Balanced Literacy Lesson Plan

EDU371: Phonics Based Reading & Decoding

Professor Kari Petersen

February 10, 2014

Balanced Literacy Lesson Plan

The benefits of teaching from a balanced literacy approach are many. Read-Alouds allow the teacher to model fluent reading. It encourages active listening and when questions are asked throughout the story, it encourages the student to predict events. Guided Reading promote comprehension and build confidence. Independent Reading promotes reading for enjoyment. And probably most important, a balanced literacy plan improves fluency.

The lesson plan I have created is for a 1st grade class. The Read-Aloud text was "Snowman at Night" by Caralyn Buehner and illustrated by Mark Buehner. The Guided Reading assignment was with the text "We're...