District 55Middle School ELA

Professional Development

August 14, 2013Middle School Instructional Coaches, Facilitators

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Session 1

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Laurens County School District 55 will be a system of excellence and equity in educational practices for each learner.

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Laurens School District #55VISION Statement

Talking Points

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Use High Progress Literacy Practices in our classrooms.◦ Expand emphasis on true student engagement.◦ Expand small-group instruction.

Analyze data. ◦ To inform instruction ◦ To improve student achievement

Reading and Writing with a focus on…◦ Text Complexity◦ Vocabulary and Language Standards

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Year-long Professional Development Goals for 2013-2014

Facilitating change to cause all students to engage in reading, writing, and researching in appropriately challenging text at least 75% of the time in order to learn content.

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2013-2014 LITERACY MATTERS GOAL

GOAL

Reading Memories Interview

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Our Literacy Lives

Talking Points:

1. How has your reading life effected where you are today?

2. How do you compare your reading life to your students’ experiences with reading?

Read over your notes. Choose areas you found fascinating and want to

know more about. Write 4 more questions that will give you this

information.

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Interview

Talking Point:

How can you use this to promote engagement with reading?

Dominie Class Profile Sheets Dominie Assessment Schedule Writing Class Profile Sheets District Writing Schedule—see Pacing Guides New Pacing Guides—writing prompts

included Fountas and Pinnell: “Twenty Days to

Independent Reading”—within your school

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Handouts and Talking Points

Text–based answersCannot rely on background knowledge or something “read or heard someplace else”

Must support the reasons or answers with evidence from the text

CCSS: Big Shift

“Literacy Responsibilities of Students” “A Good-Fit-Book” “A Research Summary: Engaged Reading

and Reading Achievement” Shared Reading CCSS Vocabulary

In your home school: Non-Reader Strategies Turned-Off Strategies Word-Caller Strategies

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Today’s tasks…

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Shared Reading

Provides opportunities for the teacher to model effective reading skills, strategies, and behaviors

Allows students to experience the magic of good writing

Develops author’s craft Increases vocabulary Provides exposure to various

genres Builds background knowledge

Shared Reading—Whole Group Instruction in a High Progress Literacy Classroom

Shared reading should be taught with a text that all students

can clearly see. These can be individual copies, big books,transparencies, charts, etc.

Poems on charts Magazine and newspaper articles Text books (Reading series, science, social studies, math,

etc.) Novels Maps, charts, graphs, etc. Lyrics to songs (use accompanying CD if possible) Videos Technical readings (how-to manuals, applications, lab

reports, etc.) Book Reviews Menus Drivers’ Handbook Recipes Driving directions Advertisements …and the list goes on and on!

Examples of Materials to Use for Shared Reading

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So, what do you think? Which fits you?

Losing it?

Processingdeeply?

Beat to a pulp?

Confusedand needing chocolate?

Getting wiser by the minute?

In Conclusion, practices we used today…

◦ Shared Reading◦ Discussion◦ Speaking and Listening◦ Jigsaw◦ Anchor Charts◦ Gallery Walk◦ Turn and Talk◦ Expert Groups◦ Using one text in

multiple ways◦ Flexible Grouping◦ Annotating Text

◦ Informational Text◦ Independent Reading◦ Small Group◦ Whole Group◦ Choice in selection of

questions◦ Note Taking◦ Conversations◦ Close Reading◦ Writing◦ Reflection

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Truths we value:◦ We all have different strengths.◦ We are all dedicated to our profession.◦ No two people approach teaching in exactly the

same way.◦ Professional Development—which is required—can

reinforce what we know, validate what we do, or teach us how to do something new or better.

◦ We are all learners.

On the back of your Exit Slip—tell us what you want to study and share this year.

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We need your input.

During Second Semester---(Host school underlined)◦ Gray Court Owings and Hickory Tavern—6 teachers◦ Sanders Middle—5 teachers◦ Laurens Middle—5 teachers

…will host one of the Professional Development Days. You will be the Teacher Leaders who present what you have experienced success with in your classes, teach a lesson, tape a class to share, prepare handouts, etc. Plan on a 45 minute presentation. Oh, don’t forget the chocolate!

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Plans for this year…