The Literacy Block

There may be six areas of literacy instruction (the Big Six) and 

eight strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, but that does not mean that 

our literacy block follows these frameworks with discrete, stand-alone sec?tions. The key to developing a strong literacy block lies in the following: 

• Understanding the components of literacy we need to teach

• Knowing how much of what is required at different ages

• Knowing what kind of instruction and activities will develop key skills and knowledge

• Having knowledge of how the different aspects of literacy instruction interact with and impact each other