SCHOOLWIDE TEACHING AND LEARNING PARTNER LITERACY SAMPLER GRADES K–8 2019 READING • WRITING • GRAMMAR • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLWIDE.COM | 800.261.9964 Schoolwide is dedicated to providing collaborative and responsive professional learning opportunities, along with high-quality resources, to enhance literacy practices and student achievement. Fundamentals Units of Study – Fundamentals Unlimited ............................................. 3 – Fundamentals and Best Practices ..................................... 5 – The Interactive Read-Aloud Lessons ................................... 8 – The Mini-Lessons ................................................. 10 WHAT’S Reading Fundamentals and Guided Reading INSIDE – What’s Included? ................................................. 14 – Reading Fundamentals Menu of Units Chart ............................ 16 – What’s Taught ................................................... 18 – Sample Lessons and Components ................................... 20 – Units of Study Descriptions and Pricing ................................ 48 – What You Need to Know About Guided Reading ......................... 81 – Print Guided Reading Collections .................................... 82 – Sample Guided Reading Plan ........................................ 83 – Guided Reading Collection Descriptions and Pricing ..................... 87 – Professional Development Opportunities in Reading ...................... 92 1 Writing Fundamentals – What’s Included? ................................................. 96 – Writing Fundamentals Menu of Units Chart ............................. 98 – The Writing Process .............................................. 100 – Sample Lessons and Components .................................. 101 – Units of Study Descriptions and Pricing ............................... 118 – Professional Development Opportunities in Writing ...................... 136 The Fundamentals of Grammar and Conventions – What’s Included? ................................................ 140 – Scope and Sequence ............................................. 142 – Sample Lessons and Components .................................. 144 – Units of Study Descriptions and Pricing ............................... 155 Assessment – Reading Assessment Solutions on Fundamentals Unlimited ............... 160 – Writing Assessment Solutions on Fundamentals Unlimited ................ 162 2 What Is Fundamentals Unlimited? High-Quality, Dynamic, Responsive Resources to Support Literacy Teaching and Learning It is our job as educators to ensure that our instructional practices and curriculum materials are research- based, adhere to the rigorous criteria set forth in national and state standards, and promote responsive teaching to meet the diverse learning needs of all students. Fundamentals Unlimited gives educators unlimited open access to a dynamic shared platform with a continually updated and expanding collection of research-based resources for reading, writing, speaking and listening. These customizable resources can be used for planning whole-group, small-group, and/or personalized instruction. Fundamentals Unlimited is a digital, mobile-friendly platform that provides access to all of Schoolwide’s proprietary, research-based, and standards-aligned reading, writing, grammar, and assessment curriculum products for grades K–8, including: • Reading Fundamentals Units of Study (K–8); • Writing Fundamentals Units of Study (K–8); • Fundamentals of Grammar and Conventions (K–8); • Content Literacy Units of Study (K–8); • Guided Reading Resources (K–5); • Complete Assessment Solutions (K–5); and • 1,000+ short shared digital texts. TRY IT FOR FREE FOR 7 DAYS! FUNDAMENTALS.SCHOOLWIDE.COM/TRY 3 2018 ProdSamp_Layout 1 7/28/17 12:02 PM Page 5 Teaching and Learning Partnership Our talented team of professionals is committed to working alongside educators to enact positive and lasting changes in literacy teaching and learning. Schoolwide partners with schools and districts across the country to promote effective literacy practices that positively impact student learning and growth. To meet our dedicated team and learn more about our professional learning opportunities, please visit our website, www.schoolwide.com. What Are the Fundamentals Units of Study? Schoolwide, Inc. produces digital and print resources to support reading, writing, and grammar instruction in your classroom. It is our job as educators to ensure that our curriculum materials and instructional practices are research based, meet the rigorous criteria set forth in national and state standards, and promote responsive teaching to meet the diverse learning needs of all students. Schoolwide’s Fundamentals Units of Study are designed to meet the instructional needs of literacy educators, with a particular focus on authenticity, usability, and effectiveness. Created using the workshop model, Schoolwide’s units teach students to be critical thinkers, readers, and writers who learn from each other as well as the texts they read and discuss. Created by teachers for teachers, these units are designed for ease of instruction, providing clear frameworks and opportunities for differentiation. Our units can be easily integrated with each other for seamless academic instruction. 4 SCHOOLWIDE Fundamentals and Best Practices BALANCED LITERACY AND THE GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY Balanced Literacy is a framework for reading and writing instruction. It includes various components or instructional practices that operate together in order to develop skillful readers and writers. This approach to curriculum development and instruction is aligned to the important work of P. David Pearson and Margaret C. Gallagher described in their “Gradual Release of Responsibility Model.” This model posits that when teaching students effective strategies for processing and composing texts, teachers should first explicitly model the strategy (e.g., Interactive Read-Alouds, Mini-Lessons, word study), then guide students as they implement the strategy, or practice the strategy jointly with the students (e.g., shared reading, shared writing), then move toward the teacher supporting and coaching the students’ independent practice of the strategy (e.g., guided reading and writing), and finally conclude with independent practice and application by the students with teacher feedback (e.g., independent reading and writing). Adapted from the Optimal Learning Model by Regie Routman, © 2008. Teaching Essentials: Expecting the Most and Getting the Best from Every Learner, K–8, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Used with permission from the publisher 5 2018 ProdSamp_Layout 1 7/28/17 12:02 PM Page 9 Fundamentals and Best Practices MENTOR TEXTS Mentor texts are carefully selected pieces of writing we turn to, and often return to, in order to model how authors craft texts and how readers engage with texts. Mentor texts hold many possibilities for teaching and learning. Often the conversations shared about these stories, characters, subjects, structures, illustrations, or themes become part of a collaborative classroom culture where books play a significant role. Each Reading, Writing, and Grammar Fundamentals unit includes 5–10 rich, engaging, authentic literary and/or informational texts that span grade-level complexity bands. They include a wide variety of genres, authors, cultures, and content. Additionally, each unit includes 3–13 short shared texts (e.g., articles, essays, poems, short stories, editorials, book reviews, primary source documents, etc.) to be used during whole- class and small-group instruction. CRITERIA FOR MENTOR TEXT SELECTION - Variety: varied genres and subgenres, text structures, authors, content, and cultures - Complexity: providing regular practice with grade-appropriate complex texts. The following are important criteria for determining complexity: - Quantitative measures: word length or frequency, sentence length, and formula (Lexile, Accelerated Reader) - Qualitative measures: content analysis, levels of meaning and purpose, structure and style, language conventionality, and clarity - Reader and task considerations: language, knowledge, experiences, and motivational factors ORDER BY Email: [email protected] 6 6 Phone: 1.800.261.9964 - Fax: 1.866.333.1130 - Mail: 33 Walt Whitman Rd., Suite 204E, Huntington Station, NY 11746 Fundamentals and Best Practices READING AND WRITING WORKSHOP During reading and writing workshop, a supportive teaching and learning environment is created, in which students engage in authentic reading and writing tasks driven by student choice and intention. Students purposefully select materials to read and topics to write about. Students also use Reading Notebooks and Writers’ Notebooks to respond, react, and reflect on what they read, as well as to record thoughts and observations about their world. During reading and writing workshop, teachers focus on students as readers and writers, nurture their reading and writing identities, and help them develop a repertoire of reading and writing skills and strategies. Teachers model what readers and writers do and share their own experiences, including how they think, problem-solve, and make meaning. As students read and write, or struggle to read and write, they feel comfort knowing they are part of a supportive community. This builds their confidence, knowledge, and motivation, which results in risk-taking and growth. The charts below define each part of the workshop and provide approximate