SOEL

SOEL February 12, 2014WISD/LESA

AgendaMorning

• Norms

• Big Ideas from books

• Dr. Gina Cervetti

• De-brief

• Lunch

Afternoon

• Research book groups

• Framework Book Groups

• Charting our learning

• Wrap Up and next meeting.

Norms1. Stay fully engaged with discussion or activity.Hold off side bars and use of technology to scheduled breaks. Group will use

parking lot for burning questions.

2. Will follow a planned agenda with flexibility to accommodate speakers’ questions, and process time.

3. Respect other opinions and ideas. Monitor airtime so everyone will have a voice. Push yourself and your thinking.

4. Come Prepared. Materials read. Take care of personal needs when necessary.

Triad• Hold up your research book.

• Join two other people who have DIFFERENT research books than you.

• Share your learning from this book up to this point.

Questions to guide Triads• What’s the overall purpose of your

book?

• What’s the most powerful thing you’ve learned so far?

• What questions do you have?

• What do you hope to still learn?

Take aways?

• What new things did you learn in your triads?

Dr. Gina CervettiAssistant Professor at University of Michigan, formerly at the University of California, the University of Colorado after earning PhD at MSU.

Some of her research focus points:

• The interface of literacy and content area learning.

• How inquiry experience in science can provide and authentic and engaging meaning-based context for literacy learning.

• Inquiry across the curriculum and outside of school.

De-briefing our guest speaker

● What were key points that stood out for you?

● What was new information for you?

● What did you question?

● What could you take back to your practice?

LUNCH 11:00-12:00

Research BooksWe will meet until 1:15 and have a break 1:15-1:30

Handbook of Effective Literacy Instruction- Group 1

Faclitator: Linda KuzonIn this room

Handbook of Effective Literacy Instruction- Group 2

Facilitator: Melissa Brooks-YipSeminar 5

Teaching with the Common Core State Standards for ELA-- Grades PreK-2

Facilitator- Sandy RileySeminar 6

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction- Group 1

Facilitator- Lynne Stewart-RaglinThis room

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction- Group 2

Facilitator- Laurie MayesNorth Conference Room

BREAK until 1:30

Framework Book• Move forward on your discussion of the text.

• Make decisions about how you’ll present in May. • Plan on 15 minutes for presentations.

• No requirements here other than showing big ideas of the book!

Meeting locations- return here at 2:45

All About WordsThis room

Reading and Writing GenreThis room

Comprehension and Collaboration

Seminar 6

Already ReadySeminar 6

Apprenticeship in LiteracySeminar 5

Talking, Drawing, WritingSeminar 5

Nurturing KnowledgeNorth Conference Room

Powerful ContentThis room

Our learning so far...

Essential Elements of Elementary Instruction• Take some time to read through each category

we’ve identified: oral language, collaboration, integration, prior knowledge, assessment.

o What would you add or delete? Why?

o What ideas would fit under more than one category?

Wrap Up• Next meeting: March 11- HALF DAY. Topic: CCSS. • Bring your research book.

• Complete SCHECHS paperwork

• Feedback

• Name for raffle