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Reading K-12 PD for PeBL Mentors

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This professional development covers why reading is the cornerstone of all education and the PeBL philosophy. Reading is demystified into the components that all students need to read. Then strategies and the transfer of responsibility are used supporting the Saskatchewan Reads framework. The materials used through out the presentation are included in the folder for this presentation in the PeBL ELA Team group in the folder entitled "Reading PD (PeBL Mentor PD). Contact any members of the team for further information.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Primary Source, Assessment, Module

Authors: Kelli Boklaschuk, Vanessa Lewis, Melissa Lander, Carole Butcher, Shari Martin

The Observation Survey

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The Observation Survey includes 6 tasks: Letter Identification - Students are asked to identify capital and lower case letters in any way they can. Word Test - Students read a list of 20 words. Concepts about Print - This task identifies what children know about how print works. Writing Vocabulary - Students are given 10 minutes to write as many words as they can. Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words- A short story is dictated and students are asked to record the sounds they hear. Text Reading - Students are asked to read text and their level is identified

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Primary Source

Author: Sharon Greaney

AUTOMATIC READABILITY CHECKER, a Free Readability Formula Consensus Calculator

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Our Automatic Readability Checker takes a sample of your writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, syllables, and characters in your sample. Our program takes the output of these numbers and plugs them into seven popular readability formulas. These readability formulas (see below) will let you know the reading level and grade level of your text and help you determine if your audience can read your writing.

Material Type: Primary Source

What Kids Need to Read

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This resource lists the skills necessary to develop reading skills in students from birth on! This resource is excellent for parents and early literacy teachers. Oral language is key! Put devices down and talk to children as much as possible. Read to children every night. These are some of the foundations included. Read the document for more information on developing literacy in young children.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Melissa Lander

Book Sharing

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Book sharing is an activity that is enjoyable for all age groups. Reading, looking at and talking about the pictures, and making up a story to go with the pictures are some ways to share books with children. Here are some helpful tips to use when choosing or sharing a book with your child.

Material Type: Primary Source

Author: Saskliteracy.ca

For the Love of Reading

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This resource is for anyone who works with and cares for young children. The word “parent” is inclusive of all those who contribute to the development and lifelong learning of children. Remember that no two children are alike. No two parents are alike. Your child will learn and grow at his own pace. Parents are a child’s most important teachers. As your child’s first teacher, you can provide opportunities that will give your child a love of reading. Read to your child every day. Let your child see you reading. This booklet gives a few suggestions on how to help your child discover the love of reading. It also lets you as a parent know why you are so important in the life of your child.

Material Type: Primary Source

Author: Saskliteracy.ca

Literacy Teaching Toolkit

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Practical advice and high impact t​eaching practices that improve outcomes in reading, writing and speaking and listening. Guides are available for elementary schools and early education (birth to 5 years) as well. Sections are included for Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, Interacting with Others, Emergent Literacy and within those areas you will find teaching practices, videos, sample phonics lessons, in practice examples and more. A teaching tooklit map is provided to grade 6 with links to many of the items on the map! https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/professionals/learning/literacy/lttusermap-ec.pdf (birth to 5) https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/lttusermap.pdf (Gr. 1 to 6)

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Primary Source, Homework/Assignment

Author: Victoria Government - Education

Strategy Guide: Using Paired Reading to Increase Fluency and Peer Cooperation

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In this strategy, students read aloud to each other, pairing more fluent readers with less fluent readers. Likewise, this strategy can be used to pair older students with younger students to create “reading buddies.” Additionally, children who read at the same level can be paired to reread a text that they have already read, for continued understanding and fluency work. This research-based strategy can be used with any book or text in a variety of content areas, and can be implemented in a variety of ways.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy, Reading

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