Monday, June 4, 2012

Topic 3: Balanced Literacy

Topic 3: Balanced Literacy

Attack on "Balanced Literacy" Is Attack on Professional Teachers, Research

NCTE Features of Literacy Programs

1. On Reading, Learning to Read and Effective Reading Instruction: An Overview of What We Know and How We Know It (http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/onreading)

2. A Call to Action: What We Know About Adolescent Literacy and Ways to Support Teachers in Meeting Students’ Needs (http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/adolescentliteracy)

3. A Decision-Making Matrix (See link below)

Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as "Costume Parties"

Barr, R. & Dreeden, R. (1991). Grouping students for reading instruction. In Barr, R., Kamil, M. L., Mosenthal, P. B., & Pearson, P. D. (Eds.), Handbook of Reading Research, vol II. (pp. 885-910). New York: Longman.
Cambourne, B. (2002). Holistic, integrated approaches to reading and language arts instruction: the constructivist framework of an instructional theory. In Farstrup, A. E. & Samuels, S. J. (Eds.), What research has to say about reading instruction. (pp. 25-47). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Freppon, P. A. & Dahl, K. L. (1998). Balanced instruction: Insights and considerations. Reading Research Quarterly 33(2), 240-249.
Heydon, R., Hibbert, K., Iannacci, L. (2005). Strategies to support balanced literacy approaches in pre- and inservice teacher education. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 48(4), 312-319.
Kasten, W. C. & Wilfong, L. G. (2007). Encouraging independent reading towards lifelong readers and learners.International Journal of Learning, 13. Located at http://www.Learning-Journal.com.
Pardo, L. S. (2004). What every teacher needs to know about comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 58(3), 272-280.
Pearson, P. D. & Hiebert, E.H. (2007).Vocabulary assessment: What we know and what we need to learn.Reading Research Quarterly42 (2), 282-296.
Spiegel, D. L. (1998). Silver bullets, babies, and bath water: Literature response groups in a balanced literacy program. The Reading Teacher, 52(2), 114-124.
Wharton-McDonald, R., Rankin, J., Mistretta, J., & Ettenberger, S. (1997). Effective primary-grades literacy instruction = Balanced literacy instruction. The Reading Teacher, 50(6), 518-521.

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