Best Practices Best Practices in in Literacy Literacy Instruction Instruction Presenter: Jennifer Fenton Presenter: Jennifer Fenton Aga Khan Academy Aga Khan Academy May 2006 May 2006 Please write your name on your handout, you will need it for a later activity.
A presentation for teachers about balanced literacy and the PYP
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Best PracticesBest Practicesinin
Literacy InstructionLiteracy Instruction
Best PracticesBest Practicesinin
Literacy InstructionLiteracy Instruction
Presenter: Jennifer FentonPresenter: Jennifer FentonAga Khan AcademyAga Khan Academy
May 2006May 2006
Please write your name on your handout, you will need it for a later activity.
Agenda• Scope and Sequence Review 1:15 - 1:20• Current Practice 1:25 – 1:45• The PYP and best literacy practices 1:45 – 2:15• Balanced Literacy 2:15 - 2:45• Break 2:45 – 3:00• Jigsaw Activity 3:00 – 3:25• Moving to Scope and Sequence 3:30 – 3:45• Reflection and beginning “Step Two” 3:45 –
4:30
Developing Our Language Arts Scope & Sequence
Document• Step One: What do we want
students to learn?Curricular Objectives/Outcomes
• Step Two: How will students best learn?
• Step Three: How will we know what has been learned?
How Will Students Best Learn?
Best Practices in Literacy Instruction
What are we currently doing at AKA,M?
Strategy: Two Stars & a WishLiteracy Focus: Attentive Listening Grade Level: Grades 1-6
Procedure:As the students listen to a presentation (usually a peer) they must find 2 things done well in the presentation and one thing the presenter could improve upon in future presentations. These ‘stars & wishes’ are usually based on a criteria that the students & teacher have established to assess the presentation.
Why this is an effective strategy:It gives the students a purpose for their listening and also makes them accountable for their audience behaviour. It also helps them to focus on the pre-established criteria for class presentations and recognize what these items ‘look like’ & ‘sound-like’ and be able to apply them to their own presentations. It is also good for the student receiving the stars & wishes as they are praised by their peers in an authentic manner and are given one item to focus on developing before their next presentation. This assists them in becoming more reflective about their own learning as they can see the ‘good’ and develop learning targets to become more responsible for their own learning.
Sharing Time!• Share your strategy with your
table group.• Have you ever used one of your
colleagues strategies?• Could you modify or adapt a
strategy to suit your students’ needs?
Good Language Practice
Language is the medium of inquiry. In an inquiry-based PYP classroom, teacher and students enjoy using language, appreciating it both aesthetically and functionally (p.75).
Language is a complex web of connections, transcending the artificial separations of schedules and disciplines. The language strands are interdependent, with listening, speaking, reading and writing being taught and learned simultaneously. Language is seen as involving learning language itself, learning about language and learning through language, and is the major connecting element across the curriculum… (p. 76).