Commitment

to Literacy
Erica Navarrette
EDUC641- Spring 2019
 Goal
-Identify my strengths and areas of improvement within these balanced
literacy components:
-Listening and Speaking
-Shared reading and writing
-Independent reading and writing
-Guided reading

Identify the challenges

Identify the conclusion

State my promise
 Listening and Speaking
Talk
Strengths I Commitment to
Implement…
-Turn and Talks
-Literacy Circles
-Group Work
-Open inquiry opportunities
-Buddy Reading
-Meaningful turn and talks
-Word Work activities

Plan
Open inquiry: next year
Meaningful turn and talks: this year
Literary Circles: this year
 Shared Reading and Writing
Time/Teach
Strengths I Commitment to
Implement
-Teacher read aloud -Create time in my schedule to
conduct a read aloud every
-Teacher models writing single day
instruction
-Creating modeled writing
pieces together as a class,
incorporating “think aloud”
writing with my students
instead of for my students

Plan
Read aloud: this year
Think aloud writing: next year
 Independent Reading and Writing
Texts
Strengths I Commitment to Implement

-Provide students with copious -Conferring with my students

amount of different leveled texts individually on a consist basis
(various genres and topics) during independent reading AND
writing time every single day
-Provide students with a large
chunk of time to independently
read and write
(45+ minutes of independent reading and 30+
minutes of independent writing daily)

Plan
Conferring: next year
 Guided Reading
Task/test
Strengths
-Flexible groups
-Daily guided reading instruction
(emergent readers are seen daily)
-Word study is infuses naturally and
authentically within guided reading
instruction
I Commitment to Implement
-Before, During, and After reading
activities to ensure purposeful instruction
and reading is taking place
-Incorporate grammar into guided reading
instruction rather than isolation teaching
-Students show what they’ve learned
about guided reading texts through
reflection activities or personal
connection activities as a form of
assessment

Plan
Before/During/After activities: next year
Grammar: next year
Reflection assessment: next year
 Challenges
• Time
-Time is always an issue for educators. I continue to
arrange my schedule in a way that supports balanced
literacy for my students

• Support
-I am blessed to have supports in place within my
district to help all of our learners grow. However, the
way intervention conducted is not benefiting my
students.
 Conclusion
I commit to…
-Making literacy discussion meaningful
-Incorporating literacy circles and open inquiry activities
-Incorporating a daily read aloud into my schedule
-Conducting think aloud writing activities to craft modeled writing pieces
together with my students
-Creating a schedule to confer with students on a consist basis during
independent reading and writing times
-Focusing on before, during, and after reading activities within guided reading
instruction
-Infusing grammar into guided reading instruction
-Assessing students understanding of reading through reflection activities and
personal connection projects
 I will always…
stick to what I believe in and what I know to be best
for my students. I will create an environment that
supports literacy learning for all of my students. I will
advocate for my students and continue to share the
importance of providing all students with balanced
literacy opportunities all day long. I will continue to
learn, grow, and evolve in order to become the best
literacy teacher I can be.