Over the next three weeks the second graders
will be using several digital tools that fit within the Daily 5™ framework that is used
for literacy instruction in their classroom. The Daily
5™ is a framework for structuring literacy time so students develop lifelong
habits of reading, writing, and working independently. The framework encompasses the following authentic reading and writing formats:
Read to Self, Work on Writing, Read to Someone, Listen
to Reading, and Word Work.
Yesterday Mrs. Wilbur introduced students
to Vocabulary-Spelling City for Word Work. This morning in the AT&T
Classroom Mrs. Wilbur introduced two online tools for Listen to Reading - StarFall and StoryLine Online.
Both sites offer access to free online stories that include audio
narration with accompanying text. Opportunities for Listening to Reading can have a tremendous
impact on the development of students’ overall literacy.
Opportunities to Listen to Reading play an important role in a child's development of literacy skills. It is
believed that up until around the eighth grade, a child's listening level (the
level of text that he/she can understand when it is read aloud) is far above
their reading level. When a child listens to a text that is above his/her
reading level, they comprehend more difficult and interesting material and also
broaden their vocabulary. Additionally, the students become familiar with the
phrasing, expression, and flow of sentences in stories or texts as they are
read aloud to them.
