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Language Arts Day!

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Language Arts Day!

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  1. Language Arts teachers are invited to gather at these sessions to study NeSA-Reading and NeSA-Writing data and use this information to consider how to continue to improve student achievement. In addition to the data analysis and NeSA updates, we will study recent research, pedagogy, and strategies directly related to language arts instruction. Language Arts Day! June 18, 2012

  2. Purposes • Understand NeSAprotocol, resources, and results • Study NeSA results • Use data to inform decisions for improving student achievement • Study language arts related research, pedagogy, and strategies • Explicit Instruction(Archer & Hughes, 2011) • Study research for Improving Adolescent Literacy (IES Practice Guide, 2008) • Share experiences, tips, ideas

  3. Getting Started • Introductions • Norms • Parking Lot • Wikispace: http://esu6la.wikispaces.org • Agenda • Handouts & Copies • Survey

  4. NeSAReview Bingo!

  5. Understand NeSA protocol, resources, and results

  6. Think – Ink - Link • Regarding NeSA-W, I have been contemplating… • Regarding NeSA-W, (my colleagues and) I have… Suggested Words • cut scores • scale scores • composite • traits • expectations

  7. Think-Ink-Link Think- Prompt all and provide time to think. Ink- Direct students to write; provide a structure. Link- Provide structured opportunities to share.

  8. Nebraska Board of Education May 8, 2012 (available 6.17.12 from http://www.education.ne.gov/StateBoard/Video_Archives.html )

  9. the ideas going around in my head made me wriggle in my seat something I’m considering from a different angle Reflection ideas that square with my beliefs or understanding questions I have

  10. Scoring Guides How would you use these?

  11. Scale Score Calculation

  12. Third Scores

  13. Study NeSA results

  14. Step 1:Define the Situation What can we learn from each report? What is the data telling us (strengths and concerns)?

  15. Step 2:Establish hypotheses Why are we getting these results?

  16. Step 3:Verify / Refute Hypotheses Do we have other data to support these results?

  17. Step 4:Create the Action Plan How can we use this NeSA data? What is the goal? (How much change is expected and by when?) What will be done to reach the goal(s), and how will progress toward goal(s) be measured?

  18. Things to keep in mind… • Is there a plan to review and use the data? • Is our / my curriculum aligned? • Are we taking advantage of the practice opportunities? • This is a new baseline (and not comparable to previous years). • NeSA is one measure…

  19. Study language arts related research, pedagogy, and strategies Explicit Instruction (Archer & Hughes, 2011) Improving Adolescent Literacy (IES Practice Guide, 2008) Writing Next (Graham & Perrin, 2007)

  20. Improving Adolescent Literacy… http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide.aspx?sid=8

  21. Annotating Text (Zywica & Gomez, 2008, 52(2), JAAL) structured annotation model, prompt, practice basis for text discussions

  22. Let’s try it. underline key ideas later ------------ (double underline) most important idea in each section circle key vocabulary use a triangle to mark words causing uncertainty write brief margin notes (questions, personal reactions, etc.)

  23. 3 – 2 – 1

  24. Numbered Heads Together Students number 1-? within small groups. Think/reflect on the question(s) individually. Group discussion – find best answer, all students using Accountable Talk & ready to represent their team Randomly select one number to report out for each group.

  25. What do you do that fits the recommendations?

  26. Ambassadors EACH team member actively participates in the group discussion using Accountable Talk. (3-4 members, numbered) Pay close attention; take your own Notes. YOU might the Ambassador. Check the understanding of each other to make sure each member can represent the group. (e.g. check we all have a written version) Ambassadors are chosen randomly. Move to the closest group clockwise. Orally summarize the discussion, key findings, evidence, examples, etc. of your group (country) to the ambassador. Bring “home” to your group something different from the “country” you’ve visited, such as a different opinion, example, point of view, etc. Return “home” and share what you’ve learned. Whole Group Synthesis – Discussion as appropriate

  27. Think-Ink-Link Think- Prompt all and provide time to think. Ink- Direct students to write; provide a structure. Link- Provide structured opportunities to share.

  28. “...talk appears to play a fundamental role in text-based comprehension. In effect, what this extensive analysis reminded us was that talk is a means, not an end. It is one thing to get students to talk to each other during literacy instruction but quite another to ensure that such engagement translates into significant learning. Simply putting students into groups and encouraging them to talk is not enough to enhance comprehension and learning; it is but a step in the process.” Murphy et al. (2009). “Examining the Effects of Classroom Discussion on Students’ Comprehension of Text: A Meta-Analysis.“ Journal of Educational Psychology.

  29. Heuristic for Effective Discussions • Appropriate Questions • Efferent as foundation for aesthetic, critical, analytic • Cause unpacking of key information • Structured Thinking/Processing Time/Accountable Talking • modeling, teaching of thinking • discussion protocol • academic language • Partner/Group /Practice • Unified Class Discussion & Wrap Up • intentional, random calling (no hands up) • value-added volunteers • accountable listening • individual follow-up (make thinking visible)

  30. Explicit Instruction http://explicitinstruction.org/?page_id=80

  31. Resource & Idea Sharing • Resource Review • Based on your needs, choose a resource to explore. • Look for replicable techniques/teacher strategies or student strategies. • Name it. Describe it. Say why it’s good. • (Document source.) • What fabulous resources do you depend on for your professional practice?

  32. Summary of Learning When my administrator asks about today, I will say that I learned… The most important / relevant thing I learned or was reminded of today is…

  33. Please complete the evaluation! Start at the esu6la wikispace on the Language Arts Days page (toward the bottom of today’s agenda).

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