SUCCESSFUL CLASSROOMS

Effective Teaching Strategies for Raising Achievement in Reading and Writing

Video Outline and Contents

This video demonstrates best practices and effective instructional techniques for teaching the components of a powerful literacy program.  You will be viewing reading and writing instruction in K-5 classrooms at award-winning elementary school in Southern California.  Numerous practical strategies and techniques across grade levels are demonstrated for teaching:

The Core (9.5 minutes): Everyone reading from same text using a variety of strategies and techniques, including some of the following:

• Use of graphic organizers
• Content questioning
• Independent, partner, and buddy reading
• Choral/unison reading
• Teacher-guided analysis of text
• Silent reading and signaling
• Listening post/books on tape

Phonics and Word Study (6 min.)

• Whole classroom strategies
• Small group strategies

Read Aloud (3 min.)

Sustained Silent Reading (2 min.)

Guided Reading (12.5 min.)

• Emergent reader strategies
• Beginning/early level reader strategies
• Fluent readers (or for below-grade level readers) 

Modeled Writing (9.5 min.)

• 1st grade level strategies
• 3rd grade level strategies
• 4th grade level strategies

Guided Writing (9.5 min.)

• Emergent writer strategies
• 2nd grade demonstration of strategies
• 5th grade demonstration of strategies

Independent Work (4.5 minutes)

 

 

 

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