Balanced Literacy Refresher

The Balanced Literacy Framework is ranges from

• low teacher support to high teacher support

• low rigor to high rigor

• individual work to group work

This component is comprised of a daily minilesson, conferring, and sharing.

• Independent Reading

• Writing Workshop

• Guided Reading

Which indicators describe an Interactive Read Aloud?

• purposefully planned

• teacher models thinking

• students reading aloud with teacher

• planned turn & talks

• strategic text selection

Which component is at the center of the framework?

• Foundational Skills

• Workstations

• Word Study

Place a check next to the parts of a Guided Reading lesson.

• word work

• text introduction

• teacher reading

• teacher prompting

• students reading

Students read texts on their levels, monitor their thinking, and respond to their reading. Which component matches this description?

• Shared Reading

• Book Clubs

• Independent Reading

Writing instruction should be...

• Modeled

• Responsive

• Shared

• Interactive

• Prescriptive

Balanced Literacy is...

• a scripted program.

• HOW we teach our ELAR standards.

• a state-adopted curriculum.