COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY IN KINDERGARTENKindergarten Conference 2012

Presented by Pam Evoy and Sarah Frost Hunter

GOALS FOR TODAY:

To be able to clearly articulate the literacy goal(s) for our Kindergarten students

To explore the elements of a comprehensive literacy program

To share ideas and co-plan

KEEPING OUR LEARNERS IN MIND

CURRENT VIEW OF LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

“Emergent Literacy” is based on the idea that children learn literacy as they come to it rather than as it comes to them … Children’s engagement with books, reading, and writing is more holistic and well-rounded as reading and writing activities are based upon children’s natural curiosity and discovery and integrated into a classroom’s overall curriculum and content.

Thinking it Through. “Literacy and the Young Child”.p/5

OUR MAIN GO-TO SOURCE

Although children develop skills in reading, writing, and oral language ( listening and speaking) , oral language must be the foundation of literacy development in the Full-Day early Learning-Kindergarten programme.

Evolving View: Four Roles of the Literate LearnerEvolving View: Four Roles of the Literate Learner

Adapted from page 9 of Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario (2004). Based on Freebody and Luke’s “Four Resources Model” (1990). The Expert Panel elaborated on the four resources model to suggest four roles of a developing junior learner. The Evolving View: Four Roles of the Literate Learner is for discussion purposes only and is based on the work of the Collaborative Inquiry in Literacy 2008–09 and 2009–10.

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COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY: SO WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?

ZEROING IN ON ONE COMPONENT – REPEATED INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD

First Second Third

Book Intro Teacher summarized. Outward (ie.cover/title) visuals highlighted

Characters/info reminders. General questions asked re: characters, or connections to things already known.

Identify problem/solution or build upon connections to facts and extensions to other things.

Book Reading

Insert vocab for 5-10 words already pre-selected.

Insert vocab enhancements for same 5-10 words.

Predictions based on two page spreads and extensions, including vocab in different contexts

After Reading Discussion

Why question requiring explanation. Demonstrate how to answer by “I’m thinking

Ask another “WHY”

ALLOWING CHILDREN TO COME TO LITERACY

What might a classroom context look like to incorporate all these theoretical elements?

HOW DOES THE CURIOSITY ALLOW THE PROGRAMME TO BE UNCOVERED?

A PURPOSEFUL(RESEARCH-BASED) APPROACH TO READ ALOUD

Repeated Readings Focused and short Interactive rather than passive

Reading Teacher Student

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Tracking Learning to Keep Moving Forward

YOUR TURN

Select from the materials Range of Planners provided Plan how you would use the Repeated

Interactive Read Aloud method to expand into other components of comprehensive literacy

VOICES FROM THE FIELD

THANK YOU AND MAY YOU CONTINUE TO LEARN WHILE YOU TEACH AND TEACH WHILE YOU LEARN

EXIT PASS