The Ohio State University


Literacy Collaborative®



Literacy Collaborative Framework

The Literacy Collaborative framework for literacy lessons consists of a number of elements that provide many opportunities for reading and writing. These opportunities include reading and writing across the curriculum. Teachers provide direct, research based instruction to guide students in acquiring strategies for maintaining fluency, text comprehension, and vocabulary development. Phonemic awareness and phonics instruction are provided as students engage in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Instruction moves from demonstration and explicit teaching to guided practice and then to independent problem solving. (The Literacy Collaborative Brochure is available here in PDF format.)

Primary

Reading Instruction

  • Interactive Read Aloud
  • Shared Reading
  • Guided Reading
  • Independent Reading

Writing Instruction

  • Interactive Writing
  • Shared Writing
  • Writing Workshop
  • Independent Writing







Intermediate

Reading Workshop

  • Independent Reading
  • Guided Reading
  • Literature Study

Writing Workshop

  • Independent Writing
  • Guided Writing
  • Investigations

Language/Word Study

  • Interactive Read Aloud
  • Word Study
  • Modeled or Shared Reading/Writing
  • Readers' Theater/Process Drama
  • Choral Reading
  • Poetry Sharing/Response
  • Interactive Edit/Vocabulary
  • Test Reading and Writing

Middle School

Literacy Workshop

  • Genre Study
  • Reading Workshop
  • Writing Workshop
  • Word & Vocabulary Study
  • Literacy in the Content Areas




Primary and Intermediate Framework

Skills and Strategies Taught During Reading and Writing


  • Phonemic Awareness / Phonics
  • Word Analysis / Spelling
  • Handwriting
  • Comprehension
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary