Resources for RE 3030-419
(Foundations of Literacy)
Mary Hendrix


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RE 3030-419 Mary Hendrix

Syllabus RE 3030-419 Spring 2010 (MSWord Doc) Web Version

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For Dr. Omer Ari's sections please click here: RE 3030-414, 416, 417 Resources

 

Assignments

Create a Personal Blog for this course. See RE 3030-419 Course Blog for instructions.


Reading and Reading Log Assignment You will be asked to read children's books and post a review of one book for each week we have class--total of 12 books (minimum) are reviewed on your blog.


Portrait Poem and Acrostic Poem Activity (Create a Portrait Poem and an Acrostic Poem and post to your blog.)

Students' Portrait Poems--examples

About Poetry.com

Read about acrostic poems



Reading Storybooks to Kindergarteners (Robbins & Ehri) (Download and read this article; Download the Study Guide (MSWord document) (PDF version) and use it to help you read the article. Then post a response to the article on your blog. See directions for your response on the course blog.)


Text Talk Assignment and Lessons (Plan and perform a Text Talk Read Aloud; Post your final Text Talk lesson to your blog.)

Text Talk article (Beck & McKeown, 2001) (Download and read; reflect on blog addressing the following:)


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 response of the article in your blog.
See the directions for the response on the course blog.)


Developmental Reading Instruction: Every Child Reading by Morris and Slavin

Read chapters 1, 2, and 3 and complete the study guides--post the completed study guide on your blog.

Study Guide for Every Child Reading (Morris & Slavin, 2003) Chapters 1 and 2 and 3 Web version

What Do We Expect Storybook Reading to Do? How Storybook Reading Impacts Word Recognition. (Stahl, 2003). Download this article.

Download the study guide for the Stahl article and use it to post a response on your blog--answer the 8 questions.

 

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

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

Consider the many spellings of the letter a and its various sounds.

Reading for Developmental Spelling:

Bear, et al. (2008). Words Their Way: Chapter 1. [This chapter gives an overview of the stages of orthographic development for children.] Examples of children's invented spelling organized by stage of development.

Blog Post (after reading Words Their Way: Chapter 1 and viewing the PowerPoint presentation [summary of Chapter 1] and listening to the lectures about developmental word study.) Post a response to your blog and include the material below in the outline.

On your blog: outline the characteristics of each of the following stages of developmental spelling development:

  1. Emergent (Preliterate)
  2. Letter Name-Alphabetic (Letter Name)
  3. Within Word Pattern (Within Word)
  4. Syllables & Affixes (Syllable Juncture)

These stages will be covered on the exams.

Optional Reading for ESL and Word Study:

Bear, et al. (2007). Words Their Way for English language Learners. [This chapter describes word study with English Language Learners.]

 

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.)

Summary of Ehri Article (PowerPoint)

Study Guide for Ehri Article (Post completed study guide on your blog.)

Development of English Orthography (Download this handout and study it.)


DRTA Assignment You will experience a DRTA lesson and plan one for Frog and Toad (example DRTA lesson).

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

Study Guide for Chapter 5, Curt (Post completed study guide on your blog.)

 

DTRA Lesson (Post your edited DRTA lesson to your blog.)

 

DRTA Research article (Stahl, 2008) (Download and read the DRTA article and study guide. Use study guide to help you read the article.)

Study Guide for Stahl (2008) (Download the study guide, answer the questions and save the file, then copy and paste the questions and answers into a post on your blog.)

Summary of Stahl Article (PowerPoint)

 

Read Rasinski (2004) Creating Fluent Readers. (Post a response on your blog. See course blog for directions.)

 


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.)

Passage Scoring Example (Download and use for instructing how to mark errors on score sheet.)

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 Assignment (Polar Bears Past Bedtime) You will experience working with literature circle roles and then planning those roles for students.

• 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 Assignment You will help construct a class ABC book for Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Other Resource Material

Reading Materials

Rigby Trade Books: Online Catalog

Wright Group Leveled Books

ASU Reading Clinic List of Leveled Books for K-2 Classrooms

Hoagies Resources for Leveling Books

Children's Literature Lists, By Grade Level

Reading Process

Language Systems Involved When Reading

How the eyes move when reading

Schema Passage Example

 

Reading Instruction

Kindergarten Instruction (Morris--Ch. 2) Notes

Leveled Text Handout

Notes from a first-grade classroom (Nora Vines)


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.)

Consonants PowerPoint Presentation

Vowels

Homophones ~ Homographs ~ Homonyms ~ Heteronyms

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

 

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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