secondary literacy support

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