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Enhancing Comprehension: Effective PD Strategies for Middle School Reading Block

Join Jennie Justice in exploring effective strategies for enhancing comprehension through the Middle School Reading Block. From grammar SPIs to word walls, enrich your teaching toolbox to engage students in meaningful reading and writing activities.

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Enhancing Comprehension: Effective PD Strategies for Middle School Reading Block

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  1. Norms for today’s PD • Participate • Cell Phone • Side-bar conversations

  2. Robertson County Middle School Reading Block Jennie Justice, Middle School Reading Coordinator Jennie.justice@rcstn.net

  3. Comprehension • Five Days a Week • 30 Minutes • 1/3 Literature (basal, novel, book clubs), 2/3 Content text (nonfiction material such as social studies or science materials, book clubs, poetry) • Teach Comprehension Strategies through this block. • Provide a variety of before, during and after reading strategies. • Arrange flexible and purposeful groups especially for the “during-reading phase” of the block. • Work to embed grammar SPI’s whenever possible.

  4. Comprehension Anchor Charts

  5. Working with Words • 15-20 minutes five days a week. • Word Walls • Greek-Latin Words • Prefixes-Suffixes p. 195 • Spelling patterns, high frequency words p. 192-194 • Tennessee Academic Vocabulary http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/vocab/ • 12 Powerful Words http://sbcusd.k12.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=4652

  6. Word Walls

  7. Writing • 25 minutes daily • **Teach grammar SPI’s • 1. Mini-lesson on grammar lesson from pacing guide (10-15min.) This can be used as a bell-ringer, etc • 2. Student choice (journal writing) or focused writing (prompt writing) • 3. Conferencing regarding writing (during SSR) • 4. Sharing of writing (optional)

  8. SSR/Data • 15 to 20 minutes DAILY • READ ALOUDS from different genres, topics, authors (5-8min.) • Student-selected reading • Goal Setting for books?? • Reading log p.37-41 • Conferencing-REQUIRED refer to page 35-36 • DATA SHARING • STAR, Thinklink, common assessments, TCAP, mock writing, etc.

  9. Classroom Libraries http://swap4schools.swap.com/ http://classroom.booksource.com/

  10. Classroom Libraries Plastic Gutters

  11. SSR/DATA Pictures Genre List Response Log

  12. SSR/DATA

  13. Jennie’s Podcast Information • Please refer to your handout with directions to my podcast. • http://podcast.rcstn.net/rla

  14. Books worth reading

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