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Children's Literacy Artifact #2

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Children's literature includes stories poems, books, or magazines enjoyed by children. Modern children's literature is divided into two categories genre or intended age of the reader. Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development which states there are different phrases of intellectual development and each stage is associated with certain behavioral activities.
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/ChildrenLit/

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Integrating Technology Artifact #2

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Integrating technology involves more than teaching students computer skills- it means adding technology to improve the understanding of students. Effective technology involves four components:
1) Active engagement
2) Participation in groups
3) Frequent interaction and feedback
4) Connection to real world experts
Most importantly, technology allows teachers to reach different types of learners through various activities.
https://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-introduction

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Writing Workshop Artifact #3

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Writing Workshop Artifact #2

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Writing workshop is a method of writing instruction developed through the early works Donald Graves. It can be used in any grade and each grade has specific units tailored to meet the developmental and curriculum needs.
Writers workshop begins with a signal to allow students to know the workshop will begin, followed by an explicit mini lesson. Than the students begin writing time, during this the teacher guides the students through writing conferences. During the conference the teacher may meet in small groups to teach specific writing techniques .
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/writers/

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Reading workshop is a method with the aim of teaching students strategies for reading and comprehension.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top_teaching/2009/10/reading-workshop
The above link demonstrates a mini lesson with the use of reading workshop. Each session begins with a mini lesson for about 10-15 mintues. During the mini lesson the teacher introduces a specific topic. The point typically focuses on a reading strategy or skill. After the skill is taught, the teacher will explicitly model the skill for students, than the students have a chance to demonstrate what they have learned.

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According to Reading rocket, comprehension strategies are sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of various texts. M. Pressley is a major theorist in reading comprehension strategies. The website provides several strategies to assist students in comprehending texts:
1) Monitoring comprehension
2) Metacognition
3) Graphic and Semantic Organizations
4) Answering questions
5) Generating questions
6) Recognizing story structure
7) Summarizing

http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/reading-comprehension-skills-english-language-learners

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Vocabulary development is done through indirect exposure to words and explicit instruction in specific words and word learning strategies. A theorist that supports vocabulary development is E.H Hiebert. Reading rocket has four strategies listed for effective vocabulary programs:
1) wide or extensive independent reading to expand word knowledge
2) instruction in specific words to enhance comprehension of texts containing those words
3) instruction in independent word learning strategies
4) word consciousnesses and word play activities to motivate and enhance learning
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/teaching-vocabulary

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Read Aloud allows students to build foundation skills, introduces vocabulary,  provides a model of fluent, expressive reading, and it helps children recognize what it means to read properly. Linda Gambrell is an important theorist in reading motivation for children.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-motivation-what-research-says

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Shared reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when the children join in the reading of the book alongside a teacher or parent.
The teacher typically models the skills of reading while an over sized books with enlarged print and illustrations.

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Phonological Awareness
Experience with using Language
Letter Recognition
Storybook Reading
Experience with Print
Marie Clay is theorist who supports research and development for the concepts of emergent literacy.

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Identify letters of the alphabet
Identify consonant sounds
Identify long vowel sounds
Identify short vowel sounds
Identify consonant blends initial and final
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/phonic-elements

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Read Aloud
Shared reading
Guided Reading
Independent Reading
Independent Work/ Centers

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The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. Patricia Cunningham is a theorist who wrote several books on teaching kids phonics. It can be developed through:
1) Identify and categorize sounds
2) Blend sounds to form words
3) Delete or add sounds to form new words
4) Substitute sounds to make new words

http://www.begintoread.com/articles/phonemic-awareness.html