Campbell River, Nov 2016

Teaching Reading: Every Child, Every Day CampbellRiverNov24,2016FayeBrownlie

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Reading is understanding.�

Reading is thinking.�

Where do your most vulnerable students spend their time?

Support for Vulnerable Students

•  Goodclassroomteaching•  Daily1:1orsmallgroupteaching– Wordwork–  ReadingofjustrightorinstrucJonaltext– WriJngaboutreading

Fountas&Pinnell

“EveryChild,EveryDay”–RichardAllingtonandRachaelGabriel

InEducaJonalLeadership,March2012

6elementsofinstrucJonforALLstudents!

1.Everychildreadssomethingheorshechooses.

2.  Everychildreadsaccurately.

-intensityandvolumecount!

-98%accuracy

-lessthan90%accuracy,doesn’timprovereadingatall

3.  Everychildreadssomethingheorsheunderstands. -atleast2/3ofJmespentreadingandrereadingNOTdoingisolatedskillpracJceorworksheets -buildbackgroundknowledgebeforeenteringthetext -readwithquesJonsinmind

ReadtoaStuffie

4.  Everychildwritesaboutsomethingpersonallymeaningful.-connectedtotext-connectedtothemselves-realpurpose,realaudience

5.EverychildtalkswithpeersaboutreadingandwriJng.

6.  Everychildlistenstoafluentadultreadaloud.

-differentkindsoftext

-withsomecommentary

1.  Everychildreadssomethingheorshechooses.2.  Everychildreadsaccurately.3.  Everychildreadssomethingheorshe

understands.4.  Everychildwritesaboutsomethingpersonally

meaningful.5.  Everychildtalkswithpeersaboutreadingand

wriJng.6.  Everychildlistenstoafluentadultreadaloud.

Building Deeper Connections •  Grade2withKinderMann,Burnaby

•  ExplainhowconnecJonshelpusdeepenourunderstandingofastory.

•  MakeconnecJonswiththecover•  Givekidsapost-itnotewiththeirname•  Readthestoryaskidssilentlyplacetheirpost-itnoteswhen

theymakeaconnecJon.•  Rereadthe‘improved’storynowthatitisricherwithallour

connecJons.•  WriteaboutyourconnecJonwiththestory–onethat

reallyhelpedyouthinkmoredeeplyaboutthestory.

RalphTellsaStory–AbbyHanlon