ThesephotosareofourfinalclassprojectinCI564.Ichosethisartifacttodemonstratemyknowledgeofthefoundationsofliteracy.Asagroupwelookedatthelayersoftherainforestandequatedthemtothedifferentaspectsofabalancedliteracyprogram.Wewereabletooutlineaprogramasfollows:

Ground‐StateStandards

Trees–5Pillars(PhonemicAwareness,Phonics,Comprehension, VocabularyandFluency).

Leaves–ReadingStrategies

Rocks‐InstructionforReadingandWriting(Modeled,Shared, Guided,Independent)

Raindrops–SourcesofFunding

Sunshine–ProfessionalDevelopment

Throughaverbalpresentationwewereabletoexplainwhataspectsmakeabalancedliteracyprogram.Wewereabletoshowtheconnectionsofeachpieceofaliteracyprogramtoeachother.

Thisprojectprovidedmewiththeknowledgeandunderstandingtodevelopandevaluateareadingprogram.Iwillknowwhatinmyteachingismissingandmakechangestomeetmystudent’sacademicneeds.