4 Blocks Literacy Framework


Four Blocks is a multimethod, multilevel literacy framework developed by Pat Cunningham and Dottie Hall of Wake Forest University and utilized by thousands elementary classrooms.






                                     

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This overview PowerPoint slide show was presented to the parents of Lafayette Primary Center students during the Open House on Tuesday, September 22, 1998.  It provides an excellent summary of the 4 Blocks Literacy framework and an explanation of some of the things parents can do to enhance their child's success in reading and writing.
Permission is given for the use of this presentation to introduce the 4 Blocks Framework to educators, parents, or other interested parties.  Please make note of the source of this information in any presentation or handouts.
 

4 Blocks:

General Info

Guided Reading

Block

Self-Selected

Reading Block

Working With

Words Block

Writing

Block

4 Blocks:

Related Sites

4 Blocks: Assessment

Kindergarten

Building Blocks

Kankakee

School District Site

Lafayette

Primary Center


This 4 Blocks Site is maintained by Joe Fuhrmann, Kankakee (IL) School District First Grade Teacher at Lafayette Primary Center 

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