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Culturally Culturally Responsive Literacy Responsive Literacy Instruction Instruction Multidimensional Variables: Multidimensional Variables: Cultural, Socioeconomic, Cultural, Socioeconomic, Environmental Environmental

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Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction. Multidimensional Variables: Cultural, Socioeconomic, Environmental. Take advantage of students’:. Culture Language Values Symbols History Interests Experiences Prior Knowledge/Background. Six Characteristics:. Teachers set high expectations - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction

Culturally Responsive Culturally Responsive Literacy InstructionLiteracy Instruction

Multidimensional Variables: Multidimensional Variables: Cultural, Socioeconomic, Cultural, Socioeconomic, EnvironmentalEnvironmental

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Take advantage of Take advantage of students’:students’:

CultureCulture LanguageLanguage ValuesValues SymbolsSymbols HistoryHistory InterestsInterests ExperiencesExperiences Prior Knowledge/BackgroundPrior Knowledge/Background

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Six Characteristics:Six Characteristics:

Teachers set high expectationsTeachers set high expectations Teachers develop positive relationships with Teachers develop positive relationships with

families and communityfamilies and community Teachers exhibit cultural sensitivityTeachers exhibit cultural sensitivity Teacher involve students by using active Teacher involve students by using active

teaching strategiesteaching strategies Teachers act as facilitatorsTeachers act as facilitators Teachers use cooperative learning groupsTeachers use cooperative learning groups

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Review: 5 Critical Review: 5 Critical Reading AreasReading Areas

Phonemic AwarenessPhonemic Awareness PhonicsPhonics FluencyFluency VocabularyVocabulary ComprehensionComprehension

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Improving Phonological Improving Phonological Processing in Middle Level Processing in Middle Level

ReadersReaders Explicitly model phonological detection using Explicitly model phonological detection using

culturally relevant materialculturally relevant material Practice phoneme discrimination with media Practice phoneme discrimination with media

materialsmaterials Purposefully arrange task difficultyPurposefully arrange task difficulty Emphasize clapping names, pictures, and Emphasize clapping names, pictures, and

wordswords Use picture guessUse picture guess Play “Which One”?Play “Which One”?

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Improving Phonological Improving Phonological Processing in Middle Level Processing in Middle Level

ReadersReaders Use splitting rhymesUse splitting rhymes Use alliteration when reading stories Use alliteration when reading stories

aloudaloud Create tongue twistersCreate tongue twisters Use spoonerismsUse spoonerisms Use popular music (preview lyrics first)Use popular music (preview lyrics first) Compile a class rhyme bookCompile a class rhyme book

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Improving Decoding and Improving Decoding and Structural Analysis Skills in Structural Analysis Skills in

Middle Level ReadersMiddle Level Readers Diagram sound-letter relationshipsDiagram sound-letter relationships Play onset and rime gamesPlay onset and rime games Use DISSECT (Use DISSECT (ddiscover the content, iscover the content, iisolate solate

the prefix, the prefix, sseparate the suffix, eparate the suffix, ssay the stem, ay the stem, eexamine the stem, xamine the stem, ccheck with someone, heck with someone, ttry the ry the dictionary) to decode wordsdictionary) to decode words

Play counting and syllabicationPlay counting and syllabication Use relevant reading selectionsUse relevant reading selections Play rhyming gamesPlay rhyming games Use Word CategoriesUse Word Categories

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Improving Fluency in Improving Fluency in Middle Level ReadersMiddle Level Readers

Responsibility, opportunities, engagement, Responsibility, opportunities, engagement, demonstration, risk taking, instruction, choice, demonstration, risk taking, instruction, choice, assessmentassessment

Read aloud and modelingRead aloud and modeling Buddy-readingBuddy-reading Choral readingChoral reading Vocabulary and multiple meaningsVocabulary and multiple meanings Use poetry to introduce new wordsUse poetry to introduce new words Spelling instruction – especially high frequency Spelling instruction – especially high frequency

wordswords

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Improving Vocabulary in Improving Vocabulary in Middle Level ReadersMiddle Level Readers

Need to develop a large repertoire of academic Need to develop a large repertoire of academic vocabularyvocabulary

Independent readingIndependent reading Individual word instructionIndividual word instruction Word-learning strategiesWord-learning strategies Word consciousnessWord consciousness Morphemic and contextual analysis (break Morphemic and contextual analysis (break

words down to facilitate understanding)words down to facilitate understanding) Teach use of dictionary Teach use of dictionary Peer tutoring flash cardsPeer tutoring flash cards

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Improving Improving Comprehension in Middle Comprehension in Middle

Level ReadersLevel Readers Concept maps and graphic organizers (Venn, Concept maps and graphic organizers (Venn,

cause-and-effect, sequencing, main idea and cause-and-effect, sequencing, main idea and details)details)

Cooperative learning (Think-pair-share, Cooperative learning (Think-pair-share, roundtable, corners, graffiti, learning together, roundtable, corners, graffiti, learning together, jigsaw, group investigation)jigsaw, group investigation)

Literature based reading instructionLiterature based reading instruction Multiethnic and multicultural literatureMultiethnic and multicultural literature Student team literatureStudent team literature

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In conclusion,In conclusion,culturally responsive culturally responsive

literacy instruction connects literacy instruction connects students’ backgrounds, students’ backgrounds,

interests, and experiences interests, and experiences to the standards based to the standards based

curriculum.curriculum.