Hackett-balanced literacy

Mohonasen Central School District
Bradt Primary School
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Mrs. Hackett's First Grade

This is an approach to teaching reading that includes the following components:

Reading Aloud: Teacher reads selection aloud to students

	Provides adult model of fluent reading
	Develops sense of story/text
	Develops vocabulary
	Encourages prediction
	Builds a community of readers
	Develops active listening*

Shared Reading: Teacher and students read text together

	Demonstrates awareness of text
	Develops sense of story or content
	Promotes reading strategies
	Develops fluency and phrasing
	Increases comprehension
	Encourages politeness and respect *

Guided Reading: Teacher introduces a selection at student's instructional level

	Promotes reading strategies
	Increases comprehension
	Encourages independent reading
	Expands belief in own ability *

Independent Reading: Students read independently

	Encourages strategic reading
	Increases comprehension
	Supports writing development
	Extends experiences with a variety of written texts
	Promotes reading for enjoyment and information
	Develops fluency
	Fosters self-confidence by reading familiar and new text
	Provides opportunities to use mistakes as learning opportunities *

Modeled/Shared Writing: Teacher and students collaborate to write text; teacher acts as scribe

	Develops concepts of print
	Develops writing strategies
	Supports reading development
	Provides model for a variety of writing styles
	Models the connection among and between sounds, letters, and words
	Produces text that students can read independently
	Necessitates communicating in a clear and specific manner*

Interactive Writing: Teacher and students compose together using a "shared pen" technique in which students do some of the writing

	Provides opportunities to plan and construct texts
	Increases spelling knowledge
	Produces written language resources in the classroom
	Creates opportunities to apply what has been learned*

Independent Writing: Students write independently

	Strengthens text sequence
	Develops understanding of multiple uses of writing
	Supports reading development
	Develops writing strategies
	Develops active independence*

*Personal Qualities: Collaborative Worker, Problem Solver, Quality Producer, Self Directed Learner, Responsible Citizen

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Last modified on Tuesday, May 23, 2006