2014 Kansas Summer Institute for School LibrariansJune 11-12 Dive into Literacy: Developing Resource Sets

An official KSDE event Sponsored by

Kansas State Department of Education

School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University

Northeast Kansas Library SystemState Library of KansasKansas Association of School

LibrariansAASL Affiliate Assembly Commendation Recipient 2012

Your packet Housekeeping Details Daily Schedule Essential Questions Participating Authors, Teams, Sponsors 2014 Institute Resources Learning Sets Process Model Infogram and Article (Effective Use of First Principles of

Instruction) Various other content-related handouts Institute Evaluation Form

NOTE: available on website

RIGOROUS READING: 5 ACCESS POINTS FOR

COMPREHENDING COMPLEX TEXTS

The PurposeSTUDENTS: To enable students in today’s schools to achieve high competencies in reading, understanding, and using complex texts.

EDUCATORS: To prepare educators to provide students with a “balanced diet” of complex reading resources and activities that go beyond required textbooks and include primary and secondary sources of authority.

Reference: Dow, M. J. (Ed. and Author). (2013). School libraries matter: Views from the research. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

The Premise Teachers and school librarians can together as educational partners create robust environments where reading, inquiry, questioning, creativity, and problem-solving abound and students experience academic achievement and career and workplace success.

theory of school librarianship School librarians are experts in content areas and pedagogy, particularly guided inquiry , an instructional method concerned with perception, emotions, imagination, and how they relate to knowing, understanding, and feeling about the world. They are experts in locating and retrieving information; organization and classification of information; and evaluation and use of information.

School librarians are experts in understanding and communicating about human information behavior, the human capacities that people have to need, seek, give, and use information in different contexts, and in understanding the flow of information in society (information transfer cycles).

Essential Questions 1. How can educators including classroom teachers and school librarians achieve goals of a comprehensive reading curriculum that improves students’ reading and use of complex texts?

2. How can educators including classroom teachers and school librarians teach rigorous reading and comprehension of complex texts?

First Principles of Instruction

Merrill, 2007

1. Learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems.

2. Learning is promoted when existing knowledge

is activated as a foundation for new knowledge.

3. Learning is promoted when new knowledge is

demonstrated to the learner.

4. Learning is promoted when new knowledge is

applied by the learner.

5. Learning is promoted when new knowledge is

integrated into the learner’s world.

Infogram Reference: Dow, M. J. (2013). Effective use of first principles of instruction. School Library Monthly, 29(8), p. 8-10.

INFOGRAM Created by Arlen KimmerlmanPresident-elect, NJASL & School

Librarian , CRHS (NJ)

Greater Philadelphia Area

KSDE LEARNING RESOURCE SETS

PROCESS MODEL

Learning Resource Sets

(KSDE, 2013)

1. Establish purpose.

2. Gather resources.

3. Prioritize resources.

4. Plan student learning activities and assessment of progress.

5. Plan culminating activity.

6. Teach.

5 Access Points – Rigorous Reading 1. Purpose and modeling

2. Close and scaffolded reading instruction

3. Collaborative conversations

4. An independent reading staircase

5. Demonstrating understanding and assessing performance

Reference

Frey, N., & Fisher, D. (2013). Rigorous reading: 5 access points for comprehending

complex texts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Crown: A Sage Company.

Definition of Terms Primary Source Secondary Source

Primary Sources and Secondary Sources are relative terms typically determined through consideration of historical context.

Source Type

Description

Examples

Primary Source OriginalRareOne-of-a-kindA particular viewpoint

Research reportsDiaryPhotographCorrespondenceWorks-of-art

Secondary Source

Builds on primary sources Created through the analysis, synthesis, and compilation of evidence, research, and foundational pieces of information

HistoriesBibliographiesJournal articlesNewspaper articlesBlogs

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