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