The Comprehensive or balanced literacy program, is a way to
ensure that our students are able to develop various literacy skills and habit that
will stick with them for the rest of their lives. I chose to create my
info graphic using the key foundations to this program, and reading top down. I
chose only a few key words in order to ensure that the info graphic stayed
interested and grabbed readers attention. At the top I started with the forms
of participation. This program can be done using three main forms, individual,
small group and whole class. This range of participation allows for students to
work to meet their own needs, as well as allows them to develop communication
and collaboration skills which are essential in learning and socializing.
The next major section that I touched
on was the gradual release of responsibility, and but this in linear
left-to-right fashion in order to ensure that the reader understand the stages.
I used arrows to show that each area leads into the next, as they are a way to
scaffold up to the ultimate goal of having students work independently on their
projects and assignments.
In the next section, I gave an
example of what a 100 minute literacy block could look like. This allows the reader to see how they could
set up their own classroom. I think this gives a better visual to the idea of
the comprehensive literacy classroom, while also showing the choice and variety
that can be included in this classroom. Below this I gave a list of what each
teacher choice, whole class lesson, and student choice would be in order for
readers to better under the 100 minute schedule. The amount of choice involve
in this shows just how engaging and interesting this program can be for
students.
Finally, I ended my info graphic with
the Ontario Curriculum. I thought that
this would be at the end of my info graphic because it is the base of the entire
program. A balanced/comprehensive literacy classroom must be rooted in the
Ontario curriculum expectations in order for it to succeed and meet ministry
standard. These four strand of the curriculum are key for the program to
succeed.
Five Artifacts
1) Ontario Language Arts Curriculum- The idea of a balanced /comprehensive
literacy program is rooted directly in the Ontario Language Arts
Curriculum. Each portion of this program
is based around curriculum expectations. This is what makes up the knowledge
that this program gives to students.
2) Nelson Literacy (http://www.nelsonliteracy.com/)- One resource that I found very helpful while I
was implementing a literacy unit in my own block was some Nelson Literacy
texts. I found that they were a great starting point when I was thinking about
how to go about a lesson, or what resources to use. I found that I did not
follow their units, but I used a lot of the worksheets, articles and ideas that
the books gave. These can be a great
resource to use to start looking at how you are going to structure your
lessons, what questions to ask, and what resource to use!
3) http://www.k12reader.com/category/balanced-literacy/
- This website has a bunch of articles on the various sections of a balanced
literacy program. These articles are great ways to get a better understanding
on things like guided reading or word study, in order to better incorporate
them into your own classroom.
4) http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/paying_attention_literacy.pdf
- This website is an article launched by the ministry of Ontario. The article
allows you to get a glimpse at some of the key principles for improving literacy
for grades K-12.
5)http://www.hpedsb.on.ca/ec/services/cst/elementary/literacy/documents/ReadingComponentsofBalancedLiteracy.pdf -
Finally, this website gives the reader an explanation of the reading
components of balanced literacy. The
article explains what the student and teacher should be doing through the different
reading components, and how to bring this into your classroom.
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