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Top 10 thingswe have learnedin the 2012 2013
Literacy for All
Community of Practice
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10. Literacy is a life skill.
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Literacy:
includes reading, writing, listening, communicating
is about quality of life
is about independence
communicating should be #1
supports social connections face time, texting
transfers to so many areas!
Friendship and social skills are embedded in literacy.
You can embed life skills like communication, personalmanagement, socialization into literacy learning.
Literacy is rooted in social interactionmost important partof life!
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9. Every student has the right to meaningfuland engaging learning experiences.
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Children need to be involved in choice of activities and ways
to express their learning to meet their individual interests
needs, challenges.
Good instruction is good instruction need to think of
same instruction for all students.
This means every child regardless of cognitive/physical ability
has the right and ability to learn (in different ways and to
different degrees).
Set the expectation/standard high, provide the opportunity
for students to meet/achieve the expectation.
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8. There are many ways to read a book orwrite a story.
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Comprehension and expression are the important goals for
some students that is something other than traditional
paper/pencil reading and writing
Technology opens up a lot of doors. e.g., use of Storymaker
website to write stories, Tumblebooks for reading, Raz-Kids
BookFlix is free through Learnalberta.ca
Expand the definition of literacy beyond just reading and
writing audio books (e.g., CDs, itunes, Victor Readers, etc.)
Read/write through pictures
The 2 Sisters talk about 3 ways to read a book
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7. There are many ways to collect evidenceof student success.
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Portfolios are great ideas work samples, pictures, learner
profiles!
With students with significant disabilities we need to find
alternative ways to assess their learning.
Teacher observation is valid assessment
Anecdotal notes are important for everyone!
Outcome-based assessment gives a more well-rounded view
of student achievement (and of teaching effectiveness too!) Use videos and pictures to collect student data
Emergent Literacy Behaviours Checklist is a great starting
point for assessment
Conversations with our students provide valuable data!
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6. Literacy skills build students ability to
communicate
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Also a FACT!
Literacy is more than reading and writing there are many ways to achieve the goal of literacy
We need to be cognizant of alternate ways to communicate
(e.g., eye gaze, pictures, speaking) As literacies are developed, students will be better able to
demonstrate the 3 Es ethical citizens, engaged thinkers with
entrepreneurial spirit
Literacy enhances students use of oral communication, signlanguage, and Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Communication goals can be incorporated into literacy learning
for students with complex communication needs
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5. Teacher observation is a powerful
assessment tool.
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Teacher observation can be a way to collect data about social/emotional growth (all observation)
literacy behaviours
growth in motivation
how students are able to explain their thinking
unprompted, natural assessment
as a teaching tool (e.g., students can watch and learn from videos ofthemselves)
for some students it is the primary assessment tool
Assessment should be used to guide future
instruction/learning.
Dynamic assessment procedures learning while assessingfiguring out what supports and strategies will move learningforward.
Make assessment it concrete through portfolios.
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4. Good instructional practices are good
for all students.
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Quality instruction is good for all students
All students benefit from structure, support ad a celebration
of their successes
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) benefits all students
A solid foundation benefits all
Yes!
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3. Sometimes stepping back is the mostsupportive thing you can do for a student.
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Stepping back: allows students to take control of their learning
gives students the chance to teach others about what they know andhow they have learned.
allows self discovery
gives you time to really listen to what they are saying let the kids surprise you with how much they can do
is a confidence booster
assume competence
gives choice
If we trust our studentsthey will meet our expectations
Let them make mistakes and then provide as little support aspossible to correct must be done in a safe environment
Create a safe environment so its okay to step back.
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2. As teachers, we all have a lot to learnfrom one another.
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We can learn from others mistakes and experiences.
We can share resources and strategies.
We need time to learn together.
We need structures and resources that allow us to learntogether online communities, Professional LearningCommunities (PLCs).
Never stop learning! Have a growth mindset.
Our learning should be responsive to what our students
learning needs are. We dont always have to re-invent the wheel!
Invite each other and our students to the research tabletalk about why is what we do important?
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1. Were not only teaching our students,
were teaching others about how ourstudents learn.
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Share strategies with school staff
Create opportunities for students to teach other students
Allows us to be models for other specials needs classroom
Professional learning communities
We can help students learn how they learn through the use oflearner profiles and experimentation with different learningstyles so they can see what works for them
Communicating with and educating our parents to help build
their capacity to focus on their childs progress and success (inrelation to their personal growth)
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