All About Literacy
What Is Balanced Literacy?
- Balanced Literacy is an instructional model for teaching both Reading and Writing.
- Balanced Literacy enables teachers to meet the individual needs of their students by differentiating instruction.
- Balanced Literacy in the Town of Norwood provides literacy instruction through the Workshop model. Both Readers and Writers Workshops employ whole group(class), small group, and individual instruction.
- Balanced Literacy ensures that texts are read to, with and by students.
- Balanced Literacy teaches students to become aware of their thinking as they read and write.
- Balanced Literacy enables students to become strategic in both their reading and writing.
- Readers Workshop gives students time to practice their reading in books they have self-selected to read.
The Goals:
- Independent Readers and Writers
- Readers who understand what they read
- Readers can use strategies to help them observe, notice, clarify, create, remember and understand.
- Readers and Writers who are engaged.
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