Reading
"small-group instructional context in which a teacher supports each reader's development of systems of strategic actions for processing new texts at increasingly challenging levels of difficulty" (Fountas & Pinnell).
Understanding the characteristics/needs of a students and matching them with appropriate teaching strategies
What is differentiated instruction?
Task-oriented activities with clear expectations that are used while teacher works with other small groups
What are Literacy Centers?
What is successful guided reading?
A change in the material being learned by a student
What is differentiation of content?
Busy work given to students; areas children go to finish classwork
What is not a Literacy Center?
This type of teacher can successfully promote reading skills.
What is an intentional teacher?
A chart that identifies what a child knows, what they want to know, and what they have learned about.
What is a K-W-L Chart?
Carefully planning of time for individual student's needs.
What is a successful Literacy Center?