conroe day 1 presentation
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Literature for Children, Tweens, & Teens
Teri Lesesne(rhymes with insane)
• @professornana• Ls5385blog.blogspot.com• Professornana.livejournal.com• [email protected]
Karin Perry
• @kperry• http://www.karinsbooknook.com• http://karinlibrarian.tumblr.com• [email protected]
Our Reading Lives
Teri’s Childhood
Karin: the early years
Lassie – Little Golden Books Disney Book-of-the-Month Club
Terrible Tween Teri
Karin In-between
Book Orders
Where’s the YA? Teri’s Teens
The YA-YA Years: Karin
Teri’s Split Personality
A Bit Disturbed?: Karin
Your reading autobiography
• So, what are the highlights of your reading life?
• What are the low points?
• Titles, series, authors, books you recall strongly?
Take a few minutes now to jot down some memories of reading from your childhood, school years, adult life. We are asking each of you to design your own reading autobiography. You may write it as an essay, present it in slides, or make timelines. Use Prezi, Power Point, Padlet, or any app you like. Or use a pen and paper or computer. Be prepared to share this week.
Reader’s Identity:What kind of reader are you?
Are You?
• Avid• Every day• Wide-ranging• Open to new forms,
formats, etc.• Social
Or Are You?
• Need some prodding• Sporadically• Stick to what I like• Narrow focus for reading• Solitary
Part of Teri’s reading family
Teaching By Example
Karin’s Reading Family
My Mom’s Book Blog
Our Plan for Today
• Why do we share literature with kids?• How do we establish a reading identity?• What tools do we ALL need?
• Time• Booktalking• Reading aloud• Community• Access
Top Reasons We Share Literature
#1 It is FUN!
#2 It aids in the acquisition of language and language
development.
#3 It develops empathy.
#4 It transmits cultures.
#5 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:
Unconscious Delight
#6 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:
Reading Autobiographically
#7 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:
Reading Vicariously
#8 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:
Reading for Philosophical Speculation
#9 It aids in the development of lifelong readers:
Reading Aesthetically
#10 It can help us teach content.
Identity
Educators as Models
Turn to your shoulder partner and brainstorm ways we can demonstrate
our love of reading.
Informal Displays
Book Walls/Doors
Jillian Heise Sarah Andersonhttp://www.heisereads.com/ http://yaloveblog.com/
Literacy Lockershttp://yaloveblog.com/2013/03/24/literacy-lockers/
Bulletin Board Displays
Displays with Tech
If You Like….Display
Banned Books Display
http://thebrownbagteacher.blogspot.com/2013/09/celebrating-banned-books.html
Abandoned Books Display
New Book Display
Elementary Classroom Libraries
Middle School Classroom Libraries
High School Classroom Libraries
http://yaloveblog.com/2012/05/29/creating-and-managing-a-classroom-library/
What Does TBR Mean?
TBR Stacks
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Making Adjustments
• Finding the Time
• Mind the Gap
• Crossing bridges
• Challenging comfort zones
Time
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Finding the Time
• Edge time (Donalyn Miller)
• Priority time
• Class time
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Edge Time
• Reading on the fringes
– Appointments
– Bathroom books
– Car
– Purse or bookbag
– Phone books• eBooks and audiobooks (more later about these)
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Priority Time
• If it is not a priority for us, how can we expect it to be a priority for them?
• Take a moment to jot down one time you will set aside daily (just 5 minutes) to read.
• Make this commitment real by adding it to your calendar.
Have a Plan
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Class Time
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Finding Time to Read
• Average person can read 300 words per minute
• In one week, that is 31,500 words
• In one year, it is 1,512,000 words
• Average book is 75,000 words
• Can read +20 books a year with only 15 minutes a day
• More than 1000 extra books in a lifetime
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Mind the Gap
• What HOLES are in your reading range?
• What will you do to address them?
• How can you help kids do the same?
• Identify ONE genre, form, format you will read in the next 60 days.
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Some resources• Titletalk
– Last Sunday of the month from 7-8 pm Central Time– Hosted by @donalynbooks and @colbysharp– Talk is archived as well
• Centurions of 2013– Resolved to read 113 books in 2013
• Nerdbery Challenge
• Group Challenge
WHAT will be YOUR challenge?
• August• September• October• November• December
• January• February• March• April• May
Reading outside of comfort zones
• It is important to read a wide variety of literature in order to recommend books to all your readers.
• Check your favorite authors to see if they’ve written other genres. ex. Margaret Peterson Haddix, Avi, Richard Peck, etc.
• Set a goal. Read one new genre for five of your usual books.
• Take reading suggestions from your students. Make a point to go talk to them after you’ve finished their recommendation.
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Some Tips• Picture books
• Graphic novels
• Quick reads
• Poem or story a day
So, what is YOUR plan? Take a few minutes to outline what YOU will do this coming school year to read MORE. Be
specific about goals.
Reading aloud
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF
Here is one version
Ladder for LRRH
Climbing the Ladder
A Spanish Flair
Multicultural Perspectives
YA Interpretation
Follow-up Activity
What have we learned?
Great Resource
•http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/redridinghood.html
•http://www.usm.edu/media/english/fairytales/lrrh/lrrhhome.htm
Memories of read alouds?Share with others
Report out
The Why
• What research says– Alicia Martinez– Stephen Krashen– Jim Trelease & More– Becoming a Nation of Readers
• What we know from our own research– Pleasure– Prosody– Performance
Alicia Martinez
• Meta-analysis of all read aloud studies up to 1985– No matter age/grade, reading aloud improved:
• Vocabulary• Reading comprehension• Grammatical understanding (sentence structures, etc.)
Stephen Krashen
• When teachers read aloud and discuss stories with students, students read more
• Students who are read aloud to check out more library books
• Hearing stories and discussing them encourages independent reading
• Hearing stories has a direct impact on vocabulary development
• Children who are read to at least three times a week read better
• Students enjoy being read to
Jim Trelease
• The Read Aloud Handbook
• First 150 pp. online here: http://tinyurl.com/k9j3uzv
More research
• http://tinyurl.com/kb8sw5qBill Teale
• Article: Reading Aloud in Classrooms: From the Modal Toward a "Model” by James Hoffman, Nancy L. Roser & Jennifer Battle. Reading Teacher (1993) Vol. 46 (6): pp. 496-507
http://www2.readaloud.org/importance?gclid
=CLem3Nvi-70CFQQT7Aodk34AcQ
http://www2.readaloud.org/importance?gclid=CLem3Nvi-70CFQQT7Aodk34AcQ
Becoming a Nation of Readers (1985)
• Skilled reading requires motivation• Skilled reading is a lifelong pursuit• Skilled reading requires activating
background knowledge
• “The single most important activity for building knowledge required for success in reading is reading aloud to children. “ p. 23
Serafini and Giorgis
• Reading aloud increases test scores• Introduces readers to new titles, authors,
genres, etc.• Builds a sense of community• Provides opportunities for extended discussions• Demonstrates response strategies• Increases interest in independent reading• Gives access to text that might be inaccessible• Provides models of quality writing• Supports readers’ development
PLEASURE
• SCIENTIFIC READING FACT: Human beings are pleasure-centered.
Every time you read to a child, you’re sending a “pleasure” message to the child’s brain, conditioning it to associate books and print with pleasure. Jim Trelease http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/read-aloud-brochure.pdf
PERFORMANCE
• Four P’s
– Prepare
– Project
– Place
– Perform
BEGIN A SHORT LESSONAKA Teachable Moments
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Celebrating Cultures• create multi-paragraph essays to
convey information about a topic that:
• (i) present effective introductions and concluding paragraphs;
• (ii) guide and inform the reader's understanding of key ideas and evidence;
• (iii) include specific facts, details, and examples in an appropriately organized structure; and
• (iv) use a variety of sentence structures and transitions to link paragraphs;
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TEKS for ELAR• Students understand, make
inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
• Students are expected to explain how authors create meaning through stylistic elements and figurative language emphasizing the use of personification, hyperbole, and refrains.
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TEKS for NF• (A) summarize the main ideas and
supporting details in text, demonstrating an understanding that a summary does not include opinions;
• (B) explain whether facts included in an argument are used for or against an issue;
• (C) explain how different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition-and-support, problem-and-solution) develop the main idea and the author's viewpoint; and
• (D) synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres.
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Informational Poetry
• How could this collection of poems be used in a lesson on informational text?
• How could it be used as a Mentor Text?
• What other use might it have?
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Compare and Contrast
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Symbolism
Crowdsourced Read Aloud Titles
http://professornana.livejournal.com
Selections from the list
• ALABAMA MOON• ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE,
NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY• ALEXANDER WHO USED TO BE RICH LAST
SUNDAY• AM I BLUE• AMONG THE HIDDEN• ANASI AND THE TALKING MELON• ANTSY DOES TIME• BABY
• BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE• BEE TREE• BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX• BINK AND GOLLIE• BOY + BOT• BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA• BUD NOT BUDDY
• CRANKEE DOODLE• CRANKENSTEIN• CREEPY CARROTS• CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT• DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT• DEAR MR. MUTT• DECEMBER• DO NOT READ THIS BOOK• DOGZILLA
• HARRIS AND ME• HARRY POTTER• HERSHEL AND THE HANNUKAH GOBLINS• HOBBIT• HOUSE HELD UP BY TREES• HOW ANGEL PETERSON GOT HIS NAME• HUSH• I STINK• I WANT MY HAT BACK
• LAWN BOY• LEONARD THE TERRIBLE MONSTER• LIBERATION OF GABRIEL KING• LIBRARIAN WHO MEASURED THE EARTH• LIBRARY MOUSE• LIGHTNING THIEF• LILY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE
• MIRACLE’S BOYS• MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE• MISFITS• MISS RUMPHIUS• MONSTER• MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY• MR. WUFFLES• NEVER TRUST A MOTHER OR THE BABYSITTER• NIGHTJOHN• NINO WRESTLES THE WORLD• OF MICE AND MEN• OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIa
• OWL MOON• PETER’S CHAIR• PIGGIE PIE• PINK AND SAY• PIGGIE AND GERALD• PRESS HERE• RIFLE• ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY• RUBY HOLLER
• SPEAK• STAND TALL• STARGIRL• STARRY RIVER OF THE SKY• STORY OF FISH AND SNAIL• STRANGER• SWAMP ANGEL• SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE• TALE DARK AND GRIMM• TALE OF DESPERAUX• TALKING EGGS• TANGLE OF KNOTS
BOOKTALKING
Building community
Communities
• Can be temporary or permanent• Can be specific in purpose or not
• Can be FTF or online
Communities via Social Networks
Slideshare.net/
Why community via SN?
• Need daily affirmation and information
• Reaches beyond own borders/walls
• Exposure to many different ideas/viewpoints
• Is open 24/7
SO I TURN TO SOCIAL MEDIATWITTER
Who is on Twitter?
Some Tweet Facts
• Strongest growth in any social network surpassing Pinterest, Reddit, and LinkedIn
• Used by 2 X as many women as men• 25-55 year olds is largest demographic• “poor man’s social network”• 60% of all users have some college education• Use has doubled in the past 12 months
• MediaBistro, August 2012
Usage 2007-2012http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/social-media-stats/2012-social-network-analysis-report/
HERE IS WHAT TWITTER SAYS ABOUT ONLINE PD/COMMUNITY
All you need to do is ask…
Following @donalynbooks would net you hundreds of others to follow, connect you to #nerdybookclub and #titlechat and get links to @educationweek and other blogs
Connecting with @readingjunkee gets connections to @yalsa, nets more people to follow in the library field, and will also shake out book titles as must reads.
@utalaniz is the queen of RTs. If you miss something, she will catch it for you. Interesting links in her posts.
Why Twitter?
• Decreased funding for PD• Distance to events• Time away from work• Can meet like-minded individuals• Makes connections across country and world
And here is @FrankiSibberson asking us what we are reading on Mondays. Another community!
And here is Sara’s tweet about Banned Books Week so we can see what her students do every day to celebrate the Freadom to Read.
Resources Available on Twitter
Other communities– Librarians– Teachers– University folks– Organizations– Authors– Publishers
How and Where to Start
My Approach
Assignment for my YA Literature Classes
Follow– one literacy organization– one YA author– one teacher– one librarian– one professor
Literacy organization• @YALSA
• @NCTE
• @ALAOIF
• @EDUCATIONWEEK
• @KIDSNEEDTOREAD
Author
• @libbabray
• @flamelauthor
• @Laurelsnyder
• @studiojjk
• @neilhimself
Teacher
• @donalynbooks
• @paulwhankins
• @andersongl
• @jenansbach
• @heisereads
• @franksibberson
Librarian • @frootjoos
• @lbraun2000
• @magpielibrarian
• @scouri
• @mrschureads
• @lizb
• @catagator
• @sophieb
Professor
• @doctordea
• @kperry
• @dianeravitch
• @professornana
• @texaspageturner
• @skajder
Publishers
• @lbschool
• @harperteen
• @randomhousekids
• @scholastic
• @candlewick
Twitter Starter Packwith Sophie Brookover
Name Twitter Handle
Gretchen Colderup librarified
Buffy Hamilton buffyjhamilton
Jennifer Lagarde jenniferlagarde
Karyn Silverman infowitch
Jennifer Hubert-Swan readingrants
Beth Saxton bethreads
Sarah Couri scouri
Erin Downey Howerton hybridlib
Liz Burns lizb
Melissa Rabey mrabeyKathy Ishikuza kishikuza
Teri Lesesne professornana
Sophie Brookover sophiebiblio
Linda Braun lbraun2000
Joyce Valenza joycevalenza
Monica Edinger medinger
Angie Manfredi misskubelik
Justin Hoenke justinlibrarian
Patrick Ness Patrick_Ness
YALSA yalsa
Beth Friese librarybeth
Neil Gaiman neilhimself
Kirkus kirkusreviews
ALAN ALANorg
Pew Research pewresearch
Kelly Milner Halls KellyMilnerH
Anita Silvey anitasilvey
School Library Journal sljournal
jenbigheart
Tammy Blackwell Miss_Tammy
bkshelvesofdoom
John Green realjohngreen
Roger Sutton rogerreads
The Horn Book hbook
Betsy Bird fusenumber8
Diane Ravitch dianeravitch
Brian Selznick brianselznick
Books on Tape/Listening Library BOTLibrary
Amy Alessio amyalessio
Joanna Axelrod textinglibrarian
catagator
Building out a PLN
• Follow followers
• Follow links
• Follow suggestions
Following followers
• @Donalynbooks (9200+ followers)– @colbysharp (1000+ followers)
• Augustascattergood
– @paulwhankins (almost 4000 followers)• @katsok
So, if I follow Donalyn and Paul and Colby, I have the potential for reaching 15K people with my tweets.
Not just people, links
Links
Links
JOINING TWEET CHATSMaking more connections
Titletalk
• Last Sunday of every month• 7-8 PM CST• Hosted by @donalynbooks and @colbysharp• Topic announced in advance• Open to all• Chat is always archived
Readadv
• Thursdays from 7-8 PM CST• Hosted by @lizb and @catagator and @sophiebib• Various aspects of readers’ advisory is theme• Chat is archived
Other chats
• Engchat– Mondays
• Satchat – Saturdays
• 4thchat, 5thchat– Grade level chats
• Sschat– Social studies community
Some final advice
• Link accounts as much as you can
• Download apps such as Tweetdeck or Hootsuite to help
handle the reading load and postings
• You can also use sites like TweetGrid or Twubs to help
you manage chats.
• Set aside regular time to read and respond to tweets
• Be careful of the time suck element
FTF Communities
In the classroom, school
Work Colleagues
Book Clubs