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Week 1. Topics for Today: Introductions Course Introduction Texts/ Syllabus What is literacy? Assignment F: Microteaching guidelines. Introduction. About you. Please answer the following questions Name Nickname ( if one) Major

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  1. Week 1 Topics for Today: Introductions Course Introduction Texts/ Syllabus What is literacy? Assignment F: Microteaching guidelines

  2. Introduction

  3. About you • Please answer the following questions • Name • Nickname ( if one) • Major • What grade level would you like to teach when you have your own classroom? Why? • Anything I should know about you so that I can help you succeed in this class? • What are you hoping to learn this semester?

  4. This course, the basics • Course, syllabus, textbooks, packet • Wiki

  5. What is literacy? • When you think of literacy what comes to mind? • How do you define literacy? • Why does it matter what our personal views on literacy are as educators?

  6. Assignment F: Microteaching • Assignment guidelines • The purpose of this assignment is to you to develop your knowledge and teaching strategies in the area of literacy • You will be working with a partner on this microteaching lesson plan and teaching demonstration • Assessment criteria • See checklist • Through, well-thought out lesson plan • Due date: various starts Feb 11th

  7. For Next Time… • Kidwatching Ch, 1 • PKT: 1-16; • Novinger article (on wiki); • While reading, complete the I read… I thought paper (on wiki)

  8. Today’s agenda • Literacy memories • Discussion of Readings

  9. Thinking about literacy… • Consider your past literacy experiences; • What is the most memorable experience you have had with literacy?

  10. Something to think about… • In small groups of 4-5, discuss you’re the readings for today. In addition to discussing the key ideas on your I read, I thought, consider the following questions in your discussion. We will come back as a large group to discuss you thoughts. • What are most salient ideas/ themes? • How do these ideas connect to teaching?To students? • How do you see this ideas influencing your instruction? • How is this different from what you know about “school”/ “doing school”

  11. “Kidwatching” • Building an insider view of the community • Understanding how lang. & lit. develop • Organizing a rich environment for learning • Interacting with children • Observing and documenting children’s knowledge • Analyzing data • Fostering children’s self-evaluation • Engaging in self-evaluation of teaching • Using evaluation to inform instruction

  12. Teaching as talker (lecturing) Assumptions: Teacher is knowledgeable one Learning is a process of filling students’ minds Literacy is a thing to be given to someone Teaching as listener/ observer Assumptions: Teacher must learn from and about students in order to support learning Learning must be based on what children already know Literacy is a social practice (not a commodity or object) “Shut up and teach!”

  13. For Tuesday… • KL: Ch. 1-12; jigsaw- • Read assigned chapters to share with peers • Use organizer- • PKT on Assessment-Instruction Cycle (pp. 17-18); • Edwards etal. Balancing Assessment of and for Learning

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