Regional Training of Trainers on Creative

Pedagogies in Teaching Literacy and

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL):
Instructional Leadership Training

October 3-6, 2023 (Batch 2)

Milka Hotel, Abucay, Tacloban City
DAY

3 MODULE 3
Developing
Literacy
Leadership

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Facilitated by:
Mariam G. Aranas EdD
EPS, SDO Baybay City

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 SESSION 3.1
MODULE 3 Qualities of a Literacy
Developing Leader
Literacy
SESSION 3.2
Leadership
GESI as one of the
conditions for Literacy
Instruction

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SESSION 3.1 BIG IDEAS
•Qualities of a Literacy
Leader

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•Balanced Literacy
Approach

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•Language Experience
Approach (LEA)

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 SESSION OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session 3.1
participants should be able to:
▪Discuss the results from the baseline study
conducted by ABC

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▪ Discuss the qualities of an effective literacy
leader
▪ Review the domains of literacy
development and corresponding effective
literacy strategies
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY

Leadership
 Can read with
comprehension

Can identify letters and

sounds

Can blend letters and

recognize words

Cannot identify alphabet

NCR Grade 3 levels on English literacy (September 2022) using

The Rapid Literacy Assessment –English (RLA-E)
 Literacy

Cannot identify alphabet

Can read with

comprehension

Can identify letters and

sounds Can blend letters
and recognize
words

NCR Grade 3 levels on Filipino literacy (September 2022) using

The Rapid Literacy Assessment – Filipino (RLA-F)
 Can identify letters and Can blend letters and
sounds recognize words

Can read with

comprehension

Cannot identify alphabet

Region 4A Grade 3 levels on English literacy (September 2022) using

The Rapid Literacy Assessment –English (RLA-E)
 Can blend letters and
recognize words

Can identify letters and Can read with

sounds comprehension

Cannot identify
alphabet

Region 4A Grade 3 levels on Filipino literacy (September 2022) using

The Rapid Literacy Assessment – Filipino (RLA-F)
 Can identify letters
and sounds

Can blend letters

and recognize
words
Can read with
comprehension

Cannot identify alphabet

Region 10 Grade 3 levels on English literacy (September 2022) using

The Rapid Literacy Assessment –English (RLA-E)
 Grade 3 – Filipino Literacy
Can identify letters and
sounds

Can blend letters and

recognize words
Can read with
comprehension

Cannot identify alphabet

Region 10 Grade 3 levels on Filipino literacy (September 2022) using

The Rapid Literacy Assessment – Filipino (RLA-F)
Status of learners

In Region 5, the grade 1 to grade 3 learners were assessed using the

Comprehensive Rapid Literacy Assessment (CRLA) provided by the ABC+ and
USAID.

The assessment results showed that about:

● 65.5% of the grade 1 learners are in the full refresher level (able
to identify letters only)

● 52% of the grade 2 and 18%-28%% of the grade 1 learners are

still in the full refresher level
 REGION 5 & 6
INSTRUCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS

Learners are reading moderately well on average but

generally below expectations (at least 40 to 50 correct
words per minute for Grade 2)

10% of learners are non-readers, and nearly 20% are not

able to understand simple text

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 REGION 5&6
INSTRUCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS

Comprehension and decoding skills are under-developed for

grade 2 learners

Children who are reading fluently and with comprehension in

the MT are transitioning well to Filipino

Systemic inequities persist between boys and girls, urban and

rural learners
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 REGION 5 & 6-POLICY IMPLICATIONS
The most effective instructional strategies are the most
underperformed by teachers across all domains of practice

Hiligaynon classrooms especially are struggling to provide

supplemental reading materials to their children

School leaders’ support practices are not translating well specially to

instructional practice or use of materials in classrooms

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Activity 1

1. “A readership crisis is really a leadership crisis.”

What does this quote mean to you and its implications
on your practice?
_________________________________________
2. What does the principal need to do to foster a climate of
learning to improve literacy instruction in the school
community?
___________________________________________
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What does the principal
need to do to foster a
climate of learning to
improve literacy
instruction in the school
community?

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PHILIPPINE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL HEADS

Domain 1: Leading
Strategically

Domain 2: Managing School

Operations and Resources

Domain 3: Focusing on
Teaching and Learning

Domain 4:Developing Self and

Others

Domain 5:Building Connection

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What do you think can a principal achieve when these
qualities are manifested in their current leadership
practice? Let’s share our ideas.
Hands Drill
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Double that

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Double this
Double double that

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DAY

3 MODULE 3
The Balanced Literacy
Approach

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 SESSION
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session the participants
should be able to:

▪Discuss DepEd’s approach to

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literacy instruction
▪ Explain the balanced literacy
approach as a framework for
Literacy Instruction
▪ Explain the use of the LEA strategy
in the K-3 classroom
LITERACY
BIG SIX IN READING
Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.

- Benjamin Franklin
1. Who loves to play in the yard?
2. Who does Max play with in the yard?
3. What are the other things that Max and his dog
do in the yard?
4. Where do Max and his dog run and hop?
5. Can you retell the sentence having the same
idea?
Alignment of the Language & Literacy Domains with the 5 sub-strands
 One highly possible reason - our teachers may be
focusing on one or two domains more than the others.
 Another reason - we are not using a variety
of instructional strategies that would target different
types of learning styles for every domain.
 Match the proficiency levels with the interventions
Proficiency Level Strategies

Non-reader ∙ Phonics, Marungko

∙ Home learning support: Use flashcards showing letters and
Cannot identify alphabet CV/VC blends
Beginning Readers ∙ Left to right decoding
∙ Phonics pattern (Fuller model)
∙ Stretch the word (additional blends)
Can identify letters and Successive blending
∙
sounds ∙ Illustrating/check for meaning
Emerging Reader ∙ Guided reading
∙ Language experience approach
∙ Pre-reading tasks (brainstorming, topic discussion)
Can blend letters and
∙ During reading tasks (think alouds)
recognize words Post-reading tasks (summarizing, illustrating, mapping)
∙
Full Reader ∙ Metacognitive comprehension strategies
Can read with ∙ Introduce informative text for reading
∙ Writing generated ideas
comprehension
Tell Me Thy Name

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Reading Techniques

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Approaches in Literacy Instruction
TOP-DOWN APPROACH

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH

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Top down Approach
COMPREHENSION

SENTENCES/ PHRASES
 Goes from the
WORDS
whole of the RECOGNITION
text to the
LETTERS/
parts of the SOUNDS
text.

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Top down Approach  Read the story first.

 Understand the story.

 Interpret the words.

 Discover new vocabulary.

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Examples of Top Down Approach

 The art of questioning

 5Ws and H
 Sketch to Stretch
 Story Retelling
 Labeling
 LEA
 Claveria

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Bottom Up Approach
COMPREHENSION

SENTENCES/ PHRASES

 Working from WORDS

RECOGNITION
Parts-to-the-
whole LETTERS/
SOUNDS

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Bottom Up Approach  Go over the vocabulary.

 Speak about theme.

 Read the story.

 Understand the story.

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Examples of Bottom-Up Approach

 Marungko
 Fuller
 Elkonin box

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THE BALANCED LITERACY APPROACH

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THE BALANCED LITERACY APPROACH
TOP-DOWN APPROACH

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
• Authentic experiences in • Alphabet knowledge
reading and writing • Phonics
• Background Knowledge • Decoding
• Predict and guess words and • Spelling
meaning • Levelled readers

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Balanced Approach

3 levels of instruction :

 Whole-group instruction
 Differentiated small-group instruction
 Independent student work

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Examples of Balanced Approach

Branchburg’s model
 Read-aloud
 Independent Reading Two-track
Workshop method
 Guided Reading Workshop
 Write Aloud
 Independent Writing Workshop
 Guided Writing Workshop
 Word Study
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Example of Balanced Approach

Four-Blocks model
 Guided Reading
 Working with Words “The Daily 5” model
 Self-Selected Reading  Read to Self
 Writing  Read to Someone
 Work on Writing
 Listen to Reading
 Word Work

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Reflect on your situation
TOP-DOWN APPROACH

1.Which of the approaches

may be applied to your
current situation?
2.Which approach is BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
• Authentic experiences in
dominant that may account reading and writing
• Background Knowledge
•
•
•
Alphabet knowledge
Phonics
Decoding

for the low performance? • Predict and guess words and

meaning
•
•
Spelling
Levelled readers

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Reflect on your situation TOP-DOWN APPROACH

3. Which of the
approaches are
neglected? BOTTOM-UP APPROACH

4. How can you

• Authentic experiences in • Alphabet knowledge
reading and writing • Phonics
• Background Knowledge • Decoding

bring a balance?
• Predict and guess words and • Spelling
meaning • Levelled readers

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Reflect on
your
situation

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Why is the Balanced
Literacy Approach used in
the K-3 classrooms?

Why do you think it is

effective?

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4 reasons to select the balanced literacy approach:
1. It follows a gradual release of responsibility model
4 reasons to select the balanced literacy approach:
2. It’s the best of both worlds

TOP-DOWN APPROACH

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
• Authentic experiences in • Alphabet knowledge
reading and writing • Phonics
• Background Knowledge • Decoding
• Predict and guess words and • Spelling
meaning • Levelled readers
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4 reasons to select the balanced literacy approach:

3. It doesn’t force the teacher to “fit it all in”

4 reasons to select the balanced literacy approach:

4. It allows the teacher to do

differentiated learning

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2
Language Experience Approach (LEA)

Identify/ Talk Write about Read the

create an about the the
experience. experience. text.
experience.

QUESTIONING
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LEA on the go!

Write a Read aloud

Draw a Write five simple
picture words that sentence the simple
showing your describe using each sentences
family your family word
Reflect on
your
situation

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When do you think is the most
appropriate time to use the balanced
literacy approach?

✔ Teaching children HOW to read

NOW!
✔ For use in the first couple of years of
schooling for beginning readers (k-3).

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When do you think is the most appropriate time
to use LEA?

• used with first language learners (mother tongue)

• to teach students to read and write in any language
• using firsthand experiences of children
• when teachers want to integrate speaking, reading,
writing and grammar into one lesson
 Literacy Domain Literacy Teaching Strategies How does it look like?
Oral Language LEA Talk about experience, draw it, write it, read
Development it
(Top-Down)
5 Ws and H Exchanging questions with learners while
reading a text

Sketch to Stretch illustrating/drawing what learners understood

from what was read to them

Bridging strategies Sandwiching and comparing mother tongue

with MoTL at sound level, word level and
sentence level

Comprehension (Top LEA, Predicting, inferring, Students making predictions about what will
down) retelling happen next, answering inferential questions,
retelling the story in own words.

Vocabulary (Top LEA, (Dolch) Sight word list, Exposing students to sight word lists
Down) sketch to stretch, labeling
 Literacy Domain Teaching How does it look like?
Strategies
Phonological Awareness LEA, Rhyming, Singing with the learners and teaching them
(Bottom Up) alliteration, poems and rhymes and poems
songs

Phonics/word recognition Elkonin Boxes Segmenting words into its individual sounds
Decoding
(Bottom Up) LEA, Concept sorts Placing words into categories

Marungko, Abakada, Use of a specific sequence in the introduction of

Fuller letter sounds and word families

Fluency Choral reading, Students and teachers reading aloud

(Bottom Up and Top shared/buddy reading, stories/passages together
Down) independent reading,
LEA

Writing and Composing LEA, labeling, Labeling the student’s drawings, teacher and
(Bottom Up and Top interactive writing student collaborating on composing text together
Down) 6
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Literacy is one of the greatest gifts a
person could receive. – Jen Selinsky
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MARAMING SALAMAT PO!
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