TUSD Balanced Literacy Booklets

Kindergarten
Grades 1- 5
Middle School
High School

 

BALANCED LITERACY provides and cultivates the skills of reading, writing, thinking, speaking and listening for all students while recognizing and respecting their cultural, ethnic, and academic diversity. A BALANCED LITERACY Program includes:

  • Modeled Reading (Reading Aloud) and Modeled Writing

  • Shared Reading and Shared Writing

  • Guided Reading and Guided Writing

  • Independent Reading and Independent Writing

These components are taught through a variety of strategies that encompass direct instructional techniques as well as techniques of classroom management and assessment.

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