Balanced Literacy        

In Balanced Literacy...
"...all aspects of reading, writing, speaking, and listening receive appropriate emphasis." (Routman, 2000)

Balanced Literacy...

• provides students daily opportunities to engage in reading, writing, speaking, and listening 
• includes meaningful literacy activities
• explicitly demonstrates reading, writing, and thinking processes
• maintains safe, well-organized, collaborative classrooms
• is differentiated
• views teachers as informed decision-makers
• guides and supports students in becoming lifelong learners