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Onboarding Activity 5

Topic: Guide to Reading Workshop (k-2): Chapter 7: Architecture of Mini Lesson Activity & Discussion Questions: ●        Discuss the parts of a mini lesson. ●        Select one mini lesson from one unit and practice delivering it to yourself or each other.  What do you notice about the mini lesson? ●        Read this teaching point:  (from If..Then book Unit: Readers get to know characters by performing their books ) ○        Teaching Point: “Today I want to teach you that readers often put themselves in the characters’ shoes to imagine what they are thinking, and what they would say. They can role-play with a partner to make the characters talk and think.” Use this teaching point to create mini lesson: ○        Connection: ○        Teaching Point: ○        Teaching: ○        Active Engagement: ○        Link: Outcome:  Understanding the rationale behind the mini lesson structure . Be able to model a mini lesson and to create a mini lesson when
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Onboarding Activity 4

Topic: Guide to Reading Workshop (k-2): Chapter 6: Tracking Kids' Progress and Using Assessment to Support Instruction P lease type your responses in the comments. Activity & Discussion Questions: ●        Which assessment tools should K-2 teachers be using to drive their instruction? What assessments will you discuss during your K-2 data meetings? ●        Why are running records important for informing instruction? ●        Explain how to analyze a running record. Explain the meaning, structure, visual systems. Outcome:  Knowledge of assessment tools in grades K-2.  Understanding on how to administer and assess a running record.
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Onboarding Activity 3

Topic: Guide to Reading Workshop (k-2): Chapter 4: Knowledge of reading development can power your teaching Please post your responses in the comments. :) Activity & Discussion Questions: ●        How do you teach students at the different levels, starting at emergent, how to read? ●        How can you support teachers support students through this development? Outcome:  Understanding on how to teach students how to read, understanding the reading work that happens at the different levels (up to M), and being able to identify the challenges each band of levels presents to students.
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Onboarding Activity 2

Topic: Guide to Reading Workshop (k-2): Chapter 5: Big Picture of the School Day and of Reading Workshop Please post your responses in the comments. :) Activity & Discussion Questions: ●        Explain the components of balanced literacy to someone that is completely new to the education world. ●        Create a K-2 Schedule that includes the following components:  word study, shared reading, reading workshop (which will include mini lesson time, independent reading time), writing workshop (include mini lesson time, and independent writing time), interactive read aloud. ○        How will the schedules (time increments) be different in Kinder, 1st and 2nd? ○        Why is it important for teachers to be intervening with students during independent reading time? A lot of times we see teachers not intervening with students during this time or only doing guided reading. How could this be detrimental? Outcome: Deep understanding of the components of balanced li
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Onboarding Activity 1

Topic: Guide to Reading Workshop K-2: Chapter 1-2 :First Things First & What does this series contain? Activity and Discussion Questions: ●        What does this series include? How does this curriculum serve as professional development to teachers? Anchor charts, pocket charts, mini-lessons, conferring, songs, games, planning mats, bookmarks, cue cards, scaffolds, Each Unit 18-20 sessions, 1 session = 1 day in reading workshop, Reading Bends - Start basic and build to a deeper understanding and then to real world, teaching builds on from the day before. The curriculum gives you step by step instructions on what a mini-lesson should have, what to do for conferring, how to do small group instruction, and balanced literacy. Also, it suggests resources and provides exemplars with rubrics. ●        What are your thoughts about the research, and the design and rationale for this curriculum? The teachers liked that it immerses students into reading for enjoyment, and
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Welcome!

Welcome to the new format of discussing Units of Study! I can't wait to communicate with you all regarding our Units! Beatrice
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