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Presented for the Texas L4L Implementation

Teamby Judi Moreillon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University

TLA 2013

AASL L4L RESOURCES

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AASL Lesson Plan Database

School Librarian’s Role in Reading Toolkit

Hashtags: #txla13 #txl4l

AASL STANDARDS FOR THE 21ST-CENTURY LEARNER

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L4L RESOURCES FOR TEXAS SCHOOL LIBRARIANS

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http://teksalign.pbworks.com

ELA-R TEKS – AASL Standards for the 21st-Century

Alignment Wiki

SELF-ASSESSMENT

1. Leader2. Instructional Partner3. Information Specialist4. Teacher5. Program Administrator

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A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE

Are you the librarian your community can send out to seek knowledge?

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PIECES OF THE AASL FRAMEWORK

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PIECES OF THE TEXAS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

STANDARDS

Scrabble Image by Nick Vitale. Used with permission.

STANDARDS, PROCESSES, AND APPLICATIONS

Sit in groups of four or five. Shuffle and deal the puzzle parts. Take turns reading each puzzle part.

Determine a keyword or keywords.

Discuss as a group in which column this piece fits.

Place the piece on the board under CCRS, AASL Standards, Inquiry, Reading, or Applications

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A WORD ABOUT INQUIRY AND READING

Inquiry Reading Strategies

Motivation/Negotiation

Activating or Building Background Knowledge

Plan/Formulation Questioning

Investigation Determining Main Ideas

Construction Making Predictions and Drawing Inferences

Presentation Synthesizing

Evaluation/Reflection

Defining/Refining the Purpose for Reading

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STANDARDS, PROCESSES, AND APPLICATIONS

Sit in groups of four or five. Shuffle and deal the puzzle parts. Take turns reading each puzzle part.

Determine a keyword or keywords.

Discuss as a group in which column this piece fits.

Place the piece on the board under CCRS, AASL Standards, Inquiry, Reading, or Applications

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ELA-R TEKS: READING/INQUIRY STANDARDS EXAMPLE: 2ND GRADE§110.13.b. (14)

Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository TextStudents analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions…

(A)  identify the main idea in a text and distinguish it from the topic;(D)  use text features (e.g., table of contents, index, headings) to locate specific information in text.

ELA-R TEKS: READING/INQUIRY STANDARDS EXAMPLE: 5TH GRADE

§110.16.b. (11) 

Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions…

  (A) Determine the facts in text and verify them through established methods.(E) Synthesize and make logical connections

between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres.

ELA-R TEKS: READING/INQUIRY STANDARDS EXAMPLE: 8TH GRADE

§110.18b (13)

Reading/Media Literacy

  Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning.

ELA-R TEKS: READING/INQUIRY STANDARDS EXAMPLE: 12TH GRADE§110.34.b. (2)

Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw

conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence…(C)  relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time.

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Digital Image created by Anna Darst, TWU StudentLS5443: Librarians as Instructional Partners, Spring

2013Used with permission.

COLLABORATIVE LESSON PLANNING AND COTEACHING

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http://wandawiki.wikispaces.com/2008-2009+Literature+Circles

8th-grade ELA-R Teacher Jenni Hunt"Works Analyzed Notated Discussed & Archived”

COTEACHING PUBLISHED LESSON PLANS

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http://storytrail.com

All of photographs provided by classroom teachers and school librarians who cotaught lessons from Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact (Moreillon 2007). All images used with permission.

K-12 ELA-R TEKS: AASL STANDARDS FOR THE 21ST-CENTURY LEARNER ALIGNMENT WIKI

http://teksalign.pbworks.com

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OPPORTUNITY

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http://teksalign.pbworks.com/w/page/56248919/Lesson_Plans

VISION: BUILDING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION

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Collaborative Grant Writing

Professional Book

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http://cultureofcollaboration.edublogs.com

L4L RESOURCES FOR TEXAS SCHOOL LIBRARIANS

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http://teksalign.pbworks.com

ELA-R TEKS – AASL Standards for the 21st-Century

Alignment Wiki

READY FOR COTEACHING IN FALL ‘13

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WORKS CITED

American Association of School Librarians. Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Centers. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, 2009. Print.

_____. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, 2007. Print.

_____. Standards in Action. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, 2009. Print.

Chancer, Jonie and Gina Rester-Zodrow. Moon Journals: Writing, Art, and Inquiry through Focused Nature Study. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Darst, Anna. “Lone Star. “Digital Image. Used with permission.

Moreillon, Judi. Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Elementary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2013. Print.

_____. Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Secondary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2012. Print.

_____. Ready and Waiting for You! Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2013. Print.

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WORKS CITED

Peterson, Ralph. Life in a Crowded Place: Making a Learning Community. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1992. Print.

Texas Education Agency. TEKS Standards. Web. 20 Apr. 2013. <http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148>.

Texas Learning4Life Implementation Team. ELA-R TEKS – AASL Standards Alignment Wiki. 2009. Web. 20 Apr. 2013. <http://teksalign.pbworks.com>.

Vitale, Nick. “Scrabble .” Digital Image. Used with permission.

Book jackets courtesy of Content Café , Amazon.com, or the publishers

Word Cloud created at Tagxedo.com

All other images provided by AASL L4L Initiative or from the personal collection of Judi Moreillon

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