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Making Meaning

Making Meaning. Developmental Studies Center (DSC). Goals. Provide students with strategies to help them make sense of text. Provide opportunities for students to work together and to develop socially and ethically. VIDEO: K-6 Program (4 min.) Handout p. 1,2,3. Materials.

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Making Meaning

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  1. Making Meaning Developmental Studies Center (DSC)

  2. Goals • Provide students with strategies to help them make sense of text. • Provide opportunities for students to work together and to develop socially and ethically. • VIDEO: K-6 Program (4 min.) • Handout p. 1,2,3

  3. Materials • Teacher’s Manual (s) • Read-aloud books (20-30) • Assessment Record Book • Student Book (consumable) Handouts p. 4-9

  4. Reading Comprehension Strategies (see handout) • Wondering / Questioning • Making Inferences • Making Connections • Visualizing • Retelling • Summarizing • Understanding Text Structure • Determining Important Ideas • Synthesizing Handouts p.10-11

  5. How is the program organized? • Unit I: The Reading Life – cooperative structures • Unit 2 – 7: Comprehension Strategy Lessons • Unit 8: Revisiting the Reading Life

  6. Unit 1: The Reading Life • Hear and discuss books read aloud • Set class norms and procedures • Start learning cooperative structures and social skills • Build classroom community

  7. Units 2-7: Comprehension Strategy Lessons • Hear and discuss books read aloud • Learn and practice strategies to make sense of tests • Participate in IDR • Learn cooperative structures and social skills • Reflect on and solve problems working together • Participate in class meetings.

  8. Unit 8: Revisiting the Reading Life • Reflect on our growth as readers • Reflect on growth as classroom community • Share books and plan summer reading

  9. How is the week organized? • Day 1 – Read Aloud • Day 2 – Strategy Lesson • Day 3 – Guided Strategy Practice • Day 4 – Independent Strategy Practice / Class Meeting

  10. Primary • Kindergarten • Day 1 – Read-aloud Lesson • Day 2 – Strategy Lesson • Grade 1 • Day 1 – Read Aloud Lessons • Day 2 – Strategy Lesson • Day 3 (from mid-year) Guided / Independent Study Practice • Grade 2 • Day 1 – Read Aloud Lesson • Day 2 – Strategy Lesson • Day 3 – Guided / Independent Practice

  11. Video • How a Lesson Works (10 min.) • Planning A Lesson (6 min.)

  12. Let’s look at the manual components… • Overview of the week • Vocabulary • “Students might say” • Teacher notes • ELL Notes • Extensions • Repeat weeks Handouts p. 12, 13

  13. IDR • Daily independent reading in books at appropriate reading levels • Student read up to 30 minutes per day • Teacher is actively involved • IDR Libraries

  14. Teacher’s role in IDR • Provides a library of books in different genres and levels • Helps students select books at an appropriate level • Confers with and assesses individual students • Teaches self-monitoring skills and reinforces reading comprehension strategies

  15. IDR Timing • Grade 1 • Begins in Unit 4 • Students read up to 20 minutes per day • Grade 2 • Begins in Unit 1 • Students read up to 20 minutes per day • Grades 3-6 • Begins in Unit 1 • Students read for up to 30 minutes per day • VIDEO: IDR (5 min.)

  16. Cooperative Structures • Think, Pair, Share • Turn to Your Partner • Think, Pair Write • Heads Together • Group Brainstorming Handouts p. 14, 15

  17. Assessments • Kindergarten • Informal only • Grade 1 • Class Progress Assessment • Assessment Record book • Grades 2-6 • Class Comprehension Assessment • Individual Comprehension Assessment • Social Skills Assessment • VIDEO: Assessment (5 min.)

  18. OtherTraining Opportunities • http://learn.devstu.org/login • Enrollment key: edsc00501 • 6 Act 48 hours if completed by May 1, 2011 • Speak with building principal about other options • DVD Orientation (in kit) • DVD Sample Lessons (in kit)

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