Presentation given at Fortify 2016: Strengthening Teachers and Leaders hosted by the Ayers Institute for teacher Learning & Innovation at Lipscomb University.
Dr. Ally Hauptman, Lipscomb University College of Education
Lauren Bauer, RTI Specialist, Williamson County Schools
2. Components of strong tier 1
Reading, writing, thinking, speaking, and listening
Making thinking visible
Writing to process
3. Careful consideration of the text
Levels of the text you are asking students to read
Motivation/interests of the students
Paired text
“Way in” text, “Hook” text, controversial text, novel text
4. Making thinking visible
Writing to process
Different types of writing within the same lesson
Allows students to examine their thinking as they are presented with
text
5. Homework: For or Against?
Brainstorm all of the words that come to your mind when you think of
homework!
Work through 3 separate texts with the goal of taking a stance on
homework
Each article will use a different reading, writing, thinking, speaking,
or listening strategy
Finish with a debrief
6. ASCD Article
Cooperative Reading
One partner reads a paragraph and the other verbally
summarizes the paragraph
Switch roles after each paragraph
Fill out your Pro/Con graphic organizer as you go
What is your stance on homework?
7. One pager
As you read the article, listen to your inner voice and leave tracks of
your thinking.
On a sticky note, write two words that immediately come to mind
when you think about what you read.
Find a new partner. Share and justify your two words.
8. Argument Protocol
Are you for or against giving homework?
Line up according to your claim
Caucus
Give your claim and evidence to a partner from the other side
Caucus with your side
Rebut arguments with same partner
9. Poem
Complete a shared reading of “Homework, I Love You”
Craft your homework argument based on the Found Poem format
10. Debrief
Who’s doing the work?
Which tasks were reading tasks? Writing tasks? Thinking tasks?
Speaking tasks? Listening tasks?
Editor's Notes
Intro ourselves
Lauren-Regardless of the content area, including the following components will shift the learning load from the teacher to the student.
Ally
Lauren-writing makes thinking concrete and allows the author to process through information and revise thinking.
What types of writing do students need to do so we know they understand? How does this help me as a teacher?
Ally-As we move through a set of activities pay attention to your own thinking.