Ideas to Share
This page will collect the ideas that develop throughout this
telecollaborative project...
Click on the purple box in each section to go to that page.
Balanced Literacy for Kindergarten
Literacy Centers
Categories:
We have posted pages to print off with category icons and clip art. You may need to save to a Word Document and resize
text and pictures according to your needs.
Planning Board:
The planning board itself is a presentation board (Styrofoam)
that I purchased at Staples. It is a tri-section board that could stand by
itself. I mounted it on the back of a shelving unit that boarders my story
corner. I have used Velcro to attach all assignable areas which were printed on
card stock paper. Children's names were printed on Fun Foam in a variety of
colors.
This planning board divides the children up into small group
activities for a 15-minute period. We started off with a 10 minute timer, but
the children all said it was a little too short. 15 minutes seems ideal, so we
set the timer at the beginning of our Balanced Literacy time. For my (Carol)
class, we do this immediately after our story time at the beginning of the day,
just before centers.
I take one group out into the open-area, just outside the
classroom, with guided reading books. The other children have been assigned
activities on an individual or small group basis, depending on what skills I
have chosen for them to practice for the day.
Parent Brochure for Early Reading
This brochure can be printed on regular paper and folded for
distribution. Any editing can be made on the document before printing.
Home Reading Program - Parent Letter
Balanced Literacy: A Teacher's Statement of Belief
Guided Reading Books
When we worked on our Guided Reading tubs, we used this Handout
for background preparation reading. The only reference I can find on it is
"1997 Celebration Press" Handout. But the material is so clear and
descriptive, that I thought other Kindergarten teachers would gain from the
knowledge. If anyone knows the full reference, please let me know, so I can
credit the source.
Reader's Theatre
Terry
"Today I did not have any children so I thought I would talk
about literacy and some things that I like and was doing in the classroom
instead.
I have started Reader's Theater in the classroom, as mentioned earlier."
Alphabet Fonts
One good predictor of a child's success at literacy is their
skill and knowledge of the letters of the alphabet. With all the computer
technology available now, it is easy to provide children with a wide variety of
alphabet fonts for them to sort, categorize, identify, and "play" with
to gain confidence. The following pages give you samples of letter fonts that
can be altered for font size and color. You can select ones that would interest
your children and print them off. Or, search for your own on the Internet.
Teaching the Alphabet
Following are some ideas that may be used when working on
alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.
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