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TUSD Balanced Literacy Booklets Kindergarten
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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.
