LITERACY WORKGROUP

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Reads Widely

 

Provide regular opportunities, encouragement, and support for children to be read to, and to read widely in and out of school.

Engage children in materials drawn from a wide range of: literary genres (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry), forms of print (books, newspapers, magazines, documents, internet), topics, and diversity.

 
RECOMMENDED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

 

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTRIBUTION

Pre-school
(ages 3-5, not yet in K)

Kindergarten- Grade1
 
 
Grades 2-3
 
  • Provide regular opportunities, encouragement, and support for children to be read to, and to read widely in and out of school.
  • read to children every day, at home and in school and in the community (e.g., in the doctor's office,on walks, shopping, etc.)
  • provide daily opportunities, encouragement and support for children to "read" on their own
  • provide access (at home, in school, from the library) to a large selection of books and other literacy materials (e.g., newspapers, magazines, menus, schedules, catalogs)
  • model authentic uses of literacy materials (e.g., cooking with a recipe, planning with a calendar, bus schedule, TV guide, or map)
  • include authentic literacy materials in play areas, with toys, in prop boxes, in learning centers, in the home, etc,
  • read to children every day, at home and in school
  • provide daily opportunities, encouragement and support for children to read on their own
  • provide access (at home, in school, from the library) to a large selection of books and other literacy materials (e.g., newspapers, magazines, menus, schedules, catalogs)
  • model and encourage authentic uses of literacy materials (e.g., cooking with a recipe, planning with a calendar, bus schedule, TV guide, or map)
  • include authentic literacy materials in play areas, with toys,  in prop boxes, in learning centers, in the home, etc,
  • read to children every day, at home and in school
  • provide daily opportunities, encouragement and support for children to read on their own
  • provide access (at home, in school, from the library) to a large selection of books and other literacy materials (e.g., newspapers, magazines, menus, schedules, catalogs)
  • model and encourage authentic uses of literacy materials (e.g., cooking with a recipe, planning with a calendar, bus schedule, TV guide, or map)
RESOURCES:
 Read-Aloud Handbook