Saskatchewan Reads for Middle Years

1. Saskatchewan Reads for Middle Years Shared Reading Moduleutilizes “Regina Public Schools Reads for Middle Years: Big Ideas of Reading” document

2. Saskatchewan Reads Background • A support for teachers in meeting the provincial outcome “80% of students will be reading at grade level by 2020.” • The work of the Provincial Learning Team • teachers, administrators, directors and First Nations authorities • A research-based companion document to the ELA curriculum

3. Big Ideas of Reading What are your beliefs about learning to read and teaching reading? • Turn and talk • Share out

4. Big Ideas of Reading • Skim the section “Overarching Principles” from Saskatchewan Reads (p. 2-3) • Check the bullets that concur with your beliefs about learning to read and teaching reading • Which statements were new? • Share out

5. Goals of Proficient Reading • Read page 4 • Proficient readers incorporate all three goals when reading • Engaged readers • Comprehension • Fluency

6. Gradual Release of Responsibility Pg. 6

7. Gradual Release of Responsibility Teacher models making connections to whole class Teacher and students practice making connections together Teacher works with students who require support for making connections Students practice makingconnections with independent reading selections

8. Shared Reading TASK: Thumbs up if you agree with the following statements: Shared reading is…. • Reading aloud with a text that is only visible to the teacher. • Helping students apply strategies in authentic reading experiences. • One student reading at a time while other students follow along (round-robin reading). • Sharing teacher thought processes while demonstrating a skill or strategy.

9. Shared Reading • TABLE TASK: • Review the table on pg. 11 • Discuss ‘KNEW’ (what you already knew) • Discuss ‘NEW’ (what you learned)

10. Shared Reading • Choosing Texts • Inclusive and culturally responsive • Strong examples of teaching focus/strategy • Reflective of formative assessment and curriculum expectations • Various forms and genres • Purpose • To teach B-D-A reading strategies, cues and conventions • To engage students in conversation, supported reading, exposure to a variety of texts • To move students towards independent reading Pg. 10

11. Video “The shared approach provides access to words, to knowledge, to information that will change a life.” (Allen, 2018) The following video demonstrates shared reading lesson that also includes the teacher modelling and thinking aloud: Intermediate Shared Reading

12. Management and Assessment • Sample Schedule • Assessment • Record keeping

13. Sample Schedule Language Arts minutes per week: Grades 1-5: 560 minutes Grade 6: 510 minutes Grades 7-8: 300 minutes

14. Assessment • Formative assessment of a student’s application of the skills and strategies explicitly demonstrated in a shared read can be assessed through teacher observations, conversations with students, and student products. • Teachers utilize checklists and/or anecdotal records to record observations and conversations on students’ use of strategies Pg. 11

15. Sample Record Keeping Conversations Observations Products

16. Sample Resources Nelson Literacy Reading Power

17. Reflection Questions • How do I activate and build upon students’ prior knowledge and experiences? • How will I monitor students’ level of engagement? Pg. 10