Literacy
Effective school change and leadership occurs within
a literacy initiative when there is a clear roadmap. The Cornerstone
Framework is a guide based upon the Interactive Model of Reading. The
Framework embraces balanced literacy instruction with the highest levels
of expectation for teachers and students. Fitting standards, national
and state, within the Cornerstone Framework allows schools to reach
for the most rigorous literacy instructional practices.
Cornerstone Framework
- Literacy Instructional Content (PDF)
- Literacy Framework Overview (PDF)
- Literacy Learning: What is Essential? - Cognitive Strategies (PDF)
- Literacy Learning: What is Essential? - Cognitive Strategies, Text and Context, Environment (PDF)
- Introduction
to the Framework (Powerpoint)
- Teaching Intentions Poster (PDF)
- Learning Outcomes Poster (PDF)
- Teaching Intentions: Crafting, Composing Meaning, Invitational Groups, Reflections (PDF)
- Learning Outcomes: Crafting, Composing Meaning, Invitational Groups, Reflections (PDF)
- Literacy Framework Research
- Professional Books on Literacy
First Lessons
Overview
Readings:
- Graphic for First Lessons
- Literacy Learning: What is Essential?
- The First Lessons – Unit of Study
- Unit Overview
- First Lessons Planning Sheet
- Books for First Lessons
- Choice Literacy Books for Reading Identity
- Lessons for Independent Reading Program K-1
- Lessons for First Ten Days of Reading Workshop in 1st Grade
- Balanced Literacy Checklist
Professional Development Materials
Readings:
- Essential Concepts & Practices for Building a Community of Readers
- Understanding Readers, Texts, and Teaching
- First Lessons Tabs for Essentials
- First Lessons Tabs
- What does it mean to be a reader?
Presentations:
Procedures and Academic Routines
Readings:
- Procedures & Routines
- Managing Your Reading Workshop
- Planning a Writing or Reading Workshop
- Independent Reading Anchor Chart
- Independent Reading Rubric
- Managing Composing Meaning
- Silent Reading – Heidi Trudel
Video:
Organizing, Categorizing, Selecting Text
Readings:
- Organizing, Categorizing, & Selecting Text
- Crafting Lesson on “Picking a ‘Just Right’ Book: On the Road to Independence
- Genres at a Glance
- Classroom Library Survey
- Evaluating Classroom Library
- Crafting Lesson Planning Sheet
- “Just Right” Book Conference Questions
- Bookmark for “Just Right” Books
- Book Basket Labels I
- Book Basket Labels II
Presentations:
- Setting up a Classroom Library
- Choosing “Just Right” Books for Independent Reading – Andrea Frasier
- Picking a “Just Right” Book – Wendy Seger
Video:
Reading is Thinking
Readings:
- Reading is Thinking
- Reading is Thinking: Decoding and Constructing Meaning
- Focus Page for Model Lessons
- Interactive Read Aloud on Schema – Bubba & Beau: Best Friends
- Classroom Visit Protocol
- Using Schema Anchor Chart
- Making Connections Template
- Connecting Text to Self
- Connections to Self
- Using My Schema
- Using My Schema (two box)
- Text-to-Self Schema Book List
- Support for Independent Reading
- Strategies Good Readers Use
- Fix-up Strategy Bookmark
Presentations:
Video:
Recording, Communicating, Planning
Readings:
- Recording, Communicating, Planning
- Reading Log
- Analyzing Reading Behaviors
- Conferring with Readers & Writers
- Helpful Language for Conferences
- Informal Reading Conference
- Reading Conference Components
- Reading Record/Log
- A Year of Reading Conferences in a Primary Classroom
- Types of Reading Conferences
- Looking Back & Planning Ahead
- Primary Reading Log
- Reading Conference Form
- Reading Log (6 boxes)
- Reading Log
- Reading Workshop Lesson Planning Sheet
Video:
Talking About Text
Readings:
- Talking about Text
- Ways to Have a Good Discussion
- Buddy Reading
- Buddy Reading Planning Sheet
- How to Give a Book Talk
- Recommendation Cards
- Conversation Checklist
- Establishing Literature Conversations
- Icons for Conversation Chart
- Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like…Conversations
- Literature Conversation: Pre-Viewing Questions
- Prompts to Facilitate Discussion
- Note-taking Page for Useful Conversations
- Useful Conversations Anchor Chart
- Reading Workshop Lesson Planning Sheet – Intermediate Grades
- Four-Point Assessment Rubric – Small Group Literature Discussions
- Literature Conversation Checklist
- Conversation Observation Chart
- S.O.S. Reading Response Frame
Presentations:
Video:
Writing About Text
Readings:
- Writing about Text
- Reading Response Rubric
- Reading Response Checklist
- Critical Reading Feeling Response
- Facts-Questions-Response Chart
Presentations:
Video:
Reading Identity
Readings:
- Reader Identity
- Sharing Your Reading Life
- Strategies Good Readers Use
- Burke Reading Interview
- Letter to Parents
- Reading Interest Survey – Intermediate
- Reading Interests
- Favorite Book Letter to Parents
- Opening the Door for Reading: Sharing Favorite Texts to Build Community
- What It Means to be a Reader (Adult reading)
Reading
Phonics - Surface Structure
Readings:
- Put Reading First - The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read (external link to the National Institute for Literacy)
- A Response by the Reading Reform Foundation to Jim Rose's Final Report (external link to Reading Reform Foundation )
Presentations:
Video:
- Phonics Focus Group: May 2007
- Phonics Videoconference: October 2006
- There's No 'F' in Phonics - Summer Institute 2002
- Progression in Phonics (from the Primary National Strategy UK)
Library:
Newsletters:
Vocabulary - Deep Structure
Presentations:
- Teaching content area vocabulary in science - Winter Meeting 2007
- Vocabulary and Speaking and Listening in Non-Fiction (Powerpoint)
Video:
Newsletters:
Reading Strategies
Documents:
- Critical Inquiry Workshop (PDF)
- Comprehension Strategies: Parent Session (PDF) - Winter Meeting 2007
- Developmental Reading: Independent Reading Levels K-4: Parent Session (PDF) - Regional Meeting 2006
- Model for Seven Comprehension Strategies for Reading Comprehension (PDF)
- Reading Comprehension Strategies Rubric (PDF)
- Three types of knowledge associated with comprehension strategies: Sensory Images (PDF)
- Cueing Systems (PDF)
Presentations:
Library:
Newsletters:
- Vol. 9-4 Guided Reading
- Vol. 9-1 The First Lessons
- Vol. 8-5 Chunking: Units of Study
- Vol. 8-5 Fluency Lessons
- Vol. 8-3 Introducing Schema
- Vol. 8-3 Questioning
- Vol. 8-2 Questions - Struggling Reader
- Vol. 8-1 Spotlight on Literacy: Schemas - Begin at the Beginning
- Vol. 7-6 Spotlight on Literacy: Supporting Readers, All Readers, with Seven Strategies
- Vol. 7-6 Poetry: School Tradition
- Vol. 7-5 Spotlight on Literacy: Fluency Snapshot
- Vol. 7-5 Reader’s Workshop
- Vol. 7-4 Spotlight on Literacy: Comprehension
- Vol. 7-3 Questioning
- Vol. 6-3 A School Transformed
- Vol. 5-5 Test Taking As A Genre
- Vol. 5-5 Perspectives on Adolescent Literacy
- Vol. 5-4 Parents On The Move
- Vol. 5-2 Altogether Now: Language Cuing Systems
- Vol. 5-1 Schoolwide Comprehension Strategy Focus
- Vol. 4-6 Isheeka’s Success
- Vol. 4-6 Give Them Books - Enjoy
- Vol. 4-3 Ellin’s Corner: For Us First (Comprehension)
- Vol. 4-2 Establishing Routines
- Vol. 4-1 Ellin’s Corner: What Matters Most: Focus
- Vol. 4-1 What Parents Are Up To At ML King
- Vol. 3-3 Assessment Is Inquiry
- Vol. 3-3 Strategy Ideas: Surface and Deep
- Vol. 3-1 Schema in the Mississippi Delta
- Vol. 2-6 Stuff: Strategy Resource File
- Vol. 2-2 Food for Thought
- Vol. 2-1 Resource Bin: Comprehension Strategies
- Vol. 1-6 Resource Bin: Comprehension Strategies
Writing
Presentations:
- Crafting Sessions for Writers (Powerpoint)
- To Write with Passion... (Powerpoint)
- Helping children to find a passion and voice in their writing (Powerpoint)
- Wondrous Words or 'Mentoring Ourselves to Writers' (Powerpoint)
- Wondrous Words II (Powerpoint)
- Summer Institute 2006
Video:
- "Write the World:" Spread the Word - Summer Institute 2006
- Hot Seating from Drama in Writing - Summer Institute 2006
- Curriculum Targets in Action - Summer Institute 2006
Library:
Newsletters:
- Vol. 7-5 It’s All In The Planning
- Vol. 7-2 Pen To Paper - Reading/Writing Connection
- Vol. 7-2 Small Wonders: Springdale Elementary School Family Fun and Learning Night
- Vol. 7-2 Literacy at Home
- Vol. 7-1 Spotlight on Literacy
- Vol. 7-1 Memoir Writing
- Vol. 7-1 Parents in the Writing Community
- Vol. 6-6 Lessons Learned from London
- Vol. 6-5 Connecting & Extending Student Learning
- Vol. 6-3 Family Heroes In The Classroom
- Vol. 3-5 The Move To Better Writing
- Vol. 2-4 Launching The Writer’s Notebook
Speaking and Listening
Presentations:
Library:
- Children's Books to Guide Young Writers - Expository
- Children's Books to Guide Young Writers - Narrative
- Children's Books to Guide Young Writers - Poetic
- Children's Rhymes, Big Books and Predictable Books
Newsletters:
Learning Environment
Documents:
- Learning Environment Booklet (PDF)
- Checklist for assessing the comprehension environment (PDF)
- What's Essential - Outline and Complete List (PDF)
Presentations:
- The Key To Literacy Learning Begins With The Environment (Powerpoint)
- Environment Presentation (Powerpoint)
- Environment Connected to Mississippi Framework (Powerpoint)
- Libraries: The potential untapped in the curriculum (Powerpoint)
- Parents as Primary Sources (Powerpoint) - Summer Institute 2006
Video:
Newsletters:
- Vol. 9-2 A Change in Environment, A Change in Spirit
- Vol. 9-2 Spotlight on Literacy: A Rock in the Instructional Shoe
- Vol. 9-1 The Third Day of School
- Vol. 8-3 Spotlight on Literacy
- Vol. 8-3 Scavenger Hunt Investigation
- Vol. 8-2 Managing Your Reading Workshop
- Vol. 8-1 Extreme Makeover
- Vol. 7-2 Walls That Teach
- Vol. 7-1 Walls That Teach
- Vol. 6-6 Every Child Matters - Critical Literacy
- Vol. 6-6 Parents As Co-Workers
- Vol. 6-5 Spotlight on Literacy: Boys and Literacy
- Vol. 6-5 Literacy At Home and Community
- Vol. 6-3 A School Transformed and Reading Nooks
- Vol. 6-2 If Walls Could Talk
- Vol. 6-1 Literacy Rich Environment
- Vol. 5-6 What Binds Us
- Vol. 5-5 Good Things Follow: Growing A Book Room
- Vol. 4-3 Parents As Teachers
- Vol. 4-3 Scavenger Hunt at MLK
- Vol. 2-5 Ellin’s Corner: A Different Place
- Vol. 2-5 The Planning Protocol In Action
- Vol. 1-1 Ellin’s Corner: A Small Lamp Glows
Cornerstone Literacy Block
Crafting
Presentations:
Newsletters:
Composing/Invitational Groups
Presentations:
Library:
Newsletters:
Reflections
Presentations:
Newsletters: