How does GLAD fit with Balanced Literacy?
GLAD Strategy
Cognitive Content
Dictionary
Observation Charts
Link to Balanced Literacy
Word Study
Minilesson
Listening and
speaking (oral and
visual
communication)
Interactive
Vocabulary
Interactive Spelling
Oral and visual
communication
Inquiry Chart
Shared Writing
Interactive Edit
Narrative Input Chart
Interactive Read
Aloud
Modeled Reading
Songs/Chants
Sentence Patterning Chart
Created by Shannon Lockard
November 2009
Shared Reading
Choral Reading
Interactive
Vocabulary
Visual
communication
*Blended Style and
Structure (BSS)
Shared Writing
Writing Minilessons
Shared Reading
Word Study
Minilessons
Interactive Edit
Ways to differentiate
Personal CCD
Student selected
Vocabulary (stumper
word)
Sketch or write
Extensions to
writing about
pictures
Have students come
up with a label for
each group of
pictures
Research with their
team or
independently
Link to bibliography
and citing sources
Vocabulary
ELD Review
Teams write own
narrative
Independently write
own narrative
Rubric (teacher or
student generated)
Word work
Students write as
teams or
independently
Ear-to-ear reading
Basic sentence
composition
BSS openers and
dress-ups
Antonyms
Synonyms
Comparatives
Superlatives
Verb tense
How does GLAD fit with Balanced Literacy?
Found Poetry and Poetry
Frames
Cooperative Strip
Paragraph
Story Map
Guided Writing
Shared writing
Independent Writing
Interactive
Vocabulary
Interactive Edit
Shared Writing
Writing Minilessons
Shared Reading
Guided Writing
Independent Writing
Shared Writing
Process Grid
Modeled Writing
Shared Writing
Independent Writing
Oral communication
Expert Groups
Clunkers and Links
Shared Reading
Guided Reading
Guided Writing
(note-taking)
Guided Reading
Reading the Cooperative
Strip Paragraph (Emergent
Reader Group)
Shared Reading
Independent
Reading
Created by Shannon Lockard
November 2009
Word choice
Parts of Speech
Rhyme Scheme
Patterning
Sky is the limit
Complete whole
group based on read
aloud or shared
reading
Teams complete
based on read aloud
or shared reading
Individuals complete
based on read
aloud, shared
reading, or
independent reading
Use as a prewrite
organizer
Teacher fills in with
student input
Students and
teacher use for
cooperative strip
paragraph
Teams use for
cooperative strip
paragraph
Students use to
organize their own
writing when
researching
Vary the amount of
teacher modeling
and scaffolding
Vary level of text
complexity
For lowest readers
Cloze Game
Quiz Game