370 likes | 498 Views
Literacy Walkthrough Analysis. Emily Boots, Brittni Morton, Amanda Horne, Rebecca Wuorio , Serguei Balanovich. The Big Picture. The Big Picture. 181 class visits 5 minutes What literacy strategies are being used most frequently in the classroom?. Evidence of Students Working with Text.
E N D
Literacy Walkthrough Analysis Emily Boots, Brittni Morton, Amanda Horne, Rebecca Wuorio, SergueiBalanovich
The Big Picture 181 class visits 5 minutes What literacy strategies are being used most frequently in the classroom?
Breakdown by Discipline Emily Boots
Breakdown by Discipline • Why is this important? • Which strategies get the most attention in different disciplines • Important to note: • Only 2 English Language Learner classes had been visited • Only 4 Special Education classes visited • Some with 7 – 8 visits
Breakdown by Time of Visit Brittni Morton
Breakdown by Time of Class Why is this important? • Student Focus • Teaching Strategies • Beginning, Middle, and End of class look different • Most of the core work is during the middle of class Number of classes visited at the • Beginning (first 15 minutes): 45 • Middle (middle 60 minutes): 110 • End (last 15 minutes): 24
Mixed course level classes Vs. Unmixed course level classes Amanda Horne
Breakdown: Mixed vs. Unmixed • Unmixed classes: solely one academic level (AP, Honors, Extensions, or Foundations) • Mixed classes: not one academic level • Examples: Health, Phys Ed, CTE, etc.
Breakdown by Course Level REBECCA WUORIO
Breakdown by Course Level • Literary strategies used in each course level (AP, Honors, Extensions, Foundations) • Important to note: • Mixed: CTE, Special Education, & standard mixed classes
Breakdown by Grade Level How different are literacy habits in various grade levels? SergueiBalanovich
Introduction This particular portion of the presentation will display our findings on grade level, and how students in grade 9, 10, 11, and 12 classrooms differed from one another. Brief side note – some classes with mixed grade levels were counted more than once. “9, 10” was counted both for 9 and for 10. All measurements are in proportions “Mixed” means all four grades were present and “N/A” means no grade was marked.
Conclusions More than half of all classrooms, regardless of grade level, were working hard to promote literacy through text reference and posters in classrooms! The average score for engagement is 1.75 That means that the engagement of students in their classroom is very high, which is pleasantly surprising.
Final Conclusions and Advice Freshmen are given positive classroom environments but are kept away from most writing and work habit literacy strategies. Seniors are exposed to most strategies that require working with text, writing, and many others. Sophomore classes lead in terms of modeling and note taking on own, while Junior classes are ahead in discussions of writing. Literacy strategies seem to be highly implemented, especially in some areas, and though there are discrepancies among grade levels, they are explainable.