More Related Content Similar to Visual tools for teaching college readiness reading standards (20) Visual tools for teaching college readiness reading standards1. Visual Tools for Teaching College- and Career-
Readiness Standards
Edwin Ellis, Ph.D. Craig Henden, BA
Professor, Special Education, Math Teacher
The University of Alabama Oakman Middle
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For information about how to access Smart
Visual software featured in this
presentation or professional development
Elizabeth Long, MA for your school, please contact Dr. Edwin
RTI Coordinator Ellis
Hartselle High School
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2. Visual Tools for Teaching College- and Career-
Readiness Standards
Edwin Ellis, Ph.D. Craig Henden, BA
Professor, Special Education, Math Teacher
The University of Alabama Oakman Middle
edwinellis1@gmail.com School
(205) 394-5512
PART 1: Reading Standards
Elizabeth Long, MA
RTI Coordinator
Hartselle High School
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3. Visual Tools for Teaching College- and Career-
Readiness Standards
Edwin Ellis, Ph.D. Craig Henden, BA
Professor, Special Education Math Teacher
The University of Alabama Oakman Middle
edwinellis1@gmail.com School
(205) 394-5512
Elizabeth Long, MA
RTI Coordinator
Hartselle High School
PART 2: Writing Standards
4. Visual Tools for Teaching College- and Career-
Readiness Standards
Edwin Ellis, Ph.D. Craig Henden, BA
Professor, Special Education, Math Teacher
The University of Alabama Oakman Middle
edwinellis1@gmail.com School
(205) 394-5512 PART 3: Math Standards
Elizabeth Long, MA
RTI Coordinator
Hartselle High School
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LANGUAGE ARTS READING
Key ideas & Craft & Knowledge &
details Structure Ideas Integration
Identifying Use Drawing
Key ideas & Details Text Features to Aid Conclusions
Comprehension
Identifying
Asking/Answering
Questions Texts’ Similarities &
Determine / Clarify Differences
Meaning of Words
Making Comparing
in Text
Connections Author’ Points / Positions
Cite Identify Distinguishing b/w
Textual Evidence Author’s Purpose Fact, Opinion, &
Reasoned Judgment
Differentiate b/w Recognize & Use
Text Structure Cues Integrating
Explicit & Implied Info
Multiple Info
Explain How Recognize Sources
Assessing
Ideas Were Developed Point-of-View, Bias, Author’s Claims,
in Text etc. Reasoning & Evidence
6. All about… visual tools that target specific
NCCS standards 3 BIG IDEAS about
All about… embedded prompts that cue what visual tools
/how to think about essential info
All about… applying principles of strategic
instruction when using visual tools
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NCCS standards
Summarizing
Key Ideas & Details
Webs can be excellent visual tools for teaching summarization skills…
Are the other visual tools that work better?
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10. Which would you rather have?
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NCCS standards
Summarizing
Key Ideas & Details
Webs depict “whole-to-part”
structures
WHOLE
PARTS
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Summarizing
Key Ideas & Details
Drawing
Conclusions
Much better….
“whole-to-part -back-to-whole
TOPIC
Is about…
WHOLE
Main Idea Main Idea
Details Details
PARTS
So what? What’s important to understand about this?
WHOLE
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NCCS standards
Summarizing
Key Ideas & Details
Drawing
Conclusions
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NCCS standards
Making
Comparisons
Venns can be excellent visual tools for for comparing…
Are the other visual tools that work better?
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Bald Eagle Red-Tailed Hawk
DIFFERENT SIMILAR DIFFERENT
They eat fish and Carnivores They prey on small
use their talons or rodents and rarely will
claws to catch them. eat poultry.
They live near lakes, Temperate Deciduous They live in the open
rivers, marshes, and Forest country of various kinds,
seacoasts. including farmlands.
The Bald Eagle has a Both have white somewhere The Red-tailed Hawk
white on their body usually has a white chest
head and tail and a with a rust-colored tail.
blackish
body.
They create their nests The females lay two to Their eggs are white
using sticks.. The eggs three eggs at a time. with brown spots. The nest is
are white. Make nests of sticks in tall also made of bark and bits of
trees. fresh green vegetation.
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Bald Eagle Red-Tailed Hawk
DIFFERENT SIMILAR DIFFERENT
They eat fish and Carnivores They prey on small
Food use their talons or rodents and rarely will
claws to catch them. eat poultry.
They live near lakes, Temperate Deciduous They live in the open
Habitat rivers, marshes, and Forest country of various kinds,
seacoasts. including farmlands.
The Bald Eagle has a Both have white somewhere The Red-tailed Hawk
white on their body
Color head and tail and a
usually has a white chest
with a rust-colored tail.
blackish
body.
They create their nests The females lay two to Their eggs are white
Nests using sticks.. The eggs three eggs at a time. with brown spots.The nest is
are white. Make nests of sticks in tall also made of bark and bits of
trees. fresh green vegetation.
Note the clarity that adding subtopics adds to the visual
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Which would you rather have?
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NCCS standards Making
Comparisons
Ice Berg Ice Flow
How
Formed
Where
Located
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Comparisons
Ice Berg Ice Flow
Began as slow forming Began as surface
land-based glacier water freezes – makes
How (from snow)- breaks an ice layer on top of
off & falls into water ocean that breaks &
Formed refreezes
Most of it is below All of it floats on top
water of water;
Where
Can flip over Never flip over
Located
Move by wind & ocean May break apart to
currents; form ice islands,
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Comparisons
Drawing
Conclusions
Ice Berg Ice Flow
Conclusion
Began as slow forming Began as surface Ice bergs made from
land-based glacier water freezes – makes snow = fresh water.
How (from snow)- breaks an ice layer on top of Ice flows made from
off & falls into water ocean that breaks & sea water = salty
Formed refreezes
Most of it is below All of it floats on top Both formed in polar
water of water; regions, thus require
Where REALLY cold weather
Can flip over Never flip over Both float
Located
Move by wind & ocean May break apart to Ice bergs are more
currents; form ice islands, dangerous than ice
Movement some travel to warmer Moves by wind only. flows. Ice flows can
areas = shipping Melt thus, not much look like land. Bergs
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hazard shipping hazard look like ice islands
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Explaining How
Ideas Developed
Plot Sequence
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/how to think about essential info
So far, we’ve been looking at
generic graphic organizers that
are excellent tools for
addressing NCCS standards
Some NCCS standards require visual tools that are
specifically designed to teach them
These are specialized visual tools
“Discipline-specific”, not generic
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Asking / Answering Determining
/how to think about essential info Questions Meanings of Words
Term Definition (in your own words)
Make up a WHO question that includes the term in the question
Guess the answer to your question
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Know * Learned* Questions
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Asking / Answering
/how to think about essential info Questions
Write your WHY question here Think-back
Ask & Answer Questions
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Write your answer here
Write your HOW question here
Write your answer here
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/how to think about essential info Questions
What words best describe the
setting?
Questioning The Author
about the Setting
How does the way you describe
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the setting affect the mood in
the story?
How the setting affect or shape
the main character in the story?
Why does the the setting impact
the main problem in the story?
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IMPORTANT INFERENCE (addition Drawing
EVENT(summary of info about event that Inferences
facts provided by the might be true)
author about event)
Inferences about Events
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Drawing
Inferences
…how the character treats others
…how the character views his/her self
…what motivates the character
CHARACTER
…how the character deals with problems
FEATURES
…character’s values
Inferences about how the
character’s features was shaped
by the setting or events
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Drawing
Inferences
PROBABLY BECAUSE…
SHAPED BY
THESE SETTING
CHARACTER or EVENT
FEATURES FEATURES
Inferences about how the
character’s features was shaped
by the setting or events
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Describe an important event in the story
Recognizing
Point-of-View, Bias
Who is telling CHARACTER
the story? Narrator’s vs. Character’s
Point-of-View
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What the narrator How the character
seems to like or not views the event
like about the event DIFFERENTLY
Why you think the Why the character
narrator thinks or thinks or feels this
feels this way way
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Summary of an important EVENT in the story
Recognizing
Point-of-View, Bias
How the narrator seems How the narrator’s
to feel about the event feelings affect the way Impact of Narrator’s
or characters involved the event is described Point-of-View on How
in it Story is Told
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Source &
EVENT
Author
Distinguishing b/w
Tone A reporter may express opinion (approval, ridicule, etc.) via tone of voice used when
Facts, Opinions, &
Reasoned
discussing the topic Judgment
Exaggeration Exaggerating the characteristics of something/ someone often reflect bias.
Recognizing Assessing
Point-of-View, Bias Author’s claims
Title The wording of a report’s title may reflect the author’s opinion about the topic of
the report.
Author Bias
Inclusion or omission of info Reading Smart Visual
Author chooses to include or omit specific info about a
topic. Only by comparing explanations about a topic from a wide variety of sources
can “omission” bias be observed, so it is difficult to detect.
Word choice The choice of words an author uses to describe something (gathering vs.
mob) or name something / someone (child vs. brat); use of words that
express positive / negative value.
Placement The position in a report (beginning, middle, end) that an idea is presented
may cause people to view its importance differently.
Picture / video selection How something / someone appears in a picture or video can
dramatically sway perceptions; picture captions or video
narrations also may reflect bias.
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Source &
EVENT
Author
Distinguishing b/w
Facts, Opinions, &
Reasoned
Judgment
Recognizing Assessing
Point-of-View, Bias Author’s claims
Author Bias
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How balanced was the author’s report?
(provide evidence from the source material to
support your opinion)
How impartial was the author?
(provide evidence from the source material to
support your opinion)
How well did the author substantiate the
information in the report? (provide evidence
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Source &
EVENT
Author
How balanced was the author’s explanation?
Recognizing Assessing
VERY BALANCED VERY ONE_SIDED Point-of-View, Bias Author’s claims
Equally explained the different Explanation was one-sided;
perspectives people may have failed to explain alternative Balanced vs. One-sided
about the topic; explain perspectives; ignored
conflicting arguments Report
conflicting arguments
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Source &
EVENT
Author
How balanced was the author’s explanation?
Recognizing Assessing
Point-of-View, Bias Author’s claims
Reason 1 for rating / include information from Balanced vs. One-sided
source material Report
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Reason 2 for rating / include information from
source material
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/how to think about essential info Making CAUSE / EFFECT
Connections
This person Caused this to happen
Specific Specific
How or Why? information about
information about
the person what happened
This person’s positive to negative impact on the world TM
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Making Determining
/how to think about essential info Connections Meanings of Words
PERSONAL
CONNECTIONS
Word Walls
Knowledge Vocabulary
Word Definition Picture
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Summarizing
Key Ideas & Details
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Connections
Person
Is important person because…
Ways to describe this person…
Know for… Not know for… Impact on Someone
-or- world from today’s
Don’t confuse THEN & world this
with… NOW person is like
or not like…
Because…
Because…
Knowledge Connections
This person makes you Because…
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We’ve developed specific high-engagement instructional routines for using
visual tools….
* BEFORE the lesson to activate & assess background knowledge, pre-
teach vocabulary & create anticipation for learning.
* DURING the lesson to both teach the NCCSS language arts literacy
skills AND teach subject-matter
Text-to-notes routines
Notes-to-writing routines
Project-based learning routines
* AFTER the lesson to facilitate reflective reviews and use of “essential
questions” about the tools students are learning to
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