Word Study and Fluency: Put It Into Practice

Create a Handbook

In this ongoing activity, you will collect literacy resources in a Handbook for Effective Literacy Practices to use in your classroom.

Today, you will create a section for word study instruction that covers emergent literacy, phonics/decoding, and reading fluency. Include resources you already use, and plan to use in the future. Place them in the section for Word Study and Fluency. You may want to include:

			Do this activity with your colleagues to create the most comprehensive collection of resources.

• texts and materials to develop phonemic awareness skills
• lists of phonemic awareness skills
• lesson plans for phonics skills related to grade-level books
• lists of phonic elements with suggested grade levels for instruction
• word study activities to incorporate into daily routines (use readings)
• activities to use with a Word Wall
• books to teach specific phonic elements
• teacher resources for word study
• activities to promote reading fluency (with accompanying materials)

Review the contents of the handbook for how well they correlate to the principles of Dr. Paratore's lecture and the readings.

	Submit a copy of your completed Handbook at the end of the workshop.

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