Post on 13-Jan-2016
Teaching Literacy:
• From 0 – 360° in 180 days!• Who could be “highly
qualified”? • An evolution of thought…
Higher-level Thinking:6. Evaluation5. Synthesis4. Analysis3. Application
Lower-level Thinking:2. Comprehension1. Knowledge
“We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use
them.” ~ Harri Holkeri
Book Rooms
Book Boxes
Poetry Posters
Print Shop
Curriculum Maps
Literacy Coordinator
EACH OTHER!!!
New Teacher Literacy KickStart
• Book Room Orientation• Book Room Database• Weekly Mapped Curriculum• Assessment Overview• Grouping Plan• Formative Assessment Tool• Writing Rubrics• Suggested Benchmark
Documents
Book
Room
Data
base
New Teacher Literacy KickStart
Book Room OrientationBook Room Database• Weekly Mapped Curriculum• Assessment Overview• Grouping Plan• Formative Assessment Tool• Writing Rubrics• Suggested Benchmark
Documents
Grouping Plan:
Intensive Instructional Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Whole Class15-20 Minutes
Read AloudFocus: GLCE’s
Independent Reading
Comprehension Toolkit
Focus: GLCE’s
Independent Reading
Strategies That Work
Focus: GLCE’s
Group 1 Guided Reading
GuidedReading
GuidedReading
AR TestGuided Reading
Group 2 Guided Reading
AR TestGuidedReading
GuidedReading
Guided Reading
Group 3 AR TestGuidedReading
Shared ReadingGuided Reading
Independent Reading
Group 4 Shared ReadingGuided
Reading Independent
ReadingGuided Reading
AR Test
Group 5 Lower Grade Shared Reading
Lower Grade SharedReading
AR TestLower Grade
Shared ReadingLower Grade
Shared Reading
Group 1 & 2 – DRA 30 Group 3 & 4 – DRA 40 Group 5 – DRA 50
Weekly Mapped Curriculum
Grouping Plan:
Mixed Instructional Schedule
Mixed Reading Levels / Grouping By Strategy Needs
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Whole Class15-20 Minutes Read Aloud
Independent Reading
Skills LessonIndependent
ReadingSkills Lesson
Group 1 Guided Reading
Shared Reading
Independent Reading
Independent Reading
AR Test
Group 2AR Test
Guided Reading
Shared Reading
Independent Reading
Independent Reading
Group 3 Independent Reading
AR TestGuided Reading
Shared ReadingIndependent
Reading
Group 4 Independent Reading
Independent Reading
AR TestGuided Reading
Shared Reading
Group 5Shared Reading
Independent Reading
Independent Reading
AR TestGuided Reading
New Teacher Literacy KickStart
Book Room OrientationBook Room DatabaseWeekly Mapped CurriculumAssessment OverviewGrouping Plan• Formative Assessment Tool• Writing Rubrics• Suggested Benchmark
Documents
Student Name
Book Title/Level
Fluency Miscues/ Strategies/ Comprehension
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
Form
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t Tool
Scale Low – High (1-3)Date:
Student Fluency
Comprehension
Expression
Retells
New Teacher Literacy KickStart
Book Room OrientationBook Room DatabaseWeekly Mapped CurriculumAssessment OverviewGrouping PlanFormative Assessment ToolWriting Rubrics• Suggested Benchmark
Documents
Sug
gest
ed
Bench
mark
Docu
ments
Planning Files
“Sandwich” Papers
Draft Copies
Published Copies
Daily Evidence
# ideas written
# pages written
New Teacher Literacy KickStart
Book Room OrientationBook Room DatabaseWeekly Mapped CurriculumAssessment OverviewGrouping PlanFormative Assessment ToolWriting RubricsSuggested Benchmark
Documents
Final Word…
To avoid the train wreck and burnout…
To retain potentially wonderful teachers…
To achieve effective, consistent literacy instruction…
…cohesion of a user-friendly curriculum is critical.
Our Charge: Find the Gaps and Fill Them!