Resources for RE 3030
Foundations of Literacy
Dr. Omer Ari

RE 3030 Blog
RE 3030 (415 & 419)
Syllabus 415 & 419
Daily Plans (Tentative)
Student Blogs
Placements and Pairings for Reading Assessment Assignment
Online course evaluation

 

Exam

Midterm Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)

Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum (Download and turn in on the final day of class)

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Assignments

 

Create a Personal Blog for this course. See RE 3030 Course Blog for instructions.

Reading and Reading Log Assignment You will be asked to read children's books and create a reference list for yourself. You will be asked to post some book summaries on your blog.

Phonics and Word Recognition Concepts (Download, print out, begin to work on answering--use the links below to help you answer the questions. There will be opportunities in class to ask questions about this material.)

Consonants PowerPoint Presentation (Omer Ari)

Vowels

Vowels in Standard English

Homophones ~ Homographs ~ Homonyms ~ Heteronyms

Phonics on the Web
http://www.phonicsontheweb.com/

Search "phonics rules" on Google

Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Worksheet
http://www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm

Sites for teachers: phonics
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Dolch Sight Word Lists

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Portrait Poem and Acrostic Poem Activity (Create a Portrait Poem and an Acrostic Poem and post to your blog.)

Students' Portrait Poems--examples

About Poetry.com

Read about acrostic poems

 

Text Talk Assignment and Lessons (Plan and perform a Text Talk Read Aloud; Post your final Text Talk lesson to your blog.)

Text Talk article (Beck & McKeown, 2001) (Download and read; reflect on blog addressing the following:)

In the article, Text Talk, what seem to be the most important points? Discuss several of them. Summarize the key steps in planning and performing a Text Talk lesson. Post this reflection on your blog.

Emergent Readers: Importance of finger point reading for children first learning to read

Daddy, Where Did the Words Go? by Flanigan (2005) (Download and read using study guide.)

Study Guide for "Daddy, Where Did the Words Go?" (Flanigan, 2005)
(Use this study guide to answer questions and write a reflection of the article in your blog.)

Developmental Reading Instruction: Every Child Reading by Morris and Slavin

Read chapters 1, 2, and 3 and use the study guides to help you write reflections of each of these chapters in your blog.

Study Guide for Every Child Reading (Morris & Slavin, 2003) Chapters 1 and 2 and 3 Web version
(Use this study guide to answer questions and write reflections of the chapters in your blog.)

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Word Study Assignment You will construct a Word Box for Word Study Lessons.

Read pages from Words Their Way (pgs. 8-24) in course packet; see below.

For Words Their Way material (Post a response to your blog and include the material below in the outline.)

On your blog: outline the characteristics of each of the following stages of developmental spelling development:

  1. Emergent (Preliterate)
  2. Letter Name-Alphabetic (Letter Name)
  3. Within Word Pattern (Within Word)
  4. Syllables & Affixes (Syllable Juncture)
  5. Derivational Relations (Derivational Constancies

Word Box: Picture and Word Cards--Sequence of Cards (Cut our cards and make a Word Study Box for phonics instruction.)

Consider the many spellings of the letter a and its various sounds.

 

 

DRTA Assignment You will experience a DRTA lesson and plan one for Frog and Toad.

 

DTRA Lesson (Post your edited DRTA lesson to your blog.)

Read Chapter 5 (Curt--pgs. 170-187) from Howard Street Tutoring Manual by Morris (in your course packet).

Study Guide for Chapter 5, Curt (Use study guide to post response on your blog.)

Read Rasinski (2004) Creating Fluent Readers. (Post a response on your blog.)

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Reading Assessment Assignment (TK-20 Assignment) You will assess children in your internship and analyze the assessment data. The summary forms of the spelling (QIWK) assignment will posted into your TK-20 portfolio. See Reading Assessment for more information.

Reading Assessment Project (TK-20) (Download these instructions and print them out.)

QIWK Short Form -- Spelling Words (Download this list of grade level spelling words and print them out.)

QIWK Spelling Answer Sheets (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

QIWK Spelling Answer Sheets for 1st Grade (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

QIWK K-Early Spelling Answer Sheets with Pictures (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

QIWK Word Study Grouping Sheet (Download these work sheets and print them out.)

Instructions for ERSI (Early Reading Screening Inventory) Use this assessment with students who are not developmentally ready for the QIWK or WRI--usually kindergarten and early first-grade students.

Word Recognition Inventory (WRI) Word Flash (This will play the WRI assessment on a computer.)

Word Flash Answer Sheets (Download these answer sheets and print them out.)

Criteria for Setting Instruction Levels (Download these instructions for interpreting instruction levels and print them out.)

Passages for Contextual Reading Assessment (Download these materials and make an assessment packet for students.)

Scoring Sheets for Passages (Download and run copies for the students you assess.)

Passage Scoring Example (Download and use for instructing how to mark errors on score sheet.)

Instructions for Emergent and PP1 Passages (1) Look at Me; (2) Baby Bear

Instructions for PP2 and Beyond Passages (3) Mouse Tales; (4) Frog and Toad; (5) Wolves

Summary Worksheets for reading assessment assignment (Download these MS Word documents, complete them and save them as MS Word documents, then drop the saved documents into TK-20.)

Example Rationale for RE 3030 Reading Assessment (For TK-20) (OPTIONAL--Download this model, revise it and save the file. You will post this to your TK-20 portfolio.)

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Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Literature Circle Examples and Assignments)

Literature Circle Assignment (Polar Bears Past Bedtime) You will experience working with literature circle roles and then planning those roles for students.

• Character Sketcher

 o Character Traits—List of Adjectives
o Example

• Passage Picker

 o Example

• Word Wizard

 o Example

• Discussion Director

 o Example

• Internet Investigator

 o Example

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Other Resource Material

Reading Materials

Rigby Trade Books: Online Catalog

Wright Group Leveled Books

ASU Reading Clinic List of Leveled Books for K-2 Classrooms

Hoagies Resources for Leveling Books

Children's Literature Lists, By Grade Level

Reading Process

Language Systems Involved When Reading

How the eyes move when reading

Schema Passage Example

 

Reading Instruction

Kindergarten Instruction (Morris--Ch. 2) Notes

Leveled Text Handout

Notes from a first-grade classroom (Nora Vines)

 

Children's Literature

 

Teaching Poetry

 

NC Department of Public Instruction/InfoWeb

Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum

Standard Course of Study

 

List of Sites with Resources for Teachers

 

Miscellaneous Readings

Reading Storybooks to Kindergarteners (Robbins & Ehri) (Download and read this article; Complete the Study Guide and post it on your blog.)

Study Guide for Reading Storybooks to Kindergarteners: MSWord Doc :: Pdf

What Do We Expect St:orybook Readibg t:o Do? Stahl (2003).

Words Their Way for English Learners. Bear et al. (2007).

Word Study Research Article: Spellings of Words: A Neglected Facilitator of Vocabulary Learning by Ehri (2007) (Download and read article; use study guide to help you focus on what is most important.)

Study Guide for Ehri Article (Use study guide to write response on your blog.)

Summary of Ehri Article (PowerPoint)

 

DRTA Research article (Stahl, 2008) (Download and read the DRTA article and use study guide.)

Study Guide for Stahl (2008) (Download the study guide, answer the questions and save the file, then copy and paste the questions and answers into a post on your blog.)

Summary of Stahl Article (PowerPoint)

 

 

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Syllabus RE 3030 Fall 2006 (MSWord Doc) Web Version

Midterm Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)

Final Exam (Download it as a MS Word Document, complete it, save it, and send it to me as an e-mail attachment)

Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum (Download and complete as part of final exam)

Assignments

Reading and Reading Log Assignment

Phonics and Word Recognition Concepts (Download, Print Out, Begin to Work on It)

Text Talk Assignment and Lessons

Reading Assessment Assignment (Task Stream Assignment)

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Syllabus Spring 2006

Final Exam

Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum

Assignments

Reading and Reading Log Assignment

Reading Survey (Download as a MS Word Document; Complete It and E-mail Back)

Phonics and Word Recognition Concepts (Download, Print Out, Begin to Work on It)

Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)

Class Book: Idioms and Homophones

Final Projects

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