Literacy Vision Janice Standring

There is a broad base of agreement that the most important goal of education should be to develop readers who can derive meaning from text. Michael Pressley(2006)

Fluency and Comprehension Fluency is definitely a precursor to comprehension, but comprehension does not always result with fluent reading.

UNLOCK MEANING WITH… QUESTIONING COLLABORATION CRITICAL THINKING

LITERACY FLOURISHES IN A CLASSROOM WHERE…

students are actively engaged with text and their peers literacy is wrapped in oral and written language which is rich in vocabulary student grouping is flexibly defined by task or ability instruction is based on scientifically proven strategies both teacher and students feel comfortable to communicate and share children think about and discuss author and text critically learning and reading are exciting for all

REFERENCES Pressley, M. (2006). Reading instruction that works: The case of balanced teaching (3rd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press.