Organization for Guided Reading Plus : Early Language and Literacy Certificate, Course 1

1. Organization for Guided Reading Plus:Early Language and Literacy Certificate, Course 1 Class 2 Guided Reading Plus

2. Housekeeping • I’m teaching DP class – room at Howell if you want to change • Breaks/Snacks protocol • Plan to live with uncertainty – can’t have the whole picture up front! • Norms • Respect everyone’s learning—questions, table talk • Be fully present (technology) • Cell phones on vibrate • No side conversations • On time • Tangents – not a hill • ALWAYS bring all handouts in a binder to class

3. Housekeeping • Reminder • Begin teaching your GRP case study group by next class – Thurs 11/29 • Revisit materials handout • Any last minute questions about materials? • Electronic Reflection Journal • separate reflections – 1 class, 1 reading • keep going on same document • will collect in Dec, March & May • Homework • Check it out before last minute! • Early Language and Literacy Certificate = a lot of early work!

4. Homework Review • Article: Active From the Start • “Be careful not to establish a pattern where the child waits for the teacher to do the work. This is the point at which the child must learn that he must work at a difficulty, take some initiative, make some links. [This] is the general principle that needs to be established at this time…” (Clay) • What does this mean to you? • Look for examples in the article – italics portion

5. Table Introductions • Name • School • Grade Level • Table talk: What is reading?

6. Foundational Understanding • “…. reading [is] a • message-getting, • problem-solving activity • which increases in power and flexibility the more it is practiced.” (Marie Clay).

7. Essential Questions • How does Guided Reading Plus enhance Guided Reading? • How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the Reading Workshop?

8. Foundational Ideas:Balanced Literacy • DPS Reading Curriculum • Includes 4 interrelated components • Read aloud • Shared reading • Guided reading • Independent reading

9. Foundational Ideas:Balanced Literacy • The success of balanced literacy depends on • including all the components in the literacy block • how the teacher creates instructional opportunities throughout the block in order to • activate background knowledge • integrate sources of information (M, S, V) • apply problem-solving strategies

10. Foundational Ideas • GRP is one piece of the Reading Workshop • It replaces • Guided Reading • Includes individual conferences

11. Foundational Ideas • Guided Reading Plus is a two-dayformat, ideally back to back • Case Study Group will meet daily, but other groups could meet 2-4 days a week • Case Study: M,T & W, Th& F, M….. • Other groups: • M,T & W,Th or • M,T & Th, F etc. • Suggestion: STOP thinking about it as M-F, but as Day 1-5 – like specials

12. Lesson Planner • Handout: GRP Lesson Planner, Look-fors, Guidesheet • Linda Dorn (creator of Guided Reading Plus) • Basic Parts of lesson

13. What does Guided Reading Plus look like? • Video • Fiction Reading Day (10 min) • After each section – What are you noticing? • Word Study • Orientation to New Book • During Reading • After Reading New Book

14. What does Guided Reading Plus look like? • Video • Fiction Writing Day (6 min) • After each section – What are you noticing? • Assessment – Running Record • Writing About Reading & Discussion

15. What does Guided Reading Plus look like? • How does Guided Reading Plus compare to Guided Reading? • Look-fors in Guided Reading Plus • Changes to Guided Reading Plus for DPS • 1 Running Record (not 2) • Option of new independent book (not just books already read/familiar) • Writing without checks (use if you want) • Three types of writing (not just independent)

16. Foundational Ideas • Pace is critical to effectiveness of GRP, so we have to learn to fit everything in to the lesson time frame • use a timer for each section! • when time is up, move on, finished or not

17. Foundational Ideas • Establish routines for your GRP group • Entry routine • “Sit like a reader” • Book bags/folders/baskets • Use of whiteboards, markers, erasers • Magnetic letters organization

18. Rituals & Routines • Think about the video we just watched. What rituals and routines had been established in that group? • Share at your table any rituals, routines or organizational structures that you have found to be effective with small groups

19. What does Guided Reading Plus look like? • Video • Non-fiction Reading Day (10 min) • After each section – What are you noticing? • Word Study • Orientation to New Book • During Reading • After Reading New Book

20. What does Guided Reading Plus look like? • Video • Non-fiction Writing Day (6 min) • After each section – What are you noticing? • Assessment – Running Record • Writing About Reading & Discussion • Handout: Sample Lesson – English & Spanish

21. Essential Question • How does Guided Reading Plus enhance Guided Reading? • How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the Reading Workshop?

22. Essential Connections • LEAP • MCD*: methods & pacing, academic language • HIIM**: check for understanding, feedback • English Language Learners • Oral Language Development • Academic Language • Common Core Shifts • Nonfiction • Evidence • Increasing text complexity *MCD = Masterful Content Delivery **HIIM = High Impact Instructional Moves

23. Homework • READ • Guidesheet, Look-fors, Lesson Planner & Sample Lesson (quiz next class) • DO • Reflect on class • Reflect on reading • Begin teaching GRP Case Study group – Nov 29 • BRING to next class • Days & time you will teach your GRP group • Next class powerpoint (for notes) • ALL handouts received thus far