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Instruction in a Literacy Workshop

Instruction in a Literacy Workshop. Summer Academy~2013 Tera Ellison. Daily 5 & Literacy Workshop. T eaches for independence. Manages the entire literacy block. Allows for 2 -4 focus lessons. Provides students with substantial time to read and write.

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Instruction in a Literacy Workshop

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  1. Instruction in a Literacy Workshop Summer Academy~2013 Tera Ellison

  2. Daily 5 &Literacy Workshop • Teaches for independence. • Manages the entire literacy block. • Allows for 2-4 focus lessons. • Provides students with substantial time to read and write. • Incorporates a variety of clearly defined instructional routines that accelerate learning. • Builds stamina for longer periods of reading and writing. • Teaches students to understand and monitor their literacy goals.

  3. Format • Mini-lesson • Authentic reading and writing engagement • Teachers conference • One-on-one • Small groups (Strategy Groups or Guided Reading Groups) • Sharing

  4. Grouping • Guided Reading Groups • Strategy Groups

  5. Optimal Learning Model • I DO IT (Teacher Models Aloud) • WE DO IT (Shared Demonstration) • YOU DO IT (Independent Practice)

  6. CCSS • Sets a higher bar (States were lowering standards to avoid NCLB-AYP) • Cautions: • Checklist • Commercial Programs • Test more, teach less

  7. CCSS • A few broad and significant areas we can focus on from the CCSS • Critical thinking • Close and deep reading of texts, including more nonfiction • Extensive writing across the curriculum Regie Routman, 2013

  8. 1. Critical Thinking • In depth learning infused throughout the day • Real-world problem solving • http://wonderopolis.org/ • Independent thinking • Excerpt Lucy Calkins, page 9

  9. Coverage vs. Inquiry • A teacher’s job in an inquiry learning environment is not to provide knowledge, but instead to help students along the process of discovering knowledge themselves. • Problem or question driven • Collaborative • Kids are explorers and discoverers • Kids need to think • Teachers are in nonconventional roles ~Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels • http://2teacherfeature.blogspot.com/2011/06/fostering-and-embracing-curiosity.html

  10. 2. Close Reading • Definition: Meaning is created not purely and simply from the words on the page, but from the transaction with those words that takes place in the reader’s mind. ~Kylene Beers • Read fiction and nonfiction more closely • Go back to cite evidence • Think and ask questions • Thoughtful, reflective engagement

  11. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson • Sometimes you don’t get second chances • Regrets • Actions have consequences • Prejudice • Choices and what-ifs • Kindness • Leaving kids out

  12. Rigor • Rigor resides in the energy and attention given to the text, not in the text itself. • When the text is too tough, then the task is simply hard, not rigorous • Essence of rigor is engagement and commitment. • Develop rigor by making learning more relevant.

  13. 3. Extensive Writing • Emphasis of Writing in the CCSS is equal to Reading • Writing across all content areas for real purposes • Reading will be assessed through writing • Three types of Writing • Narrative (personal, fiction, fantasy, memoir, narrative nonfiction, historical fiction, biography) • Persuasive/Opinion (letters, reviews, petition, editorial, persuasive essay, op-ed column) • Informational (news article, feature article, blog, website, report, how-to book, directions, recipe, lab report)

  14. Pathways for Implementing~Reading • Use mentor texts for mini-lessons (deep thinking) • Use poems or short passages to model strategies • Guide students to choose books they can and want to read and then give them time to read • Give useful feedback and set goals together • Harcourt…

  15. Pathways for Implementing~Writing • Use mentor texts/stacks for mini-lessons • Have students try out craft that real authors and peers use • Guide students to choose topics (within structure) • Make time~30 min every day • http://www.tisforteaching.com/2012/07/daily-5-work-on-writing.html?m=1

  16. Connect With real authors~ http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=31660&a=1 Book reviews~ http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/ Plug for nonfiction~ http://www.seymoursimon.com/index.php http://www.dogonews.com/

  17. Thanks for coming!

  18. Notice and Noteby Kylene Beers • Contrasts and Contradictions • When a character does something that contrasts with what you’d expect. Why would the character act or feel this way? • Aha Moment • When a character realizes, understands or figures out something. How might this change things? • Tough Questions • When a character asks herself a very difficult question. What does this question make me wonder about? • Words of the Wiser • When a character (older or wiser?) gives serious advice. What’s the life lesson here? • Again and Again • When you notice a word, phrase, or situation mentioned over and over. Why does this keep happening again and again? • Memory Moment • When the author interrupts the action to tell you about a memory. Why might this memory be important?

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