Resources for RE 3030 (Foundations of Literacy)



Gill (ASU Campus)

Syllabus RE 3030-416 Fall 2009 (MSWord Doc) Web Version

 

Exams

Midterm Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)

Final Exam Example (Download it as a MS Word Document; Study it)

Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum (Download and complete as part of final exam)

 

Assignments

Reading and Reading Log Assignment You will be asked to read children's books and create a reference list for yourself.

Phonics and Word Recognition Concepts (Download, print out, begin to work on answering--use the links below to help you answer the questions. There will be opportunities in class to ask questions about this material.)

Phonics on the Web
http://www.phonicsontheweb.com/

Search "phonics rules" on Google

Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Worksheet
http://www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm

Sites for teachers: phonics
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Dolch Sight Word Lists

Portrait Poem Activity (Create a Portrait Poem and an Acrostic Poem.)

Students' Portrait Poems--examples

Emergent Readers: Importance of finger point reading for children first learning to read

Daddy, Where Did the Words Go? by Flanigan (2005) (Download and read using study guide.)

Study Guide for "Daddy, Where Did the Words Go?" (Flanigan, 2005)
(Use this study guide to answer questions and write a reflection of the article.)

Developmental Reading Instruction: Every Child Reading by Morris and Slavin

Read chapters 1, 2, and 3 and use the study guides to help you write reflections of each of these chapters in your blog.

Study Guide for Every Child Reading (Morris & Slavin, 2003) Chapters 1 and 2 and 3 Web version
(Use this study guide to answer questions and write reflections of the chapters in your blog.)

Text Talk Assignment and Lessons (Plan and perform a Text Talk Read Aloud)

Text Talk article (Beck & McKeown, 2001) (Download and read; reflect on blog.)

Word Study Assignment You will construct a Word Box for Word Study Lessons.

Word Study Research Article: Spellings of Words: A Neglected Facilitator of Vocabulary Learning by Ehri (2007) (Download and read article; use study guide to help you focus on what is most important.)

Study Guide for Ehri Article (Use study guide to write response.)

Read pages from Words Their Way (pgs. 8-24) in course packet; see study guide.

Study Guide for Words Their Way material (Use study guide to write response.)

Word Box: Picture and Word Cards--Sequence of Cards (Cut our cards and make a Word Study Box for phonics instruction.)

DRTA Assignment You will experience a DRTA lesson and plan one.

DRTA Research article (Stahl, 2008) (Download and read the DRTA article and use study guide.)

Study Guide for Stahl (2008) (Use the study guide to help you write a response.)

DTRA Lesson

Read Chapter 5 (Curt--pgs. 170-187) from Howard Street Tutoring Manual by Morris (in your course packet).

Study Guide for Chapter 5, Curt (Use study guide to write response.)

Reading Assessment Assignment (TK-20 Assignment) You will assess children in your internship and analyze the assessment data. The summary forms of the assignment will posted into your TK-20 portfolio. See Reading Assessment for more information.

Reading Assessment Project (TK-20) (Download these instructions and print them out.)

QIWK Short Form -- Spelling Words (Download this list of grade level spelling words and print them out.)

QIWK Spelling Answer Sheets (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

QIWK Spelling Answer Sheets for 1st Grade (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

QIWK K-Early Spelling Answer Sheets with Pictures (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

QIWK Word Study Grouping Sheet (Download these work sheets and print them out.)

Instructions for ERSI (Early Reading Screening Inventory) Use this assessment with students who are not developmentally ready for the QIWK or WRI--usually kindergarten and early first-grade students.

Word Recognition Inventory (WRI) Word Flash (This will play the WRI assessment on a computer.)

Word Flash Answer Sheets (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

Criteria for Setting Instruction Levels (Download these instructions for interpreting instruction levels and print them out.)

Passages for Contextual Reading Assessment (Download these materials and make an assessment packet for students.)

Scoring Sheets for Passages (Download and run copies for the students you assess.)

Instructions for Emergent and PP1 Passages (1) Look at Me; (2) Baby Bear

Instructions for PP2 and Beyond Passages (3) Mouse Tales; (4) Frog and Toad; (5) Wolves

Summary Worksheets for reading assessment assignment (Download these MS Word documents, complete them and save them as MS Word documents, then drop the saved documents into TK-20.)

Example Rationale for RE 3030 Reading Assessment (For TK-20) (OPTIONAL--Download this model, revise it and save the file. You will post this to your TK-20 portfolio.)

Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Literature Circle Examples and Assignments)

Literature Circle Examples: Roles you can incorporate into your reading lessons for more able readers.

• Character Sketcher

 o Character Traits—List of Adjectives
o Example

• Passage Picker

 o Example

• Word Wizard

 o Example

• Discussion Director

 o Example

• Internet Investigator

 o Example

ABC Book Example: An activity that you can use to help students react to a book after they have read it.

Other Resource Material

Reading Process

Language Systems Involved When Reading

Schema Passage Example

 

Reading Instruction

Leveled Text Handout

 

Children's Literature

 

Teaching Poetry

 

NC Department of Public Instruction/InfoWeb

Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum

Standard Course of Study

 

List of Sites with Resources for Teachers

 

 

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