Putting It All Together

Using

Pocket Charts & Big Books

Sandra Ball & Lillah Martin Nov. 27/13

Agenda

welcome

shared reading

big books & song books

sharing

pocket charts

shared writing

Learners want to be

engaged

interacting

connecting

using oral language

Every Child

Every day

Richard Allington

reads something they choose

reads accurately

reads something they understand

writes something personally meaningful

talks to peers about reading & writing

listens to a fluent adult read aloud

Shared Reading is

read-along reading

whole group activity

material seen by all

modeling

relating familiar to unknown

Even the most generous lap

can not hold 20 children,

so big books were created.

Shared Reading Benefits

experiencing the joy of reading

drawing attention to the details of the text

providing systematic & explicit instruction

children see themselves as readers

from Read, Write, Play ,Learn by Lori Rog

Texts for Shared Reading

should have.

3 Rs rhythm, repetition & rhyme

clear, readable print w/ ample space between

words and lines

rich, memorable language

strong satisfying story line w/ predictable structure

bright, vigorous illustrations that support the textfrom Read, Write, Play, Learn Lori Rog

Shared Reading Texts

big books /poems

weather charts

calendar charts

drawings with captions

diagrams with labels

maps

songs

rhymes

chants and other enlarged texts on chart paper

dictated, interactive and shared writing

individual or class books

childrens murals

Ann McGill Franzen

Big Books

consolidate emerging reading strategies

reread independently

word study develop vocabulary

informal assessment

Putting it All TogetherBuilding Meaning Through Engaging

Reading and Writing

BB

pocket chart

word wall

brainstorming

independent writing class book

take-offs

Rosies Walk

What books are familiar?

Where could you find them?

How could you use them?

Shared reading experiences

capitalize on powerful learning

possibilities where every student takes something unique away.

The books must delight the

children and be worth

returning to again and again. Brenda Parkes

Pocket Charts

develop early literacy skills

explore language in playful ways

engage students in meaningful text

related experiences

Mary Wore Her Red Dress

Who Stole the Cookies

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I Wonder

I Like Bugs

Brown Bear Brown Bear

The Wheels on the Bus

Rain on the

At School

The Mouse in Our House

The giraffe in the jungle...The snowman in the yard...

Materials to have on hand

postie notes

wikki stix

reading wands

reading fingers

reading frames

special reading glasses

clip boards

If you can say it,

you can write it.

If you can write it,

you can read it.

Shared Writing is

writing students can read

*want to revisit over and over

*provides for connections to prior knowledge

teacher writing for the students

*writing from talk, turning thoughts into print

*modeling thinking process

*transitional, building from simple to complex

interactive writing when pen is shared

*explicit teaching moments

Pocket Chart Ideas

store p/c strips on shower ring /with loose pieces in baggie

also attached

shower rings clip onto towel rack mounted inside teacher

cupboard

velcro back side of pocket chart across top and attach velcro

onto classroom wall at kid height move chart when finished

with class lesson so kids can play with it

put names on craft sticks for quick play with charts

keep basket of reading wands near pocket chart

transfer pocket chart poem, song, pattern into poetry book

use poetry book for read to self, read to someone, home read

Big Book Ideas

double sided on construction

add one inch strip to edge of books

before laminating that becomes

hinge edge for ease of turning

have parent helpers colour for you

store big books leaning against wall

Class Made Book Ideas

have kids design covers

use mix of media for illustrations

use kids photos

if book is pattern or take off from real book photocopy cover and add it inside front of the class book

use duotangs for smaller sized books

make books about everything

use for home reading

plan for class set nice gift for child at end of year

I want to make reading

something to love not just something to learn Kathy Collins

Thank you Sandra & Lillah