This document outlines an agenda for an ARS PD session on shared book reading and read alouds. The agenda includes introductions, technology demonstrations, shared reading and reading aloud video clips to analyze, and a discussion of designing 21st century learning environments. The goal is to help educators develop best practices in teaching essential early literacy skills through knowledgeable instruction and engaged learning experiences.

1. ARS Language & Literacy Curriculum
ARS PD Session 5
April 19, 2010
ARS Shared Book & Read Aloud:
Taking a Closer Look

2. ARS Goals
• Best prac+ce
• Essen+al early literacy skills
• Knowledgeable educators
• 21 century learning environments
• Engaged parents and communi+es

3. Agenda
Morning A(ernoon
8:30 Gree+ng 1:00 Shared Book Clip 3
8:45 Tech Time Read Aloud Clip 3
10:00 DEW 2:00 Break
10:15 Break 2:15 CBDM
10:30 Shared Reading Clip 1 3:30 Flowers
Read Aloud Clip 1 4:00 Closing
11:15 Shared Reading Clip 2
Read Aloud Clip 2
12:00 Lunch

4. Check for Understanding
Cloze Passage: Fill in the blank.
Instruc+on that occurs through ___ book reading
helps children develop oral language ___ and
__ knowledge.
Challenge Ques4on:
Rank order the following skills from
higher to lower priority in beginning
reading:
*book handling, *listening,
*allitera+on, *name wri+ng,
*grammar

5. TechTime
Objec4ves
1. Laptops ‐ PDF
2. U‐Video Camera
lesson & ac+vity
3. e‐Book Experience
4. Mobile Learning
Devices

6. Logging On
• Log‐in Informa+on
– USER: readingfirstsa1
– PASS: sa1
readingfirstsa1
sa1
UANET

7. Accessing Handout Materials
Click on Teachers &
Teaching Assistants
Group

8. Accessing Handout Materials
Choose Discussion Forum

9. Accessing Handout Materials
View SlideShare
Download
Powerpoint or PDF
files

10. U-Video Activity
1. Break into Cohort Groups
2. Each classroom should open videos of Flowers
ac+vi+es on their laptop
3. Share your Flowers videos with the Cohort
Group
4. Share 1 example from Cohort Group with
whole group

11. U-Video File Transfer
1. Plug U‐Video Camera into laptop USB port
2. Open U‐Video folder to view files
3. Navigate to video folder
4. Open Video folder on laptop
5. Drag video file from U‐Video folder and drop
into Video folder
6. Copying message will appear
• Do Not disconnect the U‐Video Camera!

12. 1. Choose Groups
Accessing e-Books
2. Select e-Book
Research
3. Click on
TumbleBooks
icon

13. Designing an e-Book
Nook
e-Book Shared Reading
Observing teacher &
student behaviors

14. TouchSmart
Computer
e-Book Shared Reading
Variety of seating
contexts

15. Mobile Learning Devices
iPod Touch
iPad

16. e-Book Activity
What are we learning so far…
• Requires adapta+ons in the sebng
• Requires old and new teaching prac+ces
• Focuses children’s aden+on on words
which is what we intended in this field
study.

17. Designing & Building 21 st Century Learning Environment
Our approach is to:
• Focus on a specific new technology e.g., e‐books
• ‘Test it’ in the real sebng on a small scale with a
few teachers who volunteer…
• Learn from what we observe; ‘iron out’ the bugs
• Develop an approach for larger‐scale
implementa+on
• Teach teachers & introduce into all classrooms;
con+nue to monitor.

18. DEW Design…going further
• Focus on design making the door, entry, walls
another ‘teacher’
• Focus on displaying children’s work/
learning in all kinds of ways
• Accentuate the Topic Study & HT theme
• Make the environment ‘beau+ful’

19. Design Features:
• Color
• Texture
• Variety
• Informa+on
• Appeal

20. color~texture~variety~informa+on~appeal

21. • Color
• Texture
• Variety
• Informa+on
• Appeal

22. Use of wall space
• Text
• White space
• Framing

23. Procedure…for taking a closer look at Shared Book/Read Aloud
Steps:
1. View the clip (whole group)
2. Complete checklist (individually)
3. Share observa+ons (small group)
4. Iden+fy 2 key observa+ons (small group)
5. Share key observa+ons (whole group)
You will do this 3x

24. Accessing CBDM Website
1. Choose Groups
2. Select Teachers
& Teaching
Assistants
3. Click on CBDM
link

25. Flowers – March 29 – May 14
HT Topics:
• My Five Senses
• Weather
• Spring
• Backyard Creatures
• In the Garden

26. Flowers Highlights
• Assessment
• Vocabulary + photos/objects
• Phonological awareness
– Rhyming
– Allitera+on

27. ARS Goals
• Best prac+ce
• Essen+al early literacy skills
• Knowledgeable educators
• 21 century learning environments
• Engaged parents and communi+es

28. Closing
• Closing remarks/review
• Comple+ng the online evalua+on