Elements of Literacy
                                       These documents are from a workshop by Kristy Pitts and Lisa Rowell
  

The below links and files are used during professional development sessions
Phonemic Awareness
Files and Documents
Session 1 Presentation(PowerPoint)	Literacy Resources(word)
Cooper - Accelerated Vocabulary Instruction(PowerPoint)	Howle - The Reading Zone!(PowerPoint)
LaCombe - Guided Reading Making It Work (PowerPoint)	Murray Literacy Work Stations(PowerPoint)
Article and Questions
Article Questions(word)	Spelling Tests (PDF)
Phonemic Awareness - Phonemes in Us (PDF)	Word Study-A New Approach (word)
Phonics Position Statement - IRA (PDF)	Word Study-Intermediate Classrooms (PDF)
Activities and Comments
Activity Comments(word)	Jeopardy Template (PowerPoint)
Task Card for Groups(word)	Latin Root Jepoardy Game (PowerPoint)
Fluency
Files and Documents
Session 2 (PowerPoint)	Literacy Resources (Excel)
Articles
5 Surefire - Fluency(word)	Building Word Consciousness (PDF)
Questions for Articles on Fluency and Vocabulary(word)	Integrating Curriculum (PDF)
What Aaron Taught Me About Fluency(word)	What if they can say the words (PDF)
	Words are Wonderful (PDF)
Activities
4 Box Example(word)	Examples of scripts(word)
Nonfiction Conventions(word)	Task Card for Groups (word)
Usefulness & Adaptations for Fluency and Vocabulary Activities (word)
Comprehension
Files and Documents
Session 3(PowerPoint)	Literacy Resources (Excel)
Articles
Seven Strategies (word)	Comprehension - Coversation - Comprehension Connection (PDF)
Comprehension - What's a Teacher? (PDF)	Making the Very Most - Read aloud (PDF)
Maximizing the effectiveness - Read Aloud (PDF)
Activities
Task Card for Groups (Word)
Read Aloud
Files and Documents
Session 4 (PowerPoint)
Presentations
Cooper - Accelerate Vocabulary Instruction (PowerPoint)	Howle - The Reading Zone (PowerPoint)
LaCombe - Guided Reading, Making It Work (PowerPoint)	Murray - Literacy Work Stations (PowerPoint)
Brigham - Smart Answers to Tough Questions (PowerPoint)	Pope - Literacy Presentation (PowerPoint)
Thornton - Literacy Work Stations (PowerPoint)	Walters - Literacy Work Stations (PowerPoint)
Websites
Aaron Shephard	Elkonian Boxes
Literactive	Reading Lady
StoryOnline
Resources
Compiled Bibliography (Word)