1. Links to Literacy Presented By Polk County LATS Joanne Stidham Lorrie Prince Judy Sanders FDLRS Tech FDLRS HRD Lourdes Day Jolene Ahlschwede

2. What are Literacy Centers Our Goal

3. What is a Literacy Station It is an area within the classroom where students can work alone or interact with one another using instructional materials to teach, reinforce and/or enrich a skill or concept. Literacy Work Stations by Debbie Diller

4. Why are They Important Eric Jensen writes “A change in location is the easiest way to get the brain’s attention”

5. Literacy Materials are taught first then placed in station Traditional Materials may have only been introduced once Differences BetweenLiteracy and Traditional Centers • Centers change on a weekly bases • Stations stays up all year. The material is changed to reflect topics, level or strategies taught

6. Literacy Student use stations in a meaningful independent manner daily Traditional Centers are often used by students when they finish their work. Differences BetweenLiteracy and Traditional Centers • Materials are differentiated to meet different needs and levels • All students do the same activity

7. Teachers Role • Modeling – • Students must first see many demonstrations • Risk Free • Practice with a peer when learning something new. • Independent Work Level • Differentiate assignments to meet students individual levels and avoid behavior problems • Clear Explicit Expectations • Be sure that students really understand the activities and review the rules often • Accountability • Tracking student use and progress.

8. Ideas for Setting up Centers • Directions • Auditory;Tape recorder, Single message device(BigMacK) • Visual;(Microsoft Word with clipart, Boadmaker, Writing with Symbols. Pix writer) • Buddy or Me • Activity easily accessible and differentiated for all students (responses-verbal, typed, written) • Assistive Technology • Is not always a computer • Special Activity • supplemental/differentiated activity • Accountability log

9. Florida’s Reading Formula

10. Florida’s Reading Formula • 5+3+ii+iii=No Child Left Behind • 5= The Fab Five (5 Components of Reading) • 3=Assessment (Screening, Diagnostic, Progress Monitoring) • ii=Initial Instruction • iii= Immediate, Intensive, Intervention

11. The Fab Five Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension

12. Phonemic Awareness • The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate sounds of spoken words. • Recognizes individual sounds • Recognizes same sounds • Recognizes odd sounds in words • Combines sequence of sounds • Breaks a word into separate sounds

13. Lite Tech Tape Recorder DLM Jack Hartman Language Master Whisper Phones Phonemic Resources • Software • Phonics Companion • Earobics 1 and 2 • Kidspiration • Internet Resources • http://www.songsforteaching.com • http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html • www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html • www.studydog.com • Mid Tech • Leap Frog Desk, Mat, Pad

21. Phonics • Understands the relationship between letters of written language and sounds of spoken language • Identifies useful series of sounds • Teach them in a logical sequence • Apply sounds to reading and writing

22. Software Startwrite Phonics Companion Reader Rabbit Baileys Book House Lets Go Read Lite Tech Page up Magnetic or stamp Letters Word Walls Mid Tech Franklin Homework Wiz Cheap Talk /Partner 4 Phonics Resources • Internet • Starfall.com • http://www.edu4kids.com • www.primarygames.com/curriculum • www.kizclub.com

30. Fluency • Read text accurately and quickly • Bridge between word recognition and comprehension • With Fluency a child needs to read & reread decodable words and connect the text • Two approaches to improve Fluency • Direct/Indirect

31. Software Kurzweil, Wynn,textHelp Soliloquy Living Books Fluent Reader Lite Tech Timers & Time timer software Taped recorded stories Students read to a tape High Tech Scanners & Computers Fluency Resources • Internet Resources • www.magickeys.com/books • http://ipl.si.umich.edu/youth/storyhour/ • Readers theater websites

36. Vocabulary Vocabulary is expressive (what you say) and receptive (what you understand) • Words used to verbally communicate effectively • Words that you use to write • Words that you recognize in print

37. Software Kidspiration/Inspiration Boardmaker Reader Rabbit Writing with Symbols Pix Writer Picture It StartWrite Intellitools program Internet www.merriam-webster.com www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html Lite Tech Franklin Dictionary Reading Pen All-Turn-It Spinner Vocabulary Resources

39. Vocabulary Bingo

43. Comprehension • Understand what is read • Graphic Orgainzers • Find Main idea and details • Summaries

44. Software Kurzweil/Wynn/ Read&Write Gold/ eReader ReadPlease Inspiration/Kidspiration Don Johnston, Start-to-Finish Books Intellitools, BalanceLiteracy Internet www.storyplace.org www.awesomelibrary.com http://www.literacyaccessonline.com www.kidsclick.org http://www.fcrr.org/activities News-2-you.com Lite Tech Color filters Reading guides Post It Notes Highlighter pens & tapes Arrow Page Fluffers Mid Tech Iris Pen II Reading Pen High Tech Scanners & Computer Comprehension Resources