Richmond, VA July 23, 2013

1. SCHOLASTIC READING SUMMITSTUDENT-LED BOOK DISCUSSIONSEnglish SOL, Self-Directed Learning Skills, and 21st Century Skills Richmond, VA July 23, 2013

2. AGENDA Address English SOL through Student-Led Discussions • Share & Interact with Clusters of Books • View Examples of Instruction & Discussions • Experience Adding to Book Clusters

3. FOCUS We have more students who can read and don’t than we do readers who cannot read at all. Steven Layne. Igniting the Passion for Reading. P8. from To Read or Not to Read (2007) by the National Endowment for the Arts.

4. NAEP • Grade 4-Unchangedscore since 2009 • Grade 8-1point improvement since 2011 • READING FOR FUN • Never or almost never • Once or twice/month • Once or twice a week • Almost every day 46%

5. CLASS DISCUSSIONS • Never or almost never • Once or twice/month • Once or twice a week • Almost every day 34% snovak9133@aol.com

6. VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING GRADE 1 RL.1.9 Identify characters, setting, and important events GRADE 4 RL.4.5 Describe the relationship between text and previously read materials GRADE 6 RL.6.6 Compare and contrast information about one topic, which may be contained in different selections

7. BOOK CLUSTER EXAMPLECompare and contrast the adventures and experiences of CHARACTERS in STORIES GRADE 1 Book Cluster • Pete the Cat The Wheels on the Bus based on the creation of James Dean • Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin Illustrated by James Dean • Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin Illustrated by James Dean • Pete’s Big Lunch by James Dean • Scholastic Discover More: Puppies and Kittens by Penelope Arlon and Tory Gordon-Harris

8. PETE THE CAT Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Pete the Cat: Rocking In His School Shoes • SMALL GROUP PROMPTS • Review the two books. • Talk about the book selection – • student motivation to read and • students’ ability to understand the stories • What is the Lexile and DRA levels of each text? • How might a teacher share & discuss a non-fiction title to complement these texts?

9. VIDEO EXAMPLESGrade 1 – Explicit Instruction

10. Grade 6SOL.6.5. Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics

11. GRADE 6 Book Cluster THEME: INTEGRATION, CIVIL RIGHTS • Kizzie Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts • Lions of Little Rock by Kristen Levine • Countdown by Deborah Wiles • Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney • Who Was Rosa Parks?by YonaZeldis McDonough • What Was the March on Washington? by Kathleen Krull • Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden • 42 Adapted by Aaron Rosenberg • Jackie Robinson: American Hero by Sharon Robinson GRADE 4 Book Cluster THEME: Hurricane Katrina • Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes • I Survived Hurricane Katrina,2005 by Lauren Tarshis • Buddy by M.H. Herlong • Scholastic Discover More: Disasters by David Burnie

12. SMALL GROUP PROMPTS • Review the books. • Talk about the book selection – • student motivation to read and • students’ ability to understand the stories • What is the Lexile and DRA levels of each text? • How might a teacher share & discuss a non-fiction title to complement these texts?

13. DIRECTIONSfor Expanded Reading • Use Book Wizard to select other books that will complement the cluster of books you have reviewed • www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/ • Look within your school library for additional resources • What other ideas do you have to add to the cluster of books around the particular grade level theme you reviewed?

14. EVERY CHILD A READER THAT READS MORE AND ENJOYS READING