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Lesson 4.6: Phonics and Interactive Writing

Focus: Understand the importance of phonics and how letter and sound symbol associations play an important role in learning to read, and learn how to provide phonics instruction through interactive writing.

Prior to the Collaboration Group Meeting

1. Reflection Journal

Write in your reflection journal prior to the Collaboration Group meeting. You are to respond weekly in your journal, reflecting on your learning, observation, questions, and personal connections. Your reflections need to be at least 250 words. You may choose how to format your journal, though you may want to consider the following as you write:

    • What are some new understandings you made this week as a result of the work for this lesson and your work with your students?
    • How has this new understanding influenced your current practice?

Bring your reflection journal to the weekly Collaboration Group meeting, and prepare to share your entries.

2. Readings

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  1. Read Phonics and Interactive Writing in this lesson.
  2. Read Put Reading First (pp. 11-19).
  3. Read Literacy Education Certificate Course IV (pp. 49-62).

3. Classroom Application

    • Plan and implement an interactive writing lesson with your whole class. You may also work with a small group of children you feel needs targeted instruction based on their reading needs.
    • Complete the Interactive Writing Lesson Questionnaire and bring a copy to the Collaboration Group meeting.

During the Collaboration Group Meeting

  1. Share your reflection journal entries.
  2. Share your experience of conducting an interactive writing lesson and your Interactive Writing Lesson Questionnaire.
  3. Determine the facilitator, recorder, timekeeper, date, time, and location for the next Collaboration Group meeting.

After the Collaboration Group Meeting

  1. Email a copy of your lesson plan and the Interactive Writing Lesson Questionnaire to the instructor. Send your assignment(s) to the instructor as an attachment to an email message. Be sure to include your name, date, location, and title on the document. Also, include your name and lesson title in the file name, for example, moses_writing_lesson.
  2. The recorder emails the Collaboration Group notes to the instructor.
  3. The timekeeper emails the attendance to the instructor.