Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome to This Course

    • Why This Course?

    • Workshop Structure
  • 02

    Understanding the Power of a Balanced Literacy Framework

    • The Components of Balanced Literacy

    • Importance of Oral Language

    • Recommended Times

    • Balanced Literacy and the Gradual Release of Responsibility

    • Another Look at Balanced Literacy
  • 03

    Using Balanced Literacy to Grow Independence

    • What Happens During Independent Reading and Writing?

    • What Happens When Students Aren't Independent?
  • 04

    6 Tips for Leveraging Balanced Literacy

    • Tip #1

    • Tip #2

    • Tips #3 and #4

    • Tip #5

    • Tip #6
  • 05

    Does This Really Work?

    • My Personal Testimony to the Power of Balanced Literacy