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Daily Reading & Writing Improvement

Daily Reading & Writing Improvement. Dr. Jennifer Dove , Director of Literacy & Humanities, Binghamton City School District dovej@binghamtonschools.org William Dove , High School English Teacher, Spencer-Van Etten Central School District wdove@svecsd.org. Foundational Premises.

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Daily Reading & Writing Improvement

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  1. Daily Reading & Writing Improvement Dr. Jennifer Dove, Director of Literacy & Humanities, Binghamton City School District dovej@binghamtonschools.org William Dove, High School English Teacher, Spencer-Van Etten Central School District wdove@svecsd.org

  2. Foundational Premises • Less is more • Start small (gradually flesh out the framework) • Student work informs the Learning Continuum (Modeled, Shared, Guided, & Independent)

  3. Learning Continuum Assess Assess Assess Shared Learning Independent Learning Assess Guided Learning Demonstrated Learning Assess Gradually handing over responsibility/the thinking and letting students take on the thinking independently. Based on the research of Pearson, et al, 1983

  4. Seeds Leading up to this Work • Mike Schmoker- Results Now • Daily warm-ups & literary element paragraphs (Regents exam: #26, #27, & Critical Lens) • Kelly Gallagher, Article of the Week Video • Common Core Standards- Close Reading • Using wikis with one to one devices

  5. The 6 Literacy Shifts in this Work • Reading short, rich informational text • Building content knowledge through text • Use critical reading strategies to analyze text construction & message(s) • Answering evidence based questions • Participating in evidence based discussions & written responses • Using word solving strategies to determine meaning of key academic vocabulary words in the text

  6. The Shifts: Close Reading Shift

  7. Resources for Close Reading • Harvard Guide (6 Steps for Interrogating Text) • http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/sixreadinghabits • Annotating Text Guide • http://engageny.org/resource/network-team-institute-materials-grades-3-5-ela-curriculum-appendix-1-teaching-practices-and-protocols-august-13-17-2012/ • Guide for Writing Text Based Questions • http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Guide-to-Creating-Questions-for-Close-Analytic-Reading.pdf • Norms for Collaboration • http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Norms-for-Collaboration.pdf

  8. Identifying/ Using the Common Frame in A Written Response/ Text • Beginning -Claim (topic sentence or thesis statement) -Intro(lists main points, background info, etc.) • Middle -Supporting Reasons or Details -Evidence (quotes, statistics, stories, etc.) -Elaboration of evidence & connection to the claim • End -Summary of main points -Clinching sentence leaves reader w/ something to think about Transitions and transitional phrases

  9. Teaching the Written Response • Modeled(Lots of examples of quality responses & the actual thinking process that takes place when writing a response) • Shared(Time to write responses together as a class) • Guided(Time to work on writing various parts of a response & eventually the whole response with support/ immediate feedback) • Independent(Time to practice writing responses independently with specific feedback from peers & teacher)

  10. Building the Frame • Start small (build in the learning) • Identify where students are within the frame • Gradually add to the frame throughout the year

  11. Getting Started • Determine where your students are with: • Previewing text • Annotating text • Identifying the outline of text • Comparing & contrasting text • Identifying author’s purpose, message, point of view, etc. • Determine where your students are with: • Developing a claim (writing a topic sentence or thesis) • Using supporting reasons/ details • Using evidence & connecting the evidence to the claim • Using tools such as transitions and similes to strengthen the clarity of their writing

  12. Using the Wiki • Paperless system • Public performance (authentic audience) • On-line portfolio (see growth overtime) • Individual &public feedback via wiki

  13. Examples • www.dovenyscate2012.wikispaces.com • www.dovesample2012.wikispaces.com

  14. Tacking Data • Use forData Driven Instruction • Use for individual student writing conferences • Use for parent conferences • Use to inform grades and comments on report cards

  15. Questions? • Please complete the quick survey to share your thoughts about this presentation at: • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFltWUlpSEg2alZSWng4MEJIWkxCNkE6MQ • Feel free to contact us with questions and to share ideas at: • jenniferwdove@gmail.com • mrdovesve@gmail.com

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