2. Reading…
+ Self-regulation
+ Social-emotional learning
+ Spirals of Inquiry
+ Assessment for Learning
+ Aboriginal Ways of Knowing
Where is the Joy of Reading?
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3. High Success Reading
• Only 1/153 beginning reading programs
made a difference in achievement.
• Big chunks of time with “just right text”
• 99% Accuracy
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4. Coaching for Comprehension
1. M is for Meaning – Does that make
sense?
2. S is for Language Structure – Does that
sound right?
3. V is for Visual Information – Does that
look right?
Meaning is the driver….
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5. Marilyn Adams, 1990
“ The best way to develop phonemic
segmentation is through invented spelling;
children with pens and pencile, drawing
and writing.”
About 20% of children do not develop
phonemic segmentation readily.
K/1 = 10 minutes/day max.
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6. Every Child, Every Day
1. Every child reads something he or she chooses.
2. Every child reads accurately.
3. Every child reads something he or she
understands and can connect to.
4. Every child writes about something personally
meaningful
5. Every child talks with peers about reading and
writing
6. Every child listens to Paxton SD 48 District read aloud.
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7. Faye’s Questions
• How clear is the learning intention to me
and my students?
• Are there opportunities for my students to
work in different sized groups?
• Am I enthused about learning to read?
• Am I having 1:1 dialogue/conferences with
my students?
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8. Reading is about thinking and
constructing meaning…
• Does a worksheet support that?
• Are we underestimating student’s
capacity?
• Can we put a border on a sheet of paper
and call it a working/thinking paper?
• How can students show what they know in
ways that make sense to them?
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9. Constructivism and the Gradual
Release of Responsibility.
• Teacher modelling
• Guided practice
• Independent practice
• Independent application
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10. Think Alouds for K - 12
• Takes no prep
• Wonder
• Predict
• Get stuck
• Use a strategy
• Accept feedback
• Set goals
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11. A Collaborative Model of Support
• Students may do well in a Resource
Room, but students who struggle do not
generalize well. They will do better in the
context of the classroom.
• Class review process – Learning in Safe
Schools – a strengths-based model
• No plan – no point (Layton)
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12. How powerful is the language
we use?
• Combined or multi-age classrooms,
because splits begin with division, not
community.
• Students with special needs, not special
needs or special ed. Kids.
• Resource Teacher, Learning Services
Teacher, not Resource Room Teacher
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13. Choice Words
•Thank you
•Because you worked hard…
•Because you stopped and re-read…
•I noticed…
•Something brilliant you did was…
•Something I like about you is…
Give feedback on effort and use of strategy.
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14. The Daily 5
Fostering literacy independence in
the elementary grades.
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15. Shhh….There is no program!
• The teacher is the program.
• Every child, every day.
• Working smarter, not harder.
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16. Daily 5 Routines
• Read to yourself
• Read to someone
• Work on Writing
• Listen to (fluent) reading
• Word Work
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17. Core Foundations
• Trusting students
• Providing choice
• Nurturing community
• Creating a sense of urgency
• Building stamina
• Staying out of children’s way once
routines are established (don’t micro-
manage!)
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18. • Purpose + Choice = Motivation
• Create a sense of Urgency – ask Why?
• “The Daily 5 is a student-driven
management structure designed to fully
engage students in reading and writing.”
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19. Other strengths:
• Harness the power of teacher modelling
• Let students write about what’s important
to them
• Have students visualize themselves
independently engaged in their choice
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21. By 2015…
All of our children will cross the stage with
dignity, purpose and options.
Every learner will be as curious when they
leave as when they arrived.
Let us use Strong Ways – evidence-based
and practice informed.
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