3rd grade Instructional Guide

INSTRUCTIONAL ROUTINES IN ELA

Instructional Routines are consistent structures that provide expectations from teachers for students in order to actively engage in learning. Instructional Routines support student learning by giving structure and clear expectations to time and learning interactions, with the purpose of learning academic content. When teachers utilize instructional routines with new content, students can focus on learning new content because the structure and process are already familiar and consistent. When students know what to expect and what is expected of them, anxiety & off-task behavior decrease while confdence and engagement increase. Routines make learning visible. The following routines increase instructional intensity in key academic skills: content knowledge, vocabulary, fuency, language development, and comprehension. These routines can be used as scaffolds to increase intensity for ALL students in order to provide robust core instruction. The routines also support students with low language or language acquisition and should be used to contextualize the standardized plan. A CSD routines ring for Phonemic Awareness and Phonics can be found here.

Routines

• Close Reading • Decodable Reader • Dyad Reading • Multisyllabic Spelling • Scaffolding Diffcult Text • Spelling Dictation

• Story Share • Summarizing

• Systematic Vocabulary • Think Discuss, Write, Read, Share

More Resources for intensifying ELA instruction can be found on the ELA Resources page.