At Franconia, we are

committed to building
literate lives!

Literacy Commitments
2014-2015

Do our current five commitments reflect your beliefs and research? If

not, what adaptations do you suggest for next year?
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Readers and Words per Year

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4500000
4000000
3500000
3000000
2500000
2000000
1500000
1000000
500000
0
1

13

17

33

67

Association of Reading
Achievement
and Time Reading for Grade 4

Guthrie, 2004

Hours of Daily Reading

5

4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0

4
5
6
Reading
Achievement

How can we more fully embrace these

commitments to change lives (and make our own
lives easier)?
What do these
commitments look like?

What does our language

surrounding these
commitments sound like?

Week

Minilesson Teaching Points (Readers/Writers/

Mathematicians/Scientists/Researchers/Historians)
(What Well Teach)

(How Well Teach It)

Connection Teaching PointTeaching Active EngagementLink-

Before unit: -assign homogenous writing

partners
-make chart of 1s-2s, As-Bs
April 21

-Introduce writers to writing partners.

-How to sit with a partner - EEKK
-Writing partners take turns. (assigning A or
B)
-modeling how to listen and repeat what
was read
-self-reflect on listening

-chart things writing partners

do together:
-share their writing
-something physical to
remember listening (paper
with visuals)
-memory game: one partner
shares, other has to
remember story

Join Franconias Literacy Think

Tank
Team

of teachers to articulate our

school-wide expectations for what our
five literacy commitments should look
like and sound like throughout our
school.

-What look-fors would you hope to

see in every classroom?
-What language would you dream of
your children walking in to your
room already knowing?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Students will read for long stretches of time. - yellow

Students will read accessible texts of their own
choosing. -blue
Students will have opportunities to talk and
sometimes write about their reading. -pink
Students will receive explicit instruction in the skills of
proficient reading. -purple
Students will receive a balanced approach to literacy
instruction, one that includes direct instruction in
writing as well as reading. green