Teaching

with rigor

& urgencyTeaching with

Timers, tables

& talk© Jen Jones 2015, www.hellolit.com

Without Teaching to the Test

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Urgency

High & wide text reading

Tier 1 Core Instruction

Tier 1 Core Practice

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Key Data details detective

“One of the beauties of teaching is that there is no limit to one’s growth as a

teacher, just as there is no knowing

beforehand how much your students can learn.” –Herbert Kohl

“Independent”Cooperative (together) – Communication (conversing) – Without Me

Developing Problem-Solvers in a Student Centered Classroom

Problem Solving Framework

Helping Kids Get in the Right Lane

Fiction NF Article Poem Song

CharacterProblemSolutionChanges

What is the structure?

What features can

help me?Mostly About

Big IdeaBigger IdeaKey Details

What is the author’s

message?What did he want me to

think or understand?

What is thisreally about?

Who is talking?

How does the author want me to feel?

What is the tune? How does it go?What’s the

feeling?What’s the message?

What is Fluency?

automaticity & familiarity

in school? in life?

Standards Pop QuizWrite a summary of the key details.

What does the word “meander” mean?

How did the character change?

Who’s point of view is this story?

Infer why the river is polluted?

Compare two versions of The 3 Pigs.

Agree or disagree with the author?

What text structure is this article?

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8

5

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3

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Theme, Lesson& summary

Summary, Big Ideas,Main Ideas & Details

VocabularyFigurative Language

Vocabulary in theContent Areas

Plot, Characters Connectedness between People, Places, Things

Point of View Point of View

Literal & InferentialComp w/ Evidence

Literal & InferentialComp w/ Evidence

Compare/ContrastTwo Texts

Compare/ContrastTwo Texts

Text Structures Text Structures(text features)

Evaluate Author’s Claims & Reasons

Text & Visual Integration Text & Visual Integration

Text Complexity Text Complexity

PhonemicAwareness

Phonics

FluencyVocabulary

Compre-hension

the Big 7

ROCKS

OF

LITERACY

Standard-Drivenposted objective = mini-lesson = GR teaching focus

Are your delivering mini-lessons or

maxi lessons?

Precise Planning =Total Alignment

Purposeful Book Selection

Planning for Groups, is aligned to…

Whole Group Planning

Reading A-Z

Photocopier

Guided Reading Can be Messy…

…and Meaningful!

Everyone reading…

…at the same time!

@ tinyurl.com/greatreaders

Guided Reading Teachers are…

…Data Managers!

Phonics in Foundational Order

Source: www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com

TRC Analysis – 3rd

Level L (Benchmark O)Accuracy 96% - No S/C Oral Comprehension:2-Literal3-Inference3-Critical3-Creative• M S V - leaves off or changes around word endings• M S V - said sprayed for spreads“its toes to walk across the lilypads. [Who sprays out

their toes?”

TRC Intervention Recommendations:• Teach self-monitoring when things don’t sound right.• Teach him to visually attend to word endings.• Teach him some visualization strategies by drawing out

sentences and one topic at a time. • Teach use of graphing to organize story details with a

focus on standards 1, 2, 3.

Urgency with Your Questioning

BrowsingBoxes

Building Writing Stamina

Building Reading Fluency & Writing Stamina

Home Reading

8-12 Books in the Basket

6X to me6X to you

Historical Fiction

Realistic Fiction

Fantasy Fiction

Informational/ Non-FictionPoetry

A Balanced Reading Diet –www.helloliteracy.blogspot.com

A Balanced Reading Diet

Classroom Library

Reading Response….and…

Reading Romance

Reading Collaboration

Eyes On Print Time

If we teach to the test, then we’ve lost the whole purpose of reading.

Foster the TRUE LOVE of reading. That’s not in any standard anywhere!

Low PrepHigh Yieldteaching & learning every ELA area at Tier 1

“Teaching and learning at higher levels means planning for higher level teaching and learning.”

Thank You!