Comprehensive Literacy ProgramPre-K through 12

Mary E. Robbins, Ed.D.Debra P. Price, Ph.D.

Sam Houston State University

© 2004 by Mary E. Robbins and Debra P. Price

Comprehensive Literacy ProgramPre-K through 12

• Beyond balanced reading• Integrated language arts • Integrating language arts

through the content curriculum

• Driven by informed decision-makers--Teachers

• Continuous student and program assessment

Comprehensive Literacy Program

• The Comprehensive Literacy Program (CLP) is a research-based best practices instructional framework for the organization, management and delivery of a school’s or district’s total literacy program.

CLP trains teachers to

• Assess students’ strengths & weaknesses in reading and writing

• Select instructional strategies to match student need

• Monitor student performance

• Modify instructional selections for improved student performance

Scope & sequence

• CLP follows scope & sequence of TEKS & TAKS

• CLP assures vertical and horizontal alignment

Assessment of initial student performance

• Baseline data includes student abilities in• Comprehension skills

• Decoding skills

• Reading fluency

• Metacognition strategies

• Grammar and usage

• Writing process strategies

• Content area reading skills

• Baseline data on student attitudes and interests

On-going assessment of student performance (daily & weekly)

• District benchmarks• Observational surveys• Kidwatching• Interviews and

inventories• Writing Samples• Journals

• Presentations• Individual Reading

Inventories• TPRI• TAKS• Parent Conferences

Playing with Language

IndependentReading

Modeled /Guided Reading

Developing Vocabulary

IndependentWriting

Modeled / Guided Writing

Content Integration

Playing with language

• Read alouds• Word wall work• Book talks• Daily news• Songs, rhymes, and

chants• Poetry warm-ups

Modeled & guided reading

• Shared reading• Chart readings• Author studies• Mini-lessons• Reading conferences• Think alouds• Language charts

Independent reading

• Buddy reading• Journals & logs• Discussion groups• Fluency strategies• Metacognitive

strategies• Sustained silent

reading

Vocabulary & word study

• Phonemic awareness• Phonics

generalizations• Chunking• Structural analysis• Specialized

vocabulary • Affix studies

Modeled & guided writing

• Shared writing• Interactive writing• Mini-lessons• 6 traits assessment• Genre studies• Writing conferences• Process strategies

Independent writing

• Metacognitive strategies

• Journaling• Content writing• Peer conferences• Status of the class• On-demand writing

Content integration

• Researching• Presentation strategies• Thematic approaches• Inquiries• I-Search • Text structure & text

demands