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SFUSD's Comprehensive Approach to Literacy

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In order to provide rich and balanced literacy instruction for our students in SFUSD, we must incorporate many approaches to teaching literacy.  A comprehensive literacy model provides numerous and varied literacy opportunities for all students.  We acknowledge that students do not all learn in the same way and we must provide meaningful and appropriate instruction to support a variety of learning styles.

A comprehensive approach to literacy is not a curriculum; it is an instructional model.  It is not what we teach but how we teach.  The framework provides a structure for the teacher that focuses on balancing instruction rather than creating lessons based on any one philosophy.  The focus needs to shift to the student and the individual learning needs that can be revealed through diagnostic and ongoing formative assessments.  Only when all teachers learn to diagnose student reading and writing skills and respond with focused, deliberate instruction that allows students to interact with others and apply their newly gained knowledge and skills will literacy be available to all students.

K-5 Research Reading & Writing Workshop 
Here you will find resources to support planning and instruction
  • What is a Teaching Point?  How are Teaching Points Developed?
  • ​​Sample Teaching Points for Research Writing, K-5
  • ​Link to Spiral 4 - Research E/LA Curriculum Maps, 3-5
  • Link to Interdisciplinary Curriculum Maps and Unit Plans

K-5 Launching Reading and Writing Workshop Introduction, Units, Minilessons and Glossary   AVAILABLE HERE
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Are you a K-5 teacher looking forward to a strong start for your Reading/Writing instruction in the new school year?
Are you searching for resources to support routines and behaviors that will build independent readers and writers?
Do you have big plans for rigorous Reading and Writing instruction, but would like some help building a strong foundation in the beginning of the year?
​You're in luck!  

CAL Resources
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REVISED - SFUSD's ELA PK-12 Core Curriculum: A Comprehensive Approach to Literacy Handbook, 2017
When Teachers & Students Read
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SFUSD's A Comprehensive Approach to Literacy - When Teachers and Students Read: Introduction to the Reading Workshop Reader
​When Teachers & Students Write
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SFUSD's A Comprehensive Approach to Literacy - When Teachers and Students Write: Introduction to the Writing Workshop Reader
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Comprehensive Approach to Literacy Classroom Configuration

  • ​Tips for Conferring​​
  • See Sample Teaching Points
  • ​Elementary CAL Informal Evidence Collection Tool

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​We have compiled a list of books as resources for supporting a Comprehensive Approach to Literacy.  Click here to access a list of books and descriptions.


News and Information about SFUSD's Comprehensive Approach to Literacy
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ELA PK-12 Core Curriculum: A Comprehensive Approach to Literacy
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SFUSD Guidelines for Classroom Libraries
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SFUSD: A Comprehensive Approach to Literacy
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SFUSD Position and FAQs on Leveled Libraries
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