Organizing Your Reading Block with ARI in Mind

June 14, 2007Amy Hall

Mindy Downey

Getting to Know You

TWO truths and a Lie

My husband and I have both been in a movie.

I was a cheerleader in college.I am going on a cruise this summer

for my 10th anniversary.

Looking at the Elementary Reading Curriculum

• What is expected from Mobile County?

• Scavenger Hunt!

Break

• Take Ten

Creating a Purposeful Environment for the Reading Block

• Take a moment and sketch out your classroom keeping your Reading Block in mind.

Large Group(Shared Reading, Read Aloud, Shared Writing,

Working with Words)

Do you have… • a place for students to sit

comfortably?• an instruction focal point?• an easel?• Big Books, enlarged poems,

books for read aloud, words for word wall?

• chart paper, sentence strips?• highlighting tape, wikki sticks,

markers?• scissors?• an overhead?

Small Group(Guided Reading, Reading Conferences,

Intervention)

•Small table (round, kidney, horseshoe)•Student records•Paper and writing material•Markers, pencils•Place for running records•Smaller easel with chart paper•Leveled text

Word Wall

• Highly visible wall• High frequency word

list• Alphabet• Highlighting tape• Markers• Sentence strips• Magnetic letters• White boards/ dry

erase markers

Classroom Libraries

• Leveled books/ Non-leveled books• Front cover out• Baskets• Labels (series, genre, topic)

Literacy Centers/ Work Stations

• Are they meaningful and purposeful?

• Do they keep students engaged?

• What are your accountability measures?

• Do you have an established routine?

Print-Rich Classroom

• Anchor Charts• Book boxes• Big books• Guided reading text• Enlarged poems, songs• Labels, directions• Word charts• Students names• Pocket charts with printed

material• Sign-in sheet/ Mail boxes/

Message boards

Taking a Second Look…

• Add important components to your previous sketch.

• Share your plan or ideas with your table

Lunch

• 12:00-1:15

Literacy Work Stations with Debbie Diller

• Where to fit them in your classroom

• Differences between Literacy Work Stations and Traditional Learning Centers

• Management• Work station ideas

More Information on Literacy Work Stations/ Centers

• Annenberg Media Professional Development

• www.learner.org• http://www.learner.org• /vod/vod_window.html?pid=1879

Making It Real!

• Classroom Visits

Wrap Up

• Questions and Answers