Foundations of Literacy for Grades 6-8

Presented by Karen Cuddy-MillerLewiston-Porter Middle School

October 17, 2011

Five Pillars of Reading Instruction

Phonemic awareness Phonics/Word Study

Fluency

Vocabulary

Comprehension

The 12 Systems of Strategic Actions

Thinking WITHIN the Text

◦Solving Words◦Monitoring & Correcting◦Searching for & Using

Information◦Maintaining Fluency◦Adjusting

The 12 Systems of Strategic Actions

Thinking BEYOND the Text

Predicting

Making Connections Text to Self Text to World Text to Text

Inferring

Synthesizing

The 12 Systems of Strategic Actions

Thinking ABOUT the Text

Analyzing

Critiquing

NarrativeInformational

/Explanatory

Opinion/Argument

Personal narrative All about… Persuasive Essay

Historical Fiction How To Persuasive Research

Memoir Essay Literature Response

Fiction ArticleArgument in SS &

Science

Drama, Poetry Descriptive text

Writing Types

6+1 Writing Traits:

IdeasOrganizationVoiceWord ChoiceSentence FluencyConventions

+Presentation/Publication