Post on 10-Feb-2017
How are all your students included in meaningful reading and writing
throughout the day?�
How does your formative assessment today influence what
you do tomorrow?�
What have you tried? How did it go?
Igniting a Passion for Literacy, Part 3
LangleyElementarySchoolsSept28,Oct18,Jan19,Apr12
FayeBrownlieSlideshare.net/fayebrownlie/langleyjan19
Learning Intentions • Ihaveaplantotrysomethingnewtome.• IhaveabeGerideaofhowtousebigideasoressenIalquesIonstoguidemyteaching.
• IhaveanideaofhowIwillshiKmyteachingtorespondtowhatIamlearningaboutmystudents.
Your Class Profile • Whatarethestrengthsofyourclass?– Thinkof2or3!– WhatareyoucelebraIngthattheyhavelearned?
• WhataretheareasyouarewanIngtostretchorstrengthenthisterm?– Choosenomorethan2☺
• Whatisyourplan?
When planning, consider… • BigIdeas
– Storiesandtexts– PerspecIve– Languageanditsuse– Wondering
• CurricularCompetencies– Comprehendandconnect– Createandcommunicate
• Content– Story/text– Strategiesandprocesses– Languagefeatures,structuresandconvenIons
Loose Parts • Asapromptforstorytelling• Asanalternatewaytoexplainyourlearning
Oral Storytelling – Bev Marisco, Campbell River
• ReadclassaFNstoryaboutlocalanimalshidingintheforest.
• Boyshidtheanimalsintheforestbecauseabigfloodwashappening.OneoftheboyshadrecentlyseenthefloodingoftheCampbellRiver.
• ItlookedlikechaosbuttheywerereenacIngaflood!
Gr1.NotetheorganizedseZng.
• Thechildrenusethedeerhide,rocks,sIcks,glassbeads,animalstotelltheirstoryatcentreIme.
• Usethedocumentcameraforalargeraudience.
• OKentheAboriginalSupportTeacherreadsastorybeforecentreIme.
What is the relationship between humans and energy?
• AculminaIngacIvityinagrade3/4class
• LisaSchwartz,Richmond
LearningIntenIons:Gr.3/4
• Icanusedifferentmaterials(looseparts)toshowmythinking(criIcalcompetency)
• Usingthematerialshelpedmegetmyideas(creaIvecompetency)
• IwasabletomakeaconnecIontohumansandenergyandrepresentmyideas(communicaIoncompetency)
Belonging – grades 2/3�Michelle Hikida
• StructuredInquiry– AllteacherquesIons
• EssenIalquesIons– Whatisthebestpartofyou?– WhatareyourgiKs?
– Whoisthepersonyouwanttobe?
• Eachdayreadanewbook,collectedcharacterisIcsofcharactersandmadelists.
• WatchedUtubevideos,readmusiclyrics–collectedcharacterisIcsofcharactersandaddedtothelists.
• Dailystudentschoseabookfromthebasketandread.• Sharingcircleatendofreading–connecIonstothecharacterisIcsofcharactersinthebook–– Whatisthebestpartofyou?– WhatareyourgiKs?– Whoisthepersonyouwanttobe?
How can we support our learners in moving beyond the lines in their
written response to text?
• LeslieLeitch,Nakusp• Grade6/7• InpreparaIonforon-lineresponseposts• Text:AMonsterCalls–PatrickNess
• What’shappening?
• Whocares?
• WhydoesitmaGer?
• Bigideas• DescripIve• AdjecIves• Wordchoice• Supportedinferences• EmoIons–felt• Touchedhearts• Clearexamplesof
(emoIons,happenings)• PersonificaIon• Metaphor–simile• Comparison• Thinkinglikesomeoneelse• Imagine
TheSequence
• Whiparound–catchuponthestory• Explodethesentence• Writetoshowyouunderstand–movebeyondaretelling,takearisk,godeep,explainwhywhathappensmaGersandtowhom
• Shareaphrase,aword,asentencethatispowerfulinyourwriIng
• Makeaclasslistofwhatcounts–beginningcriteria• Usethosephrasestomakeaclassfoundpoem• Reorganizetwicetomakethepoemflow
Elias
• Conorseemstohavebeendefeated.HehasbeenoverwhelmedwithnegaIveemoIons,fear,anger,sadness,andpain.HehideshisfeelingswithflatemoIons,andpushesawayallhelp.IthinkheisveryAnxious,becauseofallthepressureputonhimfromthebullies,hismom’ssicknessandpossiblyhismomanddad’sdevorce.HisposiIveemoIonsarebeingstoleneveryImehehasthenightmare.Hisgrandmotherdoesn’thelpeither…
Riley
• Ithinkthemostimportantthinginthestoryrightknowisthewordsrissinganddarkness.Ithinkrissingmeansthatheisbeginningtofigureouthistruthandwhyitisimportant.Ithinkthetruthisthathismomwilldieandthatiswheretheworddarknesscomesin…
Lucas
• WhatisgoingoninthelastthreechaptersisthatConor’smomisgeZngworseandworseeverysingletreatment.ConorisgeZngmoreeffectedandangerfromthescarystorytellingmonsterthatisgoingtotellConorthreedifferentstories,ConorisalsogeZngbulliedbyagroupofkidsinschoolwhichiseffecIngConorthesamewayasthescarystorytellingmonsterandhismotherstreatments…
Phoenix
• Ithinkconorsfeelingnothing.Hedosentseemtofeelverymuch.Howwouldyounowwhathewerefeeling…
Thenextday…• Reviewthecriteriaandreorganizeintocategories• Readthenextchapter• Havestudentsmeetinsmallgroups• Provideachoiceof2-3sentencesforstudentstoexplodeinsmallgroups
• StudentswriteadraKfortheiron-linepost• StudentsidenIfy,alone,thenwithapartner,wheretheirwriInghasachievedthecriteria• Whatworks?What’snext?
• Studentseditforsentences,grammar,andpost
• WhatissomethinginyourpracIcethataffirms?
• Whatissomethingthatyoucouldrefine?
• Whatissomethingthatyoucouldaspireto?
• WhatopportuniIesaretheretoletsomethinggo?