Routines for Literacy Learning

The Four Blocks design gives young children many opportunities to attain goals set by
the educator. The four blocks include self-selected reading, guided reading, working with words,
and writing (Rasinski & Padak, 2013). These four provide a balanced program through which a
teacher is able to instruct children into learning how to read and write. The following is a weekly
schedule of a literacy block that I have created grade 2 learners. The weekly schedule is based on
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.4 “Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support
comprehension” (Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2020).
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Read the poem
“Our Dog’s
Name is
Roomba

1. Teacher read
   aloud (the
   teacher reads
   aloud for
   children to
   provide an
   example of a
   model of fluent
   reading).

1.Practice sight
words using
playful activities
(sight words
include sniffing,
polish, vacuums)

1.Play word
games (Play roll
the dice by
pairing the
students and
guide them on
how to take part
in the fun
spelling activity)

Read the short
story “Dana’s
Flower Garden.”

1. Do paired
   reading (group
   students in pairs
   and have them
   read the story)
2. Recorded
   reads (students
   read a short
   story and record
   themselves.
   They then listen
   to themselves
   reading. They
   then explain
   whether they
   think they are
   reading well. If
   no, they

continue
practicing as
they record
themselves.)

2.Choral reading
(children read
aloud together
after listening to
the teacher
read).

2. Children read
   sight words
   individually.
   They do so
   loudly as the rest
   listen
3. Phrase
   reading
   (children
   practice reading
   by reading short
   phrases. The
   phrases may
   contain sight
   words that
   students are
   confident
   reading)
4. Do choral
   reading
5. Play spelling
   art
6. Do repeated
   reading
   (children read
   the poem
   individually.
   They do this
   multiple times)
7. Students write
   the sight words
   on their
   notebooks
8. Reader’s
   theater
9. Make words
   and write them
   down
10. Word sorts
    (children are
    directed by the
    teacher on how
    to sort words
    based on the
    letters in those

words. For
instance, they
can use prefixes
or suffices to
sort words into
different
categories. The
activity is
supervised by
the teacher)

4. play word
   games (engage
   children in
   playing ball toss
   spelling outside
   the classroom)
5. Children
   make words
6. Engage
   children in
   spelling art

4 Cloze 4. Play sensory
spelling (It is a
word game that
will involve
writing and
spelling words
in sensory ways)

References

Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2020). English Language Arts Standards » Reading:
Foundational Skills » Grade 2 | Common Core State Standards Initiative. Retrieved 19
March 2020, from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/2/
Rasinski, T. & Padak, N.D. (2013). From phonics to fluency: Effective teaching of decoding and
reading fluency in the elementary school. NJ: Pearson.