Resources for RE 3030 (Foundations of Literacy)
RE 3030 Blog for Trathen and Ari
Ari & Trathen (ASU Campus)
Syllabus RE 3030-415 Fall 2009 (MSWord Doc) Web Version
- Daily Plans Tentative
- Student Blogs for Section 415
Student Placements and Pairings for Reading Assessment Assignment
Syllabus RE 3030-418 Fall 2009 (MSWord Doc) Web Version
- Daily Plans Tentative
- Student Blogs for Section 418
Student Placements and Pairings for Reading Assessment Assignment
Trathen & Ari (Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Hudson)
Syllabus RE 3030-350 Fall 2009 (MSWord Doc) Web Version
- Daily Plans Tentative
- Student Blogs for Section 350
Student Placements and Pairings for Reading Assessment Assignment
For Dr. Tom Gill's section please click here: RE 3030-416 Resources
Exams
Midterm Knowledge Exam Example (Download as a MS Word Document; Study It)
Final Exam (Download the Exam for Your Block Section; Write Responses; Save the File as a MS Word Document [yourlastname_firstname_final]; Send Back as Email Attachment to trathenwr@appstate.edu)
Final Exam for On-Campus Block 3030-415 and 3030-418
Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum (Download and complete as part of final exam)
Final Exam for Off-Campus Block 3030-350
Assignment for Reviewing Language Arts Curriculum (Download and complete as part of final exam)
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)
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.htmSites for teachers: phonics
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/Dolch Sight Word Lists
- http://www.english-zone.com/reading/dolch.html
- http://gemini.es.brevard.k12.fl.us/sheppard/reading/dolch.html
- http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Dolch.html
- http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm
- http://www.dolch-words.com/dolch.html
- http://www.edhelper.com/dolch_sight_words.htm?gclid=COut__LV4Y4CFQUsPAod3UGdNQ
- Search Google for more sites.
Portrait Poem and Acrostic Poem Activity (Create a Portrait Poem and an Acrostic Poem and post to your blog.)
Students' Portrait Poems--examples
Read about acrostic poems
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.)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.
- Example Text Talk Lessons from Students (You must choose books NOT on this list.)
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:
- Emergent (Preliterate)
- Letter Name-Alphabetic (Letter Name)
- Within Word Pattern (Within Word)
- Syllables & Affixes (Syllable Juncture)
- 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.
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 Assignment You will experience a DRTA lesson and plan one for Frog and Toad.
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)
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.)
Reading Assessment Assignment (TK-20 Assignment) You will assess children in your internship and analyze the assessment data. The summary forms of the 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.)
- (1) Look At Me (Beginning First-Grade Passage--Emergent)
- (2) Baby Bear (Early First-Grade Passage--Preprimer)
- (3) Mouse Tales (Mid First-Grade Passage--Primer)
- (4) Frog and Toad (Late First-Grade Passage--1.2)
- (5) Wolves (Early second-Grade Passage--2.1)
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.)
- Summary Sheet for Qualitative Inventory of Word Knowledge (Download these summary sheets and print them out.)
- Summary Sheet for ASU Word Recognition Inventory (Download these summary sheets and print them out.)
- Summary Sheet for Student Assessment (Download these summary sheets and print them out.)
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.
- Literature Circle Roles (Polar Bears Past Bedtime) (Download the role sheets and complete.)
- Discussion Director Lower Grades (Discussion Director Polar Bears Past Bedtime)
- Passage Picker Lower Grades (Passage Picker Polar Bears Past Bedtime)
- Word Wizard Polar Bears Past Bedtime
Literature Circle Units (Upper Grade Examples):
o Character Traits—List of Adjectives
o Exampleo Example o Example o Example o Example
Literature Circle Assignment (Upper Grade Examples): Look here for instructions on how to set this up and for a list of possible literature circle roles.
ABC Book Assignment You will help construct a class ABC book for Polar Bears Past Bedtime
- ABC Book Examples
- ABC Book Examples Fall 2007
- ABC Book Examples Spring 2006
- ABC book links
- Use Google to search for ABC Lessons
- ABC Books and Activities-- Sue LeBeau's comprehensive site for making ABC books
- Lesson Plan for ABC Books
- Comprehensive List of Published ABC Books
- Example of ABC Book on Dinosaurs
- Example of ABC Book with Poems for Each Letter--from Hans Christian Andersen : The A-B-C Book
Other Resource Material
Reading Materials
Rigby Trade Books: Online Catalog
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
Kindergarten Instruction (Morris--Ch. 2) Notes
Notes from a first-grade classroom (Nora Vines)
NC Department of Public Instruction/InfoWeb
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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
- Example Text Talk Lessons from Students (You must choose books NOT on this list.)
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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)
Final Projects
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