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LET LEARNING TAKE FLIGHT

Developing Literacy Skills in a Blended Learning Environment

Presenter: Donya L. Sartor, PhD

Redbird Language Arts & Writing

Complements core ELA instruction

Meets each learner at their

specific point in the learning continuum

Provides error-specific

feedback on sentence and

paragraph compositions

Empowers educators with

data-driven insights into

student understanding

Redbird Language Arts and Writing is an adaptive solution to personalize instruction, accelerate learning, and empower every student to soar.

25+YearsofResearchatStanfordUniversity

Redbird Language Arts & Writing

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Redbird Language Arts & Writing

AcceleratePersonalize Empower

Redbird Language Arts & Writing

What is Blended Learning?

URL for Google Folder

“What is Blended Learning?” documentFill in a box in the first column on your own.

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Blended Learning Classroom

A Look at Blended Learning

Blended Learning Models

Classroom Rotation

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Flipped Classroom

Computer Lab or Cart

Personalize

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Program Placement

Language(Grammar&Vocabulary)

Writing Reading

NounandVerb PhrasesSimple,Compound,

Complex,andCompound-ComplexSentences

Purpose,Audience,Text-Structure (CauseandEffect)

Subject-PredicateAgreement

Declarative,Interrogative,Exclamatory,andImperative

Mood

Prefixes,Suffixes,VocabularyAcquisition

PhrasesandClausesasModifiers

Topic,OpinionStatement,Supporting,andConcludingSentencesinParagraphs

Character,Plot,Argument,Counter-Argument,

Evidence, andStepsofProcedure

Vocabulary Narrative,Expositive,andPersuasiveParagraphTypes

Inference,Tone,andInterpretingVisual

Information

Program Content

The Learning Model

ApplyAdaptive,rigorouspractice

oflearnedconcepts

Application ofLanguageArtsconceptsthroughsentenceandparagraphcomposition,including

immediate,error-specificfeedback

Create

Synthesisofinstructionandpractice

SkillbuildinggamesandWritingReviewsthatguidestudentsthroughessay

compositionwithreal-worldapplications

Understand

Concise,powerfulinstruction

UsesmultipleinstructionalmodalitiestoachievedeepunderstandingofLanguage

Artsconcepts

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Units

LessonInstruction

Practice

Grammar

Language

ReadingLesson

Lesson

Program Structure

Adaptive Motion Engine

Instruction

Teacher Intervention

Questions, Comments, Concerns

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Kahoot!

Let’s test your knowledge? Can you outperform your peers? Go to www.kahoot.it

I will display the game pin when everyone is ready!

Accelerate Learning

Course Overview

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Instructional Video

Over 17,000 Practice Items

Reading Comprehension

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Units →Grades↓ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+

2 Fable Fable Poetry RealisticFiction

HistoryText Fairytale Fairytale

ScienceText

PersuasiveWriting

3 Folktale Drama Poetry Myth ScienceText

Step-by-Step

Directions

RealisticFiction

HistoricalDocument

PersuasiveWriting&HistoryText

4 Myth Narrative Drama Legend Fiction1st and2nd HandAccounts&ProblemsandSolutions

PersuasiveWriting&Poetry

TechnicalSteps

ScienceText

5 Drama AdventureFiction Poetry Science

Text

HistoricalSpeech,

Autobiography,andHistoryText

RealisticFiction&Persuasive

Writing

Gov’tDocuments

HistoricalAccounts Poetry

6 Auto-biography

ScienceFiction

ScienceText&Step-by-StepDirections

1st and2ndHand

Accounts

RealisticFiction

Poetry&Drama

HistoricalFiction&1st PersonHistoricalAccounts

HistoricalDocument

HistoricalDocument

7 Auto-biography

HistoricalFiction&1st PersonHistoricalAccounts

HistoricalFiction

Biography&HistoricalDocuments

Fiction PersuasiveWriting

HistoricalAccounts

TechnicalDirections&ScienceText

Drama&Fiction

Variety of Reading Passages

Writing Composition

Identification

MultipleChoice

SimpleFill-in

ComplexFill-in

Sequence

SentenceComposition

Multi-Modal Item Sets

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Student Platform

Walkthrough

Go to www.redbirdlearning.com and click on the Language Arts and Writing tab.

Choose

Demo Site

Scroll down the page to “Experience the Program” and click on “Launch Demo”

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Sample Activities

Scroll down the page to “Sample… Activities”

Questions, Comments, Concerns

Kahoot!

Let’s test your knowledge? Can you outperform your peers? Go to www.kahoot.it

I will display the game pin when everyone is ready!

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Empower

A Conducive Learning Environment

DistractionFree

ComputerSpace

Headphones&Notebook

EffortandMotivation

BuildingIncentives,Goals,&Rewards

Usage Expectations

Grades 2-3• 60 min/week• 2-3 sessions/week• 65-75% CFA

Grades 4-7• 90 min/week• 2-3 sessions/week• 65-75% CFA

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Redbird Learning Center (RLC)

News Feed

Class Overview

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Progress Report

Pathway

Activity

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Benchmark

Student Snapshot

Student Replay

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Student Progress Monitoring

UseSupport

ItemFeedback

LectureLibrary

StudentSnapshot

Expectations&Goals

Time/LessonCompletion

Empowering Students

Teacher Intervention

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Edit Placement

Edit Placement

Questions, Comments, Concerns

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Kahoot!

Let’s test your knowledge? Can you outperform your peers? Go to www.kahoot.it

I will display the game pin when everyone is ready!

LET LEARNING TAKE FLIGHT