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Supporting Balanced Literacy through the teachers college model. August 21, 2013. Today’s goals. Share framework / components of Teachers College Model for Units of Study Begin with Interactive Read Alouds (What is it? How do I plan for it?) Don’t freak out!. 90 Minute reading block.
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Supporting Balanced Literacy through the teachers college model August 21, 2013
Today’s goals • Share framework / components of Teachers College Model for Units of Study • Begin with Interactive Read Alouds(What is it? How do I plan for it?) • Don’t freak out!
How will we get where we need to go? Professional Development will support elements of Teachers College Model PD sessions Book Studies Planning
Interactive read alouds • Aim for 20-30 minutes daily. • Use quality informational and narrative texts. (Integrate your subject areas and promote intertextual connections!) • Deliberately plan which skills and strategies you will focus on with each text. • Incorporate think-alouds into your instruction. • Build in a day for rereading a text and incorporating skill extension (writing-based retelling, compare-contrast texts…). Goal: engage students in actively using specific reading strategies while teacher guides and coaches.
How Do Interactive Read Alouds work? • Choose Texts that are: • High interest & address standards • For your target audience (gr. level, length…) • Diverse and encourage multicultural connections • Clear and accurate • Created by same author or illustrator (create connections) • Choose Vocabulary that is: • Functional and meaningful • Rich, varied, interesting without compromising text’s overall meaning • Important to the story
Interactive Read Alouds • Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! (K-2) http://vimeo.com/55950927 Gorillas (3-5) http://vimeo.com/55965891 What do you notice about management? Instruction? Students? Teacher?
Possible structure for an interactive read aloud • Book Intro • Think Alouds (at least 2) • Turn and Talk • Think Alouds • Turn and Talk • Grand conversation Let’s try it out!
Post Read Aloud • Writing • Whole Group Discussion with accountable talk (Grand Conversation) http://vimeo.com/55950928 • Partner work • Reference strategies again during workshop mini lessons, conferences, small group instruction • Create an anchor chart
Gathering assessment data (a.k.a… What do I do with all those darn post it notes?) • What am I assessing? • Engagement • Comprehension • Use of strategies • Collect for quick pulse and to guide small group work • Use as journal starter
Your Turn! • With your teammates, choose an engaging text that you can use for a read aloud next week. • What CCSS will you address? • Create post it notes that show your teacher modeling and opportunities for guided student discussion.
What should I do from now through the first few weeks of school? Become a reading professional!! • Read Unit 1 of Units of Study • Review your Yearlong map from time to time (look ahead!!) • Continue planning for Read Alouds • Be prepared for planning • Organize your library Do you know how to access Intranet resources?
What should I do from now through the first few weeks of school? • Get to know your readers!! • Interest inventories, conferences, observations • Start individual bags of books • Reading Logs (2nd -5th) • Reading Response journals • Start building anchor charts to help students visualize strategies
What should I do from now through the first few weeks of school? Create a Reading Environment • Establish reading partnerships • Start individual bags of books • Reading Logs (2nd -5th) • Reading Response journals (all) • Start building anchor charts to help students visualize strategies • Interactive Read Alouds
Resources • The Continuum of Literacy Learning • Book studies • Me! (available for modeling lessons, co-planning…) • Any experts in the building?? • http://readingandwritingproject.com/ • Elementary Literacy Grade Level Pages (Intranet Departments Humanities Literacy Elementary Literacy)