social Studies Curriculum
Use of Primary Source documents to analyze multiple perspectives
Children’s literature to connect to concepts prevalent in the grade level standards
Use of non-fiction text to integrate the use of reading strategies to extrapolate relevant information related to Social Studies content
Studies Weekly Newsprint and Online Resources
Brain Pop and NewsELA