The school uses a Balanced Literacy approach that ensures full alignment with CCSS for ELA.
NOTE: for the following School Year 2021-2022, the Balanced Literacy approach will transition to what it is called "Structured Literacy"
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Link to NMPED for more information about it.
https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/literacy-humanities/structured-literacy-new-mexico/
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Five Main Components of the Balanced Literacy Framework
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Reader’s Workshop (RW) .- RW is a research-based approach that addresses the needs of all students in a classroom. RW includes mini-lessons, independent reading, and guided reading components.
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Interactive Read-aloud .- Reading aloud is the best way we can immerse children in the love of reading, showing both how and why one reads.
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Shared Reading (Focus Poetry, Big Book) /Close Reading .- It is an instructional practice of reading with students. It is an interactive experience.
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Writer’s Workshop .- After the focus mini-lesson, the students write independently to practice the strategy or skill taught. At the end of WW, the learning is summarized and students are given opportunities to share their writing piece.
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Word Study .- Word Study in Action Developmental Model (Pearson, 2012) covers the five developmental stages of word study: Emergent-Early Letter Name, Letter Name, Within Word Patterns, Syllables and Affixes, and Derivational Relations.