Instructional Support Leadership Network

January 7th, 2013METS Center

Curtis Hall- Executive Director, Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services

Dr. Rosa Weaver- Educational Leadership Coordinator, Northern Kentucky University

Ben Lusk- Director of Assessment Support Boone County Schools

Ruthie Staley- Regional Network English Content Specialist

Jenny Ray- Regional Network Math Content Specialist

Ellen Sears- Office of Next Generation Learners

Today’s Facilitators

Language Arts Network Update Mathematics Network Update Professional Growth Administrator Talk Roundtable

AGENDA

Professional Development- Deneen Zimmerman, Kenton County

Curriculum and Instruction- Ginger Webb, Fort Thomas

Technology Integration- TW Loring, Boone County

Assessment and Accountability- Amy Razor, Pendleton County

College and Career Readiness- Patty Patterson, Dayton Independent

Roundtable Presenters

Continue to provide you with Network information including updates and teacher work

Keep you updated and informed on the TPGES

Provide professional growth and sharing of ideas across the regional districts

Today’s Goals

I.S.L.N. MeetingJanuary 7th, 2013

English Language Arts Update

Things to Think about In the New Year

Foundational Skills with an emphasis on: Phonological Awareness Phonics and Word Recognition FluencyWriting The Three Modes of Writing Writer’s Reference Sheet Daily Writing in the Classroom – Quick WritesClose Reading StrategiesOpportunities for Speaking and Listening

Saturday Sessions in 2013February 9th – Lexington March 16th - RichmondApril 6th – Elizabethtown

Logistics of Meeting in Monday, January 28th, 2013

The METS Center in Erlanger8:00 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 3:30 Meeting

Preparation: Teacher Leaders will bring in the LDC Module they have designed, taught and analysis of student work

January’s Agenda

Close Reading

“Every text has a skeleton hidden

between its covers. Your job

as an analytic reader is to find

it.”

Adler and Van Doren, 1940/1972

Why Depth through “Close Reading” Matters

Close reading instruction:

Requires careful attention to how the text unfolds through asking text-dependent questions.

Focuses on building knowledge through the strategic use of text-dependent questions.

Can prepare students for the kinds of reading tasks they will encounter after graduation.

Despite its name, close reading has a lot more to do with writing than reading!

Creating a Close Reading

Use a short passage“Read with a pencil”Note what’s confusingPay attention to patternsGive your students the chance to struggle a bit

Inferences

Probe each argument in

persuasive text, each idea in

informational text, each key detail in literary text, and observe

how these build to a whole.

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80-90% of (CCSS) reading standards require text-

dependent analysis yet over 30% of questions in major

textbooks do not.Sue Pimentel, Lead Author of Common Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy

Close Reading

Text Dependent Questions

Congruent Assessmen

ts

What is close reading?“Close reading” is a method of literary analysis involving reading and writing. When one “close reads” a text, one analyzes it based on individual words, or groups of words, rather than by long quotes. Despite its name, close reading has a lot more to do with writing than reading!Why is it important?“Close reading” is an essential college skill, regardless of a writer’s discipline. It is often a more effective way of explaining a text than by using long quotes, as you have been taught to do throughout high school.Text-dependent questions:

Draw the reader back to the text to discover what it says.Have concrete and explicit answers rooted in the text.Frame inquiries in ways that do not rely on a mix of personal opinion, background information, and imaginative speculation.

Domain 3

Engaging Students in Learning

Two 45 Minute Breakout Sessions

Session # 1Remote Coaching – Amy Cody

Walton Verona M.S.

Session # 1Graphic Novels

Ellen Sears – Kentucky Department of Education

Session # 1CIITS – Molly Bowen

Two 45 Minute Breakout Sessions

Session # 2Engagement of Elementary Students in

Daily WritingRuthie Staley, K.D.E.

Session # 2

Session # 2Revisiting Formative Assessment

Debbie Carter, Clark County School District

Session # 2Engagement of High School

Students in Daily WritingBen Lusk, Director of

Assessment, Boone County School District

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Next meeting date, Monday, March 11th