Literacy

In our information society it is more important than ever for all students to read, write, and communicate effectively. The District 62 Literacy Curriculum has a balanced literacy approach to help our students reach this goal.

The District 62 Balanced Literacy Curriculum provides students with daily instruction and practice in the four interrelated components of literacy: comprehension, word study, fluency, and writing. This approach includes daily instruction and practice in:

• The comprehension strategies of proficient readers (fix-up strategies, making connections, questioning, determining importance, visualizing, inferring, synthesizing)
• Word study (sound awareness, phonics, word recognition, spelling, and vocabulary)
• Reading fluency to develop comprehension, accuracy, proper rate, and expression
• Writing skills using process writing (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing, and sharing)