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Engagement

Engagement “Good teaching that improves literacy will take care of the scores, because those who read a lot of many kinds of text read fluently, and reading with understanding results in higher scores.” - Gay Sue Pinnell and Irene Fountas, 1995 The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill

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Engagement

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  1. Engagement

  2. “Good teaching that improves literacy will take care of the scores, because those who read a lot of many kinds of text read fluently, and reading with understanding results in higher scores.” -Gay Sue Pinnell and Irene Fountas, 1995

  3. The Year of Miss Agnesby Kirkpatrick Hill

  4. Miss Agnes - culture • Differentiated – NO one size fits all • Meaningful • Repetition – interesting • Knows her students • Gradient of learning • Community • Equality • Access • Expectation – successful • Connectedness – concern/interest

  5. Engagement Keys to Reading Improvement • Practice • Comprehension • Writing • Word Study/Vocab • Fluency Access (Wide Variety)

  6. Practice Cycle More Practice More Practice • Practice • Comprehension • Writing • Word study/Vocab • Fluency More pleasure in reading

  7. Independent Reading Program • Immersion ~ print rich environment • Demonstration ~ you are the model • Expectation ~ expect that your students can and will do lots of reading • Choice ~ must allow kids to choose books • Time ~ need large amounts of reading time • Risk Free atmosphere • Response ~ need various ways to respond (not a book report)

  8. Reading is Thinking!! The reader can make value judgments about text, understand and question the author, read as a writer and write as reader. -Ken Stamatis

  9. Classroom Environment • Know the books in your library • Physical space: • Inviting, cozy seating • Soft lighting • Books displayed: “read me!” • Bulletin board recommendations • Ask: • “What are you reading good?” and • “What are you going to read next?”

  10. Websites • Google “recommended reading lists” www.ala.org www.haisln.org/HAISLN%20grades%203-4%202008.pdf www.ucalgary.ca/~dKBrown/lists.html www.nancykeane.com/booktalks/ www.proteacher.net

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