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Balanced Literacy Refresher #3: Strategy Lessons

Balanced Literacy Refresher #3: Strategy Lessons. Learning Objectives:. Teachers will be able to… Understand the difference between guided reading and strategy lessons Plan and implement guided reading and strategy lessons Collaborate with grade level

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Balanced Literacy Refresher #3: Strategy Lessons

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  1. Balanced Literacy Refresher #3: Strategy Lessons

  2. Learning Objectives: Teachers will be able to… • Understand the difference between guided reading and strategy lessons • Plan and implement guided reading and strategy lessons • Collaborate with grade level colleagues across the district

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  4. Small Group Structures Guided Reading Strategy Lessons Teaches ANY strategy needed by students, determined by teacher observations or assessments (STAR) Teacher follows structure of a mini-lesson (connect, teach, engage, link) Shared text or independent text • Teaches the reader HOW TO READ, tucking in comprehension work • Teacher researches reading behaviors and determining teaching point • Students have the same leveled text in hand

  5. Turn and Talk What is your current practice with Strategy Lessons?

  6. What is the ultimate goal of LITERACY? “The ultimate goal of literacy is to enable students to learn how satisfying reading and writing are and to establish lifelong reading and writing habits. Teachers who themselves engage in reading and writing, and who examine their habits and attitudes as readers and writers, can best help students experience the power of their own literacy.” -Fountas & Pinnell -Guiding Readers and Writers

  7. Spy on yourself as a READER! Step 1: Respond as a READER. Highlight, underline, jot thoughts in the margins. Step 2: Read and respond as a teacher. Jot down teaching points or learning objectivesand tricky parts of text.

  8. Skill vs. Strategy SKILL = a discrete unit of learning • Sound of short /a/ • Sequence of events • WHAT STRATEGY = a plan for using skills to accomplish a larger task. Strategies involve metacognition. • Using a decoding strategy to unlock new words • Using a comprehension strategy to monitor understanding • BY…

  9. STRUCTURE of Strategy Lessons • Connection (1 min) • Unit of study, student work, outside experience • “We have been working on...“ • Teaching Point (5 min) • Student Learning Objective: What (SKILL), By (STRATEGY), Why (MOTIVATION) • “Today, I will teach you…Watch me as I...” • Active Engagement (5 min) • Students try out skill, watch demo, imagine • “Now, it’s your turn...” • Link (1 min) • “Today and everyday...” Just like a MINILESSON!

  10. MiniLessons for MANAGEMENT Managing Community Interaction • IF: Students are not engaged in partner talk • TEACH: Readers talk about books with friends by… Managing Material • IF: Students have messy book baggies/boxes • TEACH: Readers stay organized by... Managing Independent Reading • IF… Students are reading through books quickly • TEACH… Readers think deeply about what they’re reading by… • TEACH… Readers keep track of their reading by…

  11. MiniLessons for STRATEGIES/SKILLS Word Solving • IF: Students are stretching out each sound for each word • TEACH: Readers use chunks to help them figure out tricky words by… Visual/Print Features • IF: Students are reading the text only • TEACH: Readers read the picture by... Processing Fluency • IF… Students are reading without stopping • TEACH… Readers use punctuation to show meaning by…

  12. MiniLessons for STRATEGIES/SKILLS Comprehending Strategies • IF: Students can retell random parts in random order • TEACH: Readers retell stories by… Characteristics of Texts • IF: Students read nonfiction texts like literature • TEACH: Readers read to get information by… Personal Response • IF… Students are not responding in journals • TEACH… Readers respond to reading by…

  13. Comprehension Strategies Kindergarten • FOCUS: Retelling, Envisioning, Making Connections 1st Grade • REVIEW: Retelling, Envisioning, Making Connections • FOCUS: Monitoring for Meaning, Asking Qs, Inferring 2nd Grade • REVIEW: Retelling, Envisioning, Making Connections, Monitoring for Meaning, Asking Qs, Inferring • FOCUS: Determining Importance, Summarizing (fiction) 3rd Grade • REVIEW: Retelling, Envisioning, Making Connections, Monitoring for Meaning, Asking Qs, Inferring, Determining Importance • FOCUS: Summarizing (nonfiction)

  14. StrategyLessonPlanningWorkshop • Extract your STAR Early Literacy Instructional Planning data • Choose a strategy need for a group of students in your class • Plan the strategy lesson

  15. Thank you for your participation!

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