P.S. 33 fosters success through Balanced Literacy instruction, which is characterized by meaningful literacy activities that provide children with both the skills and desire to become proficient and lifelong learners.
What is Balanced Literacy?
Balanced literacy encompasses...
-Reading TO children: Read Alouds: *help to internalize sentence structure and "book language" concepts *provide motivation to learn to read *develop a sense of story structure *develop vocabulary concepts *build prediction skills *provide a proficient reader model
-Reading WITH children: Shared Reading: *develops comprehension skills and plot/story elements *develops/reviews high frequency words and known phonics *teacher models/develops: print concepts, reading strategies, monitoring and self-correction, good reader strategies
-Reading BY children: Guided Reading: *reinforces reading strategies in context of story *story introduction promotes children's effective use of prediction, monitoring, questioning, inferring, and concluding *teacher supports/prompts: print concepts, reading strategies, monitoring and self-correction, good reader strategies for comprehension
Independent Reading: *builds self-confidence, fluency, vocabulary *provides practice in applying reading strategies