Language Strategies based on the #5

A Parent’s Guide to Comprehensive Literacy...
The Toronto Catholic District School Board is committed to guiding students to become confident and reflective lifelong readers and writers. Comprehensive literacy is delivered through the model of the literacy block. Listed below are the language strategies your child partakes in while visiting the 5 activity centers.

The Daily 5
Your child visits 5 activity centers for 20 minutes a day. The activities are aligned with the expectations in the grade 3 language curriculum documents focusing on writing and shared and guided reading. Student’s sign up for 3 different activities to ensure they each get a turn at each activity center.

Daily 5
Read to self
Read to Someone
Work on Writing
Listen to Reading
Word Work

The following are the strategies that your child uses in their visits to the Daily 5 Centers.

Reading:
5 Reading Workshop Strategies
Read-Aloud
Interactive Reading
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Independent Reading

5 Keys to Unlocking Words
Look at the picture
Look at the beginning letters, say the first sound and think about the picture
Look for what you know inside the word (chunks, patterns, blends)
Cover up part of the word and sound it out in sections
Skip the word and read the rest of the sentence. Come back and try to figure out what word would make sense.



Writing:
5 Writing Workshop Strategies
Modelled Writing
Shared Writing
Interactive Writing
Guided Writing
Independent Writing



5 Tips to a Perfect Spelling Bee!

Copy the word and say it aloud.
Look at the word and spell it aloud.
Close your eyes and spell the word aloud.
Write the word without looking at it.
Correct the word, if needed.

Comprehension
5 components of Schema (my thoughts and my ideas)
Things I’ve seen
Books I’ve read
People I know
Places I’ve Been
Special things I’ve done




5 Steps to Retelling a Story
First...
Then...
Next...
Finally...
At the End...


5 Finger Reading Comprehension Strategy
Characters
Setting
Problem
Solution
Favourite Part

5 Step ‘Go Chart’
(use this chart when reading with your child to enhance comprehension)
Predictions
What I think the story might be about...
Vocabulary
I think the author might use these words to tell the story...
Understanding
I noticed...
Interpretations
I wonder...
Connections
This reminds me of...






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