Literacy Instruction Review of Best Practices and Reflection of current reality

1. Literacy Instruction Review of Best Practices and Reflection of current reality January 7-11 The Literacy Link! www.theliteracylink.wordpress.com

2. Our Objectives for the day… • Review of Best Practices • Current Reality- Team Reflection • Next STEPS- Intentional Lesson Planning for Intervention

3. Today’s take aways… • revised daily schedule (data driven) • revised team goals • more intentional plan for WIN time • plan for intervention for struggling students, what, when, how- progress monitoring plan

4. What does research evidence tell us? Effective literacy instruction requires: • At least 90 uninterrupted minutes daily • Density -Systematic delivery of explicit instruction -Scaffolding -Differentiation • Intensive intervention in addition to initial instruction

5. 5 Components Daily

6. Critical Components to Becoming An Effective Literacy Teacher The Literacy Link!

7. Data Driven • Establish and Monitor Team Goals, Class Goals, and Student Goals • USE THE CONTIUUM • Data Drives Instruction- Differentiated • Progress Monitor • Guided Reading • Team Work and Collaboration • Weekly Lesson Planning that follows a consistent approach • Collaborative discussions about instructional strategies • Collaborative discussion about student achievement using data • Collaborative discussions about Assessments The Literacy Link!

8. Teacher Scaffolding Teachers create and maintain a classroom environment where all children have the opportunity to learn. They scaffold learning to read using explicit and systematic instruction. Teachers gradually release the responsibility for learning from the teacher to the individual child. • Teachers create a literature rich, child-centered learning environment that scaffolds reading achievement for all children. • Teachers use effective classroom management procedures. • Teachers acknowledge and respond effectively to diverse learning needs. The Literacy Link!

9. Scaffolding TEACHER student

10. CONTINUIM OF INSTRUCTION Individualized For identified students Individualized For all students Students At Risk RESOURCES All Students TIME

11. Connecting the Instructional Continuum to the WHEN ALL Students Tier 2 and 3 Students

12. Focused on Literacy ALL DAY! A look at your day… adjust, change, revise…. what does your data tell you your students need?? The Literacy Link!

13. Determine Conclusions REVIEW ACTION PLAN What’s working really well (what moved students)? What are observable student needs? How will this data analysis impact teaching and learning on this team? Team SMART Goal Analysis: Does this data show the SMART goal was met or not met (yet) ? How will the goal be adjusted? • -

14. Assessment Planning Tool Update

15. Differentiated Instruction:Providing Appropriate Learning Opportunities for EVERY CHILD • Use valid and reliable assessment results to group children for targeted instruction based on a sequence of instruction. • Use on-going classroom based assessment and regroup students when needed based on individual learning needs. • Plan and implement explicit and systematic reading instruction using whole group, small group, student pairs, and individual instruction. • Provide intervention and adaptations for struggling readers. The Literacy Link!

16. A Look at Your Class • WHO- Identify Students who need DAILY intervention • WHEN- Time of Day- Consistently • WHAT- Identify SPECIFIC Skill focus • HOW- Instructional Strategies • THEN- Plan for Progress Monitoring- When, What,

17. What We Teach to Reach Intervnetion Instruction needs to be focused and intentional!! Next Steps in Literacy Instruction- Connecting Assessments to Effective Interventions By Susan Smart and Deb Glaser

18. Intentional Planning… to meet the needs of ALL students The Literacy Link!

19. Intentional Intervention Planning

20. NEXT STEPS Lesson Planning

21. What is Ahead??? • Instructional Strategies within the Core and Intervention -Phonemic Awareness -Phonics -Vocabulary -Fluency -Comprehension