District 55 Middle School ELA Professional Development August 14, 2013 Middle School Instructional Coaches, Facilitators 1
Jan 11, 2016
District 55Middle School ELA
Professional Development
August 14, 2013Middle School Instructional Coaches, Facilitators
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Session 1
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Laurens County School District 55 will be a system of excellence and equity in educational practices for each learner.
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Laurens School District #55VISION Statement
Talking Points
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Use High Progress Literacy Practices in our classrooms.◦ Expand emphasis on true student engagement.◦ Expand small-group instruction.
Analyze data. ◦ To inform instruction ◦ To improve student achievement
Reading and Writing with a focus on…◦ Text Complexity◦ Vocabulary and Language Standards
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Year-long Professional Development Goals for 2013-2014
Facilitating change to cause all students to engage in reading, writing, and researching in appropriately challenging text at least 75% of the time in order to learn content.
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2013-2014 LITERACY MATTERS GOAL
GOAL
Reading Memories Interview
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Our Literacy Lives
Talking Points:
1. How has your reading life effected where you are today?
2. How do you compare your reading life to your students’ experiences with reading?
Read over your notes. Choose areas you found fascinating and want to
know more about. Write 4 more questions that will give you this
information.
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Interview
Talking Point:
How can you use this to promote engagement with reading?
Dominie Class Profile Sheets Dominie Assessment Schedule Writing Class Profile Sheets District Writing Schedule—see Pacing Guides New Pacing Guides—writing prompts
included Fountas and Pinnell: “Twenty Days to
Independent Reading”—within your school
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Handouts and Talking Points
Text–based answersCannot rely on background knowledge or something “read or heard someplace else”
Must support the reasons or answers with evidence from the text
CCSS: Big Shift
“Literacy Responsibilities of Students” “A Good-Fit-Book” “A Research Summary: Engaged Reading
and Reading Achievement” Shared Reading CCSS Vocabulary
In your home school: Non-Reader Strategies Turned-Off Strategies Word-Caller Strategies
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Today’s tasks…
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Shared Reading
Provides opportunities for the teacher to model effective reading skills, strategies, and behaviors
Allows students to experience the magic of good writing
Develops author’s craft Increases vocabulary Provides exposure to various
genres Builds background knowledge
Shared Reading—Whole Group Instruction in a High Progress Literacy Classroom
Shared reading should be taught with a text that all students
can clearly see. These can be individual copies, big books,transparencies, charts, etc.
Poems on charts Magazine and newspaper articles Text books (Reading series, science, social studies, math,
etc.) Novels Maps, charts, graphs, etc. Lyrics to songs (use accompanying CD if possible) Videos Technical readings (how-to manuals, applications, lab
reports, etc.) Book Reviews Menus Drivers’ Handbook Recipes Driving directions Advertisements …and the list goes on and on!
Examples of Materials to Use for Shared Reading
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So, what do you think? Which fits you?
Losing it?
Processingdeeply?
Beat to a pulp?
Confusedand needing chocolate?
Getting wiser by the minute?
In Conclusion, practices we used today…
◦ Shared Reading◦ Discussion◦ Speaking and Listening◦ Jigsaw◦ Anchor Charts◦ Gallery Walk◦ Turn and Talk◦ Expert Groups◦ Using one text in
multiple ways◦ Flexible Grouping◦ Annotating Text
◦ Informational Text◦ Independent Reading◦ Small Group◦ Whole Group◦ Choice in selection of
questions◦ Note Taking◦ Conversations◦ Close Reading◦ Writing◦ Reflection
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Truths we value:◦ We all have different strengths.◦ We are all dedicated to our profession.◦ No two people approach teaching in exactly the
same way.◦ Professional Development—which is required—can
reinforce what we know, validate what we do, or teach us how to do something new or better.
◦ We are all learners.
On the back of your Exit Slip—tell us what you want to study and share this year.
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We need your input.
During Second Semester---(Host school underlined)◦ Gray Court Owings and Hickory Tavern—6 teachers◦ Sanders Middle—5 teachers◦ Laurens Middle—5 teachers
…will host one of the Professional Development Days. You will be the Teacher Leaders who present what you have experienced success with in your classes, teach a lesson, tape a class to share, prepare handouts, etc. Plan on a 45 minute presentation. Oh, don’t forget the chocolate!
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Plans for this year…