Literacy

__Core Curriculum __ Common Core State Standards for Language Arts: : [] Accompanying Curriculum Maps: []

__Continuum of Early Literacy Skills __ []: The University of Oregon Center on Teaching and Learning has developed curriculum maps for grades K through 3 that provide a progression of literacy skills through each month of these grades.

__General Resources __ National Reading Panel [|www.nationalreadingpanel.org] International Reading Association: [|www.reading.org] A basic membership costs $24.  *Sonoma County Office of Education: [] * This section of the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) website provides a collection of reading/language arts resources and information designed to support teachers, administrators, parents, and anyone else concerned with improving literacy in Sonoma County and beyond. Formerly known as the Reading Corner, these web pages are compiled by Dr. Kevin Feldman, SCOE’s Reading & Early Intervention Consultant.

__Reading Resources __
 * //Words Their Way// (2008 ed.): This includes a scope and sequence for phonemic awareness and phonics
 * The //Florida Center for Reading Research//: [|www.fcrr.org] This excellent site includes whole-group and small group activities for the Big 5: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
 * Open Court Resources: []
 * //CORE Teaching Reading Source Book //
 * Houghton Mifflin Resources: Poway Unified School District, CA: []

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Reading: Foundational Skills



<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Visit the //Student Activities Center// section at Florida Center for Reading Research to find a wealth of activities for "The Big 5" of literacy! ===

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Phonemic Awareness
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> [phonemic awareness book we received from K training]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Phonological Awareness
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Decodables <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reading A-Z: [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reading A-Z offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach leveled reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The teaching resources include professionally developed downloadable leveled books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading assessments

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Fluency
//The Six-Minute Solution// Gail Adams and Sheron Brown (2007)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Comprehension
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Comprehension: Whole-Group Instruction (Tier 1)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Reading Comprehension Toolkit (2009) by Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis. This is available for checkout through Jessica Vidal.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Interactive Read-Alouds: Linking Standards, Fluency, and Comprehension (2007) by Linda Hoyt

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Visit the //Student Activities Center// on www.fcrr.org for tons of activities!

= <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Speaking and Listening =

How-To strategies for storytelling in the classroom

= <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Writing = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Skills-based writing instruction focusing on narrative, expository, and persuasive writing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This website also contains a specific writing scope and sequence for each grade. Jessica Vidal has materials available for checkout.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Interventions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Reading Interventions (Tiers 2 and 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//My Sidewalks on Reading Street: Intensive Reading Intervention// (2011) by Connie Juel, Ph.D., Jeanne R. Paratore, Ed.D., Deborah Simmons, Ph.D., and Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D. Published by Pearson/Scott Foresman. This is available for use through your Achievement Coach.