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Secondary Literacy Support. Session 1- September 29 th , 2008. Openers. B reak Preoccupation A llow Networking R elate to curriculum (content) Openers should guarantee everyone 100% chance to be successful Start on time/end on time. Openers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Secondary Literacy Support
Session 1- September 29th, 2008
Openers
• B reak Preoccupation
• A llow Networking
• R elate to curriculum
(content)
– Openers should
guarantee everyone 100%
chance to be successful
– Start on time/end on time
• B reak Preoccupation
• A llow Networking
• R elate to curriculum
(content)
– Openers should
guarantee everyone 100%
chance to be successful
– Start on time/end on time
OpenersBrings every
person’s
voice into
the room in a
friendly
manner
Brings every
person’s
voice into
the room in a
friendly
manner
Establishes
the need
for active
listening
Establishes
the need
for active
listening
Sets the norm for active
participation
Sets the norm for active
participation
Causes everyone to focus on the topic and assess prior knowledge
Causes everyone to focus on the topic and assess prior knowledge
Encourages everyone to connect with another and establishes or sets the need for a community of learners
Encourages everyone to connect with another and establishes or sets the need for a community of learners
Today’s Agenda
• Opener• Goals/Expectations• Why us? (Distributed Leadership)• Vocabulary-Best Practices• Gradual Release of Responsibility Model• Strategies to Support Multiple Exposures to
Vocabulary• Content Area Literacy Article• Planning for PD with Team
Goals/Expectations• Learn as a team• Plan as a team
• Seek help/support from others
• Deliver PD to your staff• Practice a strategy
Today’s Goals
• Learn some vocabulary strategies• Understand the characteristics unique to adolescents
and reading in the content areas• Understand the importance of openers and closers• Understand the roles of teachers and administrators• Understand the basics of the gradual release of
responsibility model• Begin discussing how you will monitor the success of
your PD and your staff’s use of the strategies.
Jigsaw• Hubs, Bridges and
Networking• Uncovering Teacher
Leadership• Overcoming Obstacles to
Leadership
Coding Text
Confirms what you thought Contradicts what you
thought
? Puzzles You
* Strikes you as very important
Is new or interesting to you
Reflect and Share
Comprehensive Vocabulary Includes
Teach students how to learn words independently
.
Teach students how to learn words independently
.
Teach students the meaning of
specific words.
Teach students the meaning of
specific words.
Help students to develop an
appreciation for words and to experience
enjoyment and satisfaction in
their use.
Help students to develop an
appreciation for words and to experience
enjoyment and satisfaction in
their use.
Friendly Definitions
• Explain words in every day “connected” language
• Complete sentence that includes the target word using words such as someone, something, if, and you.
In your groups…
Using the words on each sheet of paper…
develop student friendly definitions that are connected to words that students are already familiar with.
So NOW what do I do with them??
TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY
“I do it”
“We do it”
“You do it together”
“You do it alone”
A Structure for Instruction that Works
Focus Lesson
Guided Instruction
Collaborative
Independent
In some classrooms …TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY
Focus Lesson “I do it”
Independent
“You do it alone”
In some classrooms …TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY
Independent
“You do it alone”
And in some classrooms …TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY
Focus Lesson
Guided Instruction
“I do it”
“We do it”
Independent“You do it alone”
TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY
“I do it”
“We do it”
“You do it together”
“You do it alone”
A Structure for Instruction that Works
Focus Lesson
Guided Instruction
Collaborative
Independent
Where do you want to
be as teacher??
Where do you want your staff to be??
Help students to develop relationships between words
Instructional Strategies….1.Wordles2.Word Mapping3.Word Sorts4.Word Pairs5.Concept Definition Map6.Shades of Meaning7.Connect Two
Multiple Exposures to Words
Instructional Strategies….1.Semantic Feature Analysis2.Frayer Model3.Concept Ladder4.Connect Two
Closers
Should TIE things together…
Benefits of Closers
