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Welcome to Montgomery County School's K-5 Literacy Wiki! Balanced Literacy Resources

Explicit instruction for __all__ students in the five components of reading instruction: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension (based on Reading 3D/formative assessment data)
 * ** MCS Balanced Literacy Model ** ||
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 * ** English Language Arts Common Core State Standards ** ||
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 * **Core Curriculum**

To provide explicit instruction, scope and sequence, and common language for teachers and students.
 * Why?**

Differentiated, small group instruction at students’ instructional level (based on Reading 3D assessment data)
 * RL, RI, RF, SL, L, Standard 10 || **Reading**

To apply reading strategies taught in the core curriculum and to practice reading using a VARIETY OF GENRES and ACROSS CONTENT AREAS
 * Why?**

Phonics, structural analysis of words, vocabulary development and spelling. (based on Reading 3D/formative assessment data)
 * RL, RI, RF, SL, L, Standard 10 || **Working With Words**

To help students apply phonics and word knowledge to their own reading and writing, and to build vocabulary.
 * Why?**

(based on formative assessment data)
 * RF, SL, L, W || **Writing** Explicit instruction and a block of time in which students write informally and formally using the writing process, with emphasis on ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency conventions, presentation

10-15 minutes ||  Differentiated small group instruction/Guided Reading DAILY Minimum of 60 minutes daily; 10-30 minutes per group || It is important to work with words and vocabulary DAILY
 * Why?** To apply spelling, grammar, and word building strategies in a MEANINGFUL way. *W, SL, L ||
 * Explicit instruction depending on grade level and content

10-20 minutes ||  Students write DAILY 30 minutes ||
 * ** Entire Literacy Block: 120 - 150 minutes ** **90 minutes uninterrupted** ||
 * ** Intervention/Enrichment Block: 30 - 45 minutes ** To provide instruction for students who don’t know it and those who already know it. (MIE) ||
 * Additional considerations: Text complexity (regular practice with complex text; close reading; scaffolding) & integration of the Information and Technology Essential Standards ||