Resources for RE 3030-350
(Foundations of Literacy)
Dr. Trathen
RE 3030-350 Dr. Woodrow Trathen (Wilkes Community College, Wilksboro)
Syllabus RE 3030-350 Spring 2010 (MSWord Doc) Web Version
Click here to complete the online course evaluation for RE 3030-350
For Dr. Omer Ari's sections please click here: RE 3030-414, 416, 417 ResourcesFor Mary Hendrix's section please click here: RE 3030-419 Resources
Exams
Midterm Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)
Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum (Download and complete as part of final exam)
Assignments
Create a Personal Blog for this course. See RE 3030 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. On your blog, you will create a page for these reviews. See directions for these reviews on the course blog.
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
Consider the many spellings of the letter a and its various sounds.
Homophones ~ Homographs ~ Homonyms ~ Heteronyms
Phonics on the Web
http://www.phonicsontheweb.com/Search "phonics rules" on Google
Is it able or ible?
http://www.englishclub.com/writing/spelling_ible.htmPhonics and Phonemic Awareness Worksheet
http://www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htmSites for teachers: phonics
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/Free Reading
http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Find_ActivitiesDolch Sight Word Lists
- http://www.english-zone.com/reading/dolch.html
- http://gemini.es.brevard.k12.fl.us/sheppard/reading/dolch.html
- http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Dolch.html
- http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm
- http://www.dolch-words.com/dolch.html
- http://www.edhelper.com/dolch_sight_words.htm?gclid=COut__LV4Y4CFQUsPAod3UGdNQ
- Search Google for more sites.
Portrait Poem and Acrostic Poem Activity (Create a Portrait Poem and an Acrostic Poem and post to your blog. Use the about page on your blog for these poems. See the course blog for directions on responding you classmates' blogs.)Students' Portrait Poems--examples
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.)
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.)Optional Readings for Emergent Readers:
Morris (1993). The relationship between children's concept of word in text and phoneme awareness in learning to read: A longitudinal study. Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 133-154. [This article explains why the concept of word is so important for beginning readers.]
Liberman et al. (1974). Explicit syllable and phoneme segmentation in the young child. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol 18, p. 201-212. [This artilce makes the case that young children will pick up syllables before they are able to hear individual phonemes and that phoneme awareness and segmentation is difficult for beginning readers.]
Text Talk Assignment and Lessons (Plan and perform a Text Talk Read Aloud; Post your final Text Talk lesson to your blog. See directions for the post on our class blog.)
Text Talk article (Beck & McKeown, 2001) (Download and read; reflect on blog addressing the following:)
In the article, Text Talk, what seem to be the most important points? Discuss several of them. Summarize the key steps in planning and performing a Text Talk lesson. Post this reflection on your blog.
Example Text Talk Lessons from Students (You must choose books NOT on this list.)
Developmental Reading Instruction: Every Child Reading by Morris and SlavinRead 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.)Optional 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.
Optional 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:
- Emergent (Preliterate)
- Letter Name-Alphabetic (Letter Name)
- Within Word Pattern (Within Word)
- 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.]
Optional Reading for Research on Spelling:
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 (Optional: post completed study guide on your blog.)
Summary of Ehri Article (PowerPoint)
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.)
Optional Reading--DRTA comparison to Picture Walk and KWL
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--Optional.)
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.)
- (1) Look At Me (Beginning First-Grade Passage--Emergent)
- (2) Baby Bear (Early First-Grade Passage--Preprimer)
- (3) Mouse Tales (Mid First-Grade Passage--Primer)
- (4) Frog and Toad (Late First-Grade Passage--1.2)
- (5) Wolves (Early second-Grade Passage--2.1)
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.)
- Summary Sheet for Qualitative Inventory of Word Knowledge (Download these summary sheets and print them out.)
- Summary Sheet for ASU Word Recognition Inventory (Download these summary sheets and print them out.)
- Summary Sheet for Student Assessment (Download these summary sheets and print them out.)
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.
- Literature Circle Roles (Polar Bears Past Bedtime) (Download the role sheets and complete.)
- Discussion Director Lower Grades (Discussion Director Polar Bears Past Bedtime)
- Passage Picker Lower Grades (Passage Picker Polar Bears Past Bedtime)
- Word Wizard Polar Bears Past Bedtime
Literature Circle Units (Upper Grade Examples):
o Character Traits—List of Adjectives
o Exampleo Example o Example o Example o Example
Literature Circle Assignment (Upper Grade Examples): Look here for instructions on how to set this up and for a list of possible literature circle roles.
ABC Book Assignment You will help construct a class ABC book for Polar Bears Past Bedtime
- ABC Book Examples
- ABC Book Examples Fall 2007
- ABC Book Examples Spring 2006
- ABC book links
- Use Google to search for ABC Lessons
- ABC Books and Activities-- Sue LeBeau's comprehensive site for making ABC books
- Lesson Plan for ABC Books
- Comprehensive List of Published ABC Books
- Example of ABC Book on Dinosaurs
- Example of ABC Book with Poems for Each Letter--from Hans Christian Andersen : The A-B-C Book
Other Resource Material
Reading Materials
Rigby Trade Books: Online Catalog
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
Optional Reading
Morris (1993). The relationship between children's concept of word in text and phoneme awareness in learning to read: A longitudinal study. Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 133-154.
Liberman et al. (1974). Explicit syllable and phoneme segmentation in the young child. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol 18, p. 201-212.
Ehri & Wilce (1985). Movement into Reading: Is the First Stage of Printed Word Learning Visual or Phonetic?Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 163-179
Bear, et al. (2007). Words Their Way for English language Learners.
Kindergarten Instruction (Morris--Ch. 2) Notes
Notes from a first-grade classroom (Nora Vines)
NC Department of Public Instruction/InfoWeb
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Syllabus RE 3030 Fall 2006 (MSWord Doc) Web Version
Midterm Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)
Final Exam (Download it as a MS Word Document, complete it, save it, and send it to me as an e-mail attachment)
Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum (Download and complete as part of final exam)
Assignments
Reading and Reading Log Assignment
Phonics and Word Recognition Concepts (Download, Print Out, Begin to Work on It)
Text Talk Assignment and Lessons
- Example Text Talk Lessons from Students (You must choose books NOT on this list.)
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Assignments
Reading and Reading Log Assignment
Reading Survey (Download as a MS Word Document; Complete It and E-mail Back)
Phonics and Word Recognition Concepts (Download, Print Out, Begin to Work on It)
Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)
Final Projects
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