The Freire-UDL Literacy Program includes four books to help teachers implement the program.
Within these four books, the program provides:
- Teacher’s Guide
- Student Assessments for each lesson of different levels
- A set of electronic slides for teaching each lesson
- 16 Generative Picture Posters
- 16 Generative Pictures with Generative Word Posters
- 16 Generative Word Discovery Posters of Syllable Families
- 16 Generative Word Discovery Posters of Reconstructed Generative Words
- Table of Generative Words with Phonemic Families for the word pelota
- An example of the Bilingual Picture Alphabet Spanish-English
- Habits of Mind Poster
- Bloom’s Taxonomy Poster
- Access to the Freire-UDL Website
- Student Assessments for each lesson of different levels
- A set of electronic slides for teaching each lesson
- Guiding Questions for the Generative Word pelota
- An example of template questions in Spanish for each of the categories of Bloom’s Taxonomy. These are used in creating Guiding Questions to develop students’ critical thinking in the process of Concientización. Each category offers at least 10 questions in Spanish that teachers can use to discuss the lesson.
- An example of Habits of Mind in Spanish, which represent characteristics of effective thinkers. These are used in creating Guiding Questions to develop students’ critical thinking in the process of Concientización.
How the program is organized
Book 1: The Teacher’s Guide encompasses three chapters.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of the program by describing the mission, the theoretical foundation, and the three principles that inform this literacy method. Chapter 1also presents the materials needed to teach the program.
Chapter 2 describes the foundational understandings for each lesson.
Chapter 3 presents the program’s lesson plans. It begins with the first lesson, building a community of learners by establishing the essential rules of communication, and is followed by sixteen detailed lesson plans, one for each of the Generative Words.
Book 2: Student Assessments provides different level exercises for each of the sixteen Generative Words. These serve as an optional method to assess students’ knowledge. Each assessment includes an answer key.
Book 3: Program Resources brings together all the materials needed to understand the foundation of the program and to implement it.
Book 4: Lesson Materials includes all the materials referenced in the lesson plans in the Teacher’s Guide. The book provides the links to the materials presented in electronic formats.