Read It, Talk It, Write It with Leanne & Emily

1. Read It, Talk It, Write It with Leanne & Emily Presented by: Emily Moisy & Leanne Williamson Thomas Acres Public School #OBWC

2. Professional Teaching Standards 2.3.2: Design and implement learning and teaching programs using knowledge of curriculum, assessment and reporting requirements 2.5.2: Apply knowledge and understanding of effective teaching strategies to support students’ literacy and numeracy achievement 5.1.2: Develop, select and use informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies to assess student learning 5.2.2: Provide timely, effective and appropriate feedback to students about their achievement relative to their learning goals #OBWC

3. Learning Intentions: • to provide a framework for improving student growth in comprehension, vocabulary and writing • to gain a deeper understanding of how to teach students to become authors through developing engaging learning experiences that provide students with opportunities to think critically and creatively about texts. • to gain an understanding of how to track and monitor student progress in literacy through utilising the progressions documents #OBWC

4. Our Journey: • School data showed the need for explicit teaching of the writing process • In 2014 as a Stage Two team we undertook an spiral of inquiry • Term 4, 2016 our school made the decision to embrace L3 for Stage One. In preparation for this we made a visit to another school who had already embraced L3 ideologies • In 2017: • Differentiated professional learning (Action Learning) • Focus on Formative Assessment • Read it, Talk It, Write It emerged • - constant refinements and modifications • made to model • - significant improvement in student growth • Learning Zone- Semester Two, 2018 #OBWC

5. Why teach the writing process? • part of the continuum of learning in the K-6 English Syllabus (Writing and Representing 1) • writing is an essential skill for all students (Greiner and Simmons, 2009) • research undertaken by Clark (2013) supports the growth students have in writing, when given explicit instruction in each step of the process #OBWC

6. What is the writing process? • The writing process involves following a series of steps in order to produce a polished piece of writing • By breaking down writing step-by-step and providing a well thought out WAGOLL (What A good One Looks Like) the mystery is removed • Although the various stage can often overlap, and sometimes students will move back and forth between them, the writing process can generally be broken down into the following stages:- • Planning • Composing • Revising (green pen) • Editing (red pen) • Peer Check • Publishing #OBWC

7. Read It, Talk It, Write It: • all programs are designed around quality literature • all embed the writing process • all include a WAGOLL #OBWC

8. Our current model: • Two week cycle • First week- comprehension, vocabulary development, analytical talks • Second week- writing process #OBWC

9. Sea Turtles Learning Intention: To plan, compose and review an informative text on Sea Turtles http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/loggerhead-turtle-predation https://www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/animals/sea-life/loggerhead-turtle-facts/ #OBWC

10. Learning Intention: To plan, compose and review Informative texts Success criteria at each stage of the process: • I can plan a text by making notes, drawing diagrams, and jotting down a series of information. • I can plan and organise my ideas using headings. • I can write a short, connected and sequenced text that conveys information. • I can construct a well sequenced informative text using language appropriate to purpose and audience. • I can read my work and add, delete or change words, prepositional phrases or sentences to improve meaning. For example I can replace an everyday noun with a technical one in an informative text. • I can reread my work during and after writing to check accuracy, meaning and fitness for purpose • I can check spelling using a dictionary. • I can check for relevant punctuation including capital letters to signal names, as well as sentence beginnings, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. #OBWC

11. Planning • Heads look like logs • Weigh up to 115 kilograms • Large, reddish brown shell • Yellow underbelly • Four flippers • Two – three claws on each • Amphibians (land and water) • Reptiles • 65 million years and reproduction • Crabs • Shrimp • Algae • sea urchins • Seaweed • Omnivores (meat and plants) • Live in oceans all over the world • Lay eggs on the sand • Live in an underwater nursery for 3-4 years • Lay eggs on the beach • lay up to 150 eggs at a time • females travel 12000km every 2/3 years • turtles can get caught up in fish nets #OBWC

12. Composing • The Loggerhead Sea Turtle • Classification: • Loggerhead Turtles are amphibians. The loggerhead turtles are great wanderers. The loggerhead turtle has been living on earth for 65 million years. • Description/Appearance: • The Turtle got their name from their big heads that look like logs. They can weigh up to 115 kilograms. They live to 50 years. The loggerhead turtles have a large, reddish-brown shell and a pale yellow underbelly. They have four flippers with two or three claws on each. • Habitat and Reproduction: • Loggerhead Turtles live in oceans all over the world. • Loggerhead Turtles lay their eggs on the sand. Once the eggs hatch, the baby turtles make their way to the water. They live in an underwater nursery in the weeds and driftwood for 3-4yrs. The Loggerhead Turtles then travel all over the ocean for approximately 30 years. • Diet: • Loggerhead Turtles are omnivores. They eat crabs, shrimp, jellyfish, fish, seaweed, algae, sea urchins, mussels and clams. • Interesting Facts: • Loggerhead Turtles can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. • Every two or three years, a female turtle may travel over 12, 0000km. • The Loggerhead Turtles are classed as a vulnerable species, with an estimated 60,000 nesting females left in the wild. • A serious threat to the turtles is accidental capture in fishing equipment such as nets, long lines and shrimp trawls, along with pollution and destruction to their nesting beaches. #OBWC

13. Revising • The Loggerhead Sea Turtle • Classification • Loggerhead Turtles are amphibians (an animal that lives on land and water).They belong to the reptile family and are closely related to the tortoise and terrapin. The loggerhead turtles are great wanderers who travel the seas. They are an endangered species and one of seven types of turtles. The loggerhead turtle has been living on earth for 65 million years. • Description/Appearance • The Loggerhead Turtle got their name from their oversized heads that look like logs. They can weigh up to 115 kilograms and live to 50 years. The loggerhead turtles have a large, reddish-brown shell and a pale yellow underbelly. They have four flippers with two or three claws on each. • Habitat and Reproduction • Loggerhead Turtles live in oceans all over the world, except in the coldest seas near the South and North poles. They usually dwell in the Mediterranean, Malaysia and the United States of America in turquoise lagoons. • Loggerhead Turtles lay their eggs on the sand. Once the eggs hatch, the baby turtles make their way to the water. They live in an underwater nursery in the weeds and driftwood for 3-4yrs. The Loggerhead Turtles then migrate all over the ocean for approximately 30 years. They wander far and wide. After this time, they return to the beach where they were born to lay their eggs. • Diet • Loggerhead Turtles are omnivores. They feast on tiny crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp, jellyfish, fish, seaweed, algae, sea urchins, mussels and clams. The turtles use their strong, powerful jaw to crush and munch on crunchy critters. • Interesting Facts • Loggerhead Turtles can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. The eggs are the size of ping pong balls. • Every two or three years, a female turtle may travel over 12, 0000km. • The Loggerhead Turtles are classed as a vulnerable species, with an estimated 60,000 nesting females left in the wild. • A serious threat to the turtles is accidental capture in fishing equipment such as nets, long lines and shrimp trawls, along with pollution and destruction to their nesting beaches. #OBWC

14. Editing • The Loggerhead Sea Turtle • Classification • Loggerhead Turtles are amphibians (an animal that lives on land and water).They belong to the reptile family and are closely related to the tortoise and terrapin. The Loggerhead Turtles are great wanderers who travel the seas. They are an endangered species and one of seven types of turtles. The Loggerhead Turtle has been living on earth for 65 million years. • Description/Appearance • The Loggerhead Turtle got their name from their oversized heads that look like logs. They can weigh up to 115 kilograms and live to 50 years. The Loggerhead Turtles have a large, reddish-brown shell and a pale yellow underbelly. They have four flippers with two or three claws on each. • Habitat and Reproduction • Loggerhead Turtles live in oceans all over the world, except in the coldest seas near the South and North poles. They usually dwell in the Mediterranean, Malaysia and the United States of America in turquoise lagoons. • Loggerhead Turtles lay their eggs on the sand. Once the eggs hatch, the baby turtles make their way to the water. They live in an underwater nursery in the weeds and driftwood for 3-4yrs. The Loggerhead Turtles then migrate all over the ocean for approximately 30 years. They wander far and wide. After this time, they return to the beach where they were born to lay their eggs. • Diet • Loggerhead Turtles are omnivores. They feast on tiny crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp, jellyfish, fish, seaweed, algae, sea urchins, mussels and clams. The turtles use their strong, powerful jaw to crush and munch on crunchy critters. • Interesting Facts • Loggerhead Turtles can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. The eggs are the size of ping pong balls. • Every two or three years, a female turtle may travel over 12, 0000km. • The Loggerhead Turtles are classed as a vulnerable species, with an estimated 60,000 nesting females left in the wild. • A serious threat to the turtles is accidental capture in fishing equipment such as nets, long lines and shrimp trawls, along with pollution and destruction to their nesting beaches. #OBWC

15. Grammar Focus: Pronouns • Write the following sentences into your workbooks, replacing the underlined word or words with a word from the box. • Pronouns • Mike said that Mike was the best runner in the school. • Sally said that Sally got all her sums correct. • The dog barked when the boy hit the dog. • The children asked us to wait for the children. • Peter asked Tom to give it back to Peter. them it she her he him #OBWC

16. Syllabus Self assessment Peer feedback Class program WAGOLL Teacher feedback Formative Assessment: Work samples Syllabus I can statements Literacy progressions Syllabus #OBWC

17. Let’s hear from a Year Two student: • Video omitted to protect student’s identity. • Student highlighted the benefit of learning the writing process. • She discussed how it helped her make progress in her writing capabilities. She attributed this to the fact that she was exposed to each step of the writing process as opposed to previous years where she was only exposed the composing stage of the process. • Student showed growth of 2 years within a 12 month period in the areas of Vocabulary, Writing and Representing and Comprehension. #OBWC

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