Paterson Education Fund Early Literacy Resources by Xiania Foster

READING ALOUD MATTERS

xflearn — 2023-06-03 22:18:37 UTC

The Mathew Effect - Work hard to encourage and keep all readers engaged.

xflearn — 2023-06-03 22:35:33 UTC

Read aloud to children early and often. Prioritize nurturing, uplifting literacy experiences, especially when supporting children who need extra encouragement, persistence, and time to master reading skills. Keep them reading! Connect to each child's individual interests to keep them motivated. #research #startearly #motivationmatters #readtothemoften

Fill shelves with book that affirm children's culture and language.

xflearn — 2023-06-03 23:26:36 UTC

It is important that books open doors for children so they can learn about our wide world. Also, children need to see authentic representations of their communities. Reflect and revise your book choices often based on your specific experiences of your current students, their families, and their communities. #theBESTbooks #culturallysustaining #learning abouttheworld #readaloud

DISCUSS PERSONAL CONNECTIONS WHEN READING A BOOK

xflearn — 2023-06-03 23:37:54 UTC

Four ways to validate and affirm young students’ cultures in meaningful ways, which can boost their engagement and motivation. Model your thinking and talk about your personal connections. Ask them how their family is similar and different from the one in the story. #readaloud #talkaboutbooks #culturallysustaining

WHAT IS CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING?

xflearn — 2023-06-03 23:41:44 UTC

This article describes key components of culturally responsive and sustaining teaching. #forteachers #forleaders

QUESTIONS TO ASK DURING READ ALOUD

xflearn — 2023-06-03 23:50:44 UTC

Here is a list of questions that you can ask during read aloud. Frey, N., & Fisher, D. (2010). Identifying instructional moves during guided learning. The Reading Teacher, 64(2). #readaloud #talkaboutbooks #comprehension

PROGRESSION OF EARLY READING FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

xflearn — 2023-06-03 23:59:28 UTC

This chart shows how foundational skills are frequently taught in schools. #foundationalskills #phonologicalawareness #phonics

#1000BLACKGIRLSBOOKS

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:01:52 UTC

Marley Dias talks about her book and #1000 Black Girl Books #theBESTbooks #culturallysustaining #readaloud

MEET THE AUTHOR - ALMA FLOR ADA

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:05:39 UTC

https://www.colorincolorado.org/videos/meet-authors/alma-flor-ada The author of many bilingual books.
This link has interviews with many great writers. https://www.colorincolorado.org/videos/meet-authors #theBESTbooks #culturallysustaining #videosforchildren

MEET THE AUTHOR - JANET WONG

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:08:14 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtN1w34zwTo&list=PLoU659hwTdDYHH9N0-r1p1NegNf4ZqkU0&t=3s The author of Apple Pie on the Fourth of July.
This link has interviews with many great writers. https://www.colorincolorado.org/videos/meet-authors #theBESTbooks #culturallysustaining #videosforchildren

MEET THE AUTHOR - RUKHSANA KHAN

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:12:23 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZlFHLwXeqg&list=PLoU659hwTdDaYm0Po2aIBQBL5joRkvX-3&index=5
The author of The Big Red Lollipop.
This link has interviews with many great writers. https://www.colorincolorado.org/videos/meet-authors #theBESTbooks #culturallysustaining #videosforchildren

ABCS IN ENGLISH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:22:03 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofLLrPmxszU&list=PLoU659hwTdDZIvNRb5GwaY7JR5lUwMD8s&index=3 A video of the Alphabet Song in English and Spanish sung by an author. More videos of his songs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHeqM4UTLLM&list=PLoU659hwTdDZIvNRb5GwaY7JR5lUwMD8s&index=4 #phonologicalawareness #SING! #songs #videosforchildren

MEET THE AUTHOR - GEORGE ANCONA

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:25:13 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QaWHTBbMuA&list=PLoU659hwTdDauNOcOo9AXyXVY8Gs8JcLx&index=8 The author talks about his experience being an Mexican American. This link has interviews with many great writers. https://www.colorincolorado.org/videos/meet-authors #theBESTbooks #culturallysustaining #videosforchildren

WHAT IS THE SCIENCE OF READING?

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:33:14 UTC

https://thesixshifts.com/2021/11/what-is-the-science-of-reading-anyway/ You may have heard about the science of reading in the news. Here is some background knowledge #foundationalskills #phonics #videosforteachers

CORRECT LETTER/PHONEME PRONOUCATIONS

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:36:05 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBuA589kfMg
Here is video about how to model letter sounds/phoneme.
#phonologicalawareness #videosforteachers

WHAT IS PHONEMIC AWARENESS?

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:39:05 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPderfCMNEo&t=8s This video explains the difference between phonics and phonemic awareness. This link has more videos about phonemic awareness and phonemic awareness activities - https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101-guide-parents/first-grade/phonological-and-phonemic-awareness-activities-your-first-grader#foundationalskills #phonemicawareness #videosofadults

ARE PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, PHONEMIC AWARENESS, AND PHONICS ALL THE SAME?

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:44:17 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EybhFXug80I&t=253s
This video describes the difference between phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics. #foundationalskills #phonologicalawareness #phonemicawareness #phonics #videosforteachers

WAYS TO ADD MOVEMENT TO READ-ALOUD, COMPREHENSION, AND VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

xflearn — 2023-06-04 00:49:51 UTC

WAYS TO ADD MOVEMENT TO READ-ALOUD, COMPREHENSION, AND VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES Here

WHY IS CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IMPORTANT?

xflearn — 2023-06-04 01:31:55 UTC

There is a virtual consensus that background knowledge is essential for reading comprehension. Put simply, the more you know about a topic, the easier it is to read a text, understand it, and retain the information. Background knowledge plays an enormous role in reading comprehension. This webpage explains why content knowledge is important and shares ways to build background knowledge - https://www.readingrockets.org/article/building-background-knowledge #contentknowledge #vocabulary #forteachers #instructional strategies

TALK LISTEN AND TALK SOME MORE

xflearn — 2023-06-04 02:10:25 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAmgDw1U6M8&t=22s
This video discuss the importance of having extended conversations with students. #prek #talktalktalk #orallanguage #forteachers #forfamilies

HOW TO STRUCTURE A READ-ALOUD

xflearn — 2023-06-04 02:13:52 UTC

This website describes comprehension and outlines what to do before, during, and after reading a book to a child -https://www.dpi.nc.gov/students-families/parents-corner/literacy-home-digital-childrens-reading-initiative/pre-kindergarten/comprehension-pre-k #talktalktalk #talkaboutbooks #readaloud #forteachers #instructionalstratagies #comprehension

READING ROPE AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION

xflearn — 2023-06-04 02:21:56 UTC

Reading comprehension, simply stated, is the act of understanding and interpreting what we read. Reading Rockets webpage explaining language comprehension - https://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101-course/modules/comprehension/in-depth. Here is a longer, more complex video about the reading rope - https://www.pattan.net/Videos/A-20th-Year-Celebration-of-Scarboroughs-Readin-2
#readaloud #comprehension #forteacher

HIGH IMPACT READ ALOUDS:READ AND TALK ABOUT A GREAT BOOK MORE THAN ONCE

xflearn — 2023-06-04 02:36:33 UTC

Read a high-quality book more than one time to development comprehension skills beyond a simple ability to retell a story. #comprehension #forteachers

BEGINNING COMPREHENSION - RETELLING ICONS

xflearn — 2023-06-04 02:47:20 UTC

When I read a story
It has more than one part!
The title and the author
Are just the places I start!
The setting, characters ,and problem
Are parts of the story too!
Beginning, middle, end, and solution
Help me retell the story to you!

Nancy Louter VandenBerge - Developed this reading rope method to help young children to master a basic retell. Here are icons for the reading rope https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FLZxnsoBqTTFQCUi0mInaitf2p6Y2OHb/view?usp=drive_link
#comprehension #retell #comprehensionactivities #forteachers #k

BEGINNING COMPREHESION - ROLL AND RETELL

xflearn — 2023-06-04 02:47:44 UTC

This is a game that can be played after children have listened to or read a book. #comprehension #retell #comprehensionactivities #forteachers #olderstudents

PRACTICE NEW VOCABULARY WORDS OVER AND OVER AGAIN

xflearn — 2023-06-04 02:58:31 UTC

This article explains why “Children need many encounters in meaningful contexts to learn our most challenging or sophisticated words. ”#forteachers #article

TALK AND READ ALOUD

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:06:42 UTC

https://www.hmhco.com/blog/interactive-read-alouds
Imagine a lesson where students and teachers have a conversation around literature. Interactive read-alouds offer an opportunity for whole-group teaching involving all students. The teacher plans for conversations and makes decisions about when they will occur during the lesson. #talktalktalk #talkaboutbooks #comprehension #forteachers #article #planning #teachingstrategies

THE POWER OF READ ALOUD

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:08:09 UTC

https://learn.cli.org/best-practices/intentional-read-aloud/overview/

“The fire of Literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who is reading aloud. It is the relationship winding between all three bringing them together in easy harmony.” - Mem Fox, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. #talktalktalk #talkaboutbooks #comprehension #forteachers #article #planning #teachingstrategies

SING TO TEACH VOCABULARY AND CONTENT

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:10:12 UTC

https://www.songsforteaching.com/biologysongs/

I MAKE MISTAKE, YOU MAKE MISTAKES, WE MAKE MISTAKES AND ITS OKAY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE LEARN!

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:15:58 UTC

https://www.edutopia.org/article/mistake-imperative-why-we-must-get-over-our-fear-student-error
All too often, students see mistakes as a source of embarrassment, stress, or even humiliation. [Children watch how we respond to our own mistakes and theirs. Our tone send a loud message about if mistakes are okay or bad.] The human brain is agnostic, however, and makes good use of the data—mistakes are crucial pieces of information that force a cognitive reckoning, pushing the brain to reconcile contradictory information and build more accurate, durable solution
#forteachers #article

PLAY A LOT, TALK A LOT, LEARN ALOT

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:20:50 UTC

Yoon, H. S. (2019). Playful Literacies, Creativity, and Multilingual Practices. Reading Teacher.pdf

It is important to make space whenever possible for
students to practice and apply their home languages
across contexts. Students’ home languages, then,
need to be cultivated and valued in the classroom

space as well. Although English gives students access and power in the United States, we cannot ignore the place that first languages have in the social

and cultural lives of young students.
#forteachers #chapter #play #languagediversity #ELL #MLL #emergentbiliguals

PLAY A LOT, TALK A LOT, LEARN ALOT

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:21:55 UTC

Yoon, H. S. (2019). Playful Literacies, Creativity, and Multilingual Practices. Reading Teacher.pdf

JOY!!!

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:25:32 UTC

https://www.the74million.org/article/educators-view-5-strategies-for-incorporating-joy-in-the-classroom/
Heinze: Discovery, identity, connection, movement and play can all spark joy and aid students' social-emotional, mental and academic well-being. #article #forteachers #instructionalstrategies

HOW CAN WE SUPPORT MULTILINGUAL CHILDREN

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:28:22 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf_VWSodnE
To foster just and equitable education, we must nurture, support, celebrate, and challenge our emergent bilingual and multilingual learners. What is the relationship between cognitive science and what we know about language development? How do we accelerate language acquisition while teaching into rich content? And how can we leverage technology to accelerate content and language learning at a distance? #forteacher #workshop #ELL #emergentbilinguals #MLL #language diversity

MOVEMENT ENHANCES LEARNING

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:30:44 UTC

https://activeforlife.com/movement-and-learning/
Research suggests that when children develop gross motor skills such as walking, running, and jumping, they are also developing their cognitive abilities. Researchers believe it’s because the main region of the brain responsible for motor skills—the cerebellum—is also connected to our visual processing, spatial perception, and cognitive abilities.

This means that when children use their brains to perform physical movements, they’re also exercising and developing many of the same neural pathways that serve cognitive performance and vice versa. Physical movement also causes more oxygen, water, and glucose to travel to their brains, so that too assists their cognitive activity. #article #forteachers #movement #joy

MOVE AND FEEL TO ENGAGE THE BRAIN

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:34:16 UTC

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58053/42-ways-to-boost-learning-by-applying-our-bodies-surroundings-and-relationships
Our education system is dominated by a neurocentric model of thinking: we assume that students’ mental activity is contained inside their heads. But we open up a world of new possibilities when we encourage students to think outside the brain: that is, to use external resources to enhance their mental processes.

Such outside-the-head resources include the sensations and movements of students’ bodies; the physical spaces in which students learn and play; and the social interactions students engage in with others. #forteachers #article #movement

THE RIGHT TO READ

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:37:42 UTC

Teaching children to read opens up a world of possibilities for them. It builds their capacity for creative and critical thinking, expands their knowledge base, and develops their ability to respond with empathy and compassion to others.”
#forteacher #article #equity

HOW TO RAISE A READER

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:38:58 UTC

https://www.nytimes.com/guides/books/how-to-raise-a-reader From the moment you’re expecting your first child, you are bombarded with messages about the importance of reading. For good reason: The benefits of reading at every stage of a child’s development are well documented. Happily, raising a reader is fun, rewarding and relatively easy.
#forteachers #forfamiles

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:44:04 UTC

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This website has many resources - https://striveforfive.com/resources #forteachers #PD #youngchildren #printablesforadults

WHO ARE THE NATION'S ENGLISH LEARNERS?

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:50:49 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvtkMfSQ6Kw
The nation’s English-learners are the fastest growing segment of the K-12 student population, and now make up 10 percent of public school enrollment. Who are these students, where are they from, and what languages do they speak? This video explains.
#forteachers #ELL #MLL #languagediversity

MLL BEST PRACTICES

xflearn — 2023-06-04 03:52:56 UTC

The research base shows that attending to the
social, emotional, and cognitive skills of dual
language learners in early childhood enhances
their schooling experiences. Children from linguistic minority households also require language instruction, which is sensitive to their unique backgrounds. Instruction in oral language proficiency, vocabulary, and pre-literacy skills
provides a strong foundation for later success. In
particular, it is crucial that educators understand
how best to effectively support the home language
so that early literacy can be fostered in the home as well as school. #MLL #ELL #forteachers #instructionalstrategies

xflearn — 2025-11-24 18:44:08 UTC

The “Interactive Read Aloud” SEAL strategy is demonstrated with realia in a preschool classroom.