McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders Strategies That Work!Dr. Loretta Faith Harris

October 21, 2013

Student Achievement

Organize learning

Plan learning

Oversee small

groups

Think about your Role and Responsibilities as a

Teacher’s Assistant. Share the Top 3 Ways you

contribute to students success?

Common Board ConfigurationDate: October 21, 2013

Benchmarks:Domain 1: Classroom Strategies and BehaviorsDomain 2: Planning and Preparing

Bell Ringer: Reflect on your contributions to students success at your school

Essential Question: How do we revolutionize the way we teach, lead, and learn for 21st

century success in the C² Ready classroom?

Common Language: McGraw Hill, Wonders, Reading, Strategies

Objective: Teacher Assistants will use research based reading strategies to assist students using McGraw Hill Wonders curriculum.

I DO: Introduce and review research-based reading strategies, tips, and activities WE DO: Examine a student lesson, select and discuss appropriate reading strategies YOU DO: Use appropriate reading strategies to assist students using McGraw Hill Wonders curriculum.

Summarizing Activity: 3-2-1 Journal

Next Steps: Implementation of reading strategies.

Learning Goals: Teacher Assistants will gain additional tools to assist students instructional development

Vision Statement A dynamic, progressive and collaborative learning community embracing

change and diversity where every student will graduate with the skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education and the workplace.

Mission Statement The mission of the Lake County Schools is to provide every student with

individual opportunities to excel.

Lake County Schools is committed to excellence in all curricular opportunities and instructional best practices. This focus area addresses closing the achievement gap, increased graduation rate, decreased dropout rate, increase in Level 3 and above scores on the FCAT, achieving an increase in the number of students enrolled in advanced placement and dual enrollment opportunities and implementing the best practices in instructional methodology.

1. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving2. Collaboration and Leadership3. Agility and Adaptability4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism5. Effective Oral and Written Communication6. Accessing and Analyzing Information7. Curiosity and Imagination

Assisting teachers/providers with building and maintaining effective instructional teams

Assisting teachers/providers with maintaining learner-centered supportive environments

Supporting teachers/providers with planning and organizing learning experiences

Assisting teachers/providers with engaging students in learning and assisting in instruction

Meeting standards of professional or ethical conduct

The National Resource Center for Paraeducators Model, 1999

Literacy programs must be based on scientific evidence related to elements that have been identified as essential in literacy instruction:

1. Phonemic Awareness 2. Phonics 3. Fluency 4. Vocabulary and Language 5. Text Comprehension 6. Writing McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders Research Base Alignment

TURN AND TALK

As a Teacher’s Assistant, have you identified a

particular reading area that offers the MOST

challenge for students?

1. Review the word 2. Unlock the meaning of the word3. Share the meaning of the word

Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds – phonemes – in spoken words. It is the foundation for reading.

(Armbruster, Lehr, & Osborn, 2003, p. 10).

The key is to directly help children develop this ‘ear for sound’

Start simple and build skills systematically. Say the word slowly. Saying a word ‘slowly’ makes it

easier for the child to hear the individual sounds. Repetition Demonstrate the activity, showing the child exactly

how to perform the skill Keep activities age appropriate

‘What Sound Starts the Word’: Give the student a word. The child repeats the word into his phone listening carefully. Have the student say the word ‘slowly’ if necessary. The student then identifies the beginning sound/. The format is to ask “What is the first sound in _____” or “What sound starts the word _____”

Right Track Reading, 2013

Example: “What sound starts the word ‘sun’. The child repeats /sun/ and then says /s/.

How have you used these instructional

resources with students?

1. Review the word 2. Unlock the meaning of the word3. Share the meaning of the word

Phonics

Phonics helps children understand the relationship between letters (graphemes) and individual sounds (phonemes). Phonics set the stage for reading.

(Scholastic, 2013)

Sing the alphabet song. Be creative — sing it as a rap, skip every other letter, start the song beginning with the letter of your child's name, sing the alphabet backwards, quietly, or loudly.

Play with letters. Set up a place where students can see and work with letters.

Share alphabet books. Alphabet books provide perfect at-home opportunities for learning about phonics and working with letters and words.

(Scholastic, 2013)

What additional resources are available at your school to help students identify letter

and sound relationship?

1. Review the word 2. Unlock the meaning of the word3. Share the meaning of the word

Fluency

Fluency is defined as the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and properexpression.

(Reading Rockets, 2013)

The texts should be at the students' independent reading level (read with 95% accuracy)

Model reading (read effortlessly and with expression)

Reread. Have students read a text four times is sufficient to improve fluency (Reading Rockets, 2013).

Choral reading - In choral, or unison, reading, students read along as a group with you (or another fluent adult reader).

Partner reading - In partner reading, paired students take turns reading aloud to each other. For partner reading, more fluent readers can be paired with less fluent readers. (Reading Rockets, 2013).

Share a personal fluency resource that help students

build fluency.

1. Review the word 2. Unlock the meaning of the word3. Share the meaning of the word

Vocabulary

Vocabulary refers to the words children must know to communicate effectively.

(Reading Rockets, 2013)

The Literacy Bin Activities are ideas you could use to build vocabulary and word skills. Their emphasis is on working with words, their meanings, and their structure.

Students use a vocabulary list from the Literacy Bin and locate root words and prefixes. This activity is good if you’ve provided instruction in Greek and Latin roots, and your keyword list includes appropriate words.

What is the #1 TIP that you recommend to help students build

vocabulary?

What is the expected outcome when students pair reading with writing in the classroom?

Writing

Writing is used to communicate ideas, entertain, inform, persuade, and learn. Writing takes many forms ranging from opinion or informative/expositorywriting, to a personal narrative.

McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders Research Base Alignment

Take notes while readingRespond to text-dependent questionsWrite a summaryWrite an extended responseCompare and contrast texts

McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders Research Base Alignment

What strategies are currently in use at

your school to develop students

writing skills?

1. Review the word 2. Unlock the meaning of the word3. Share the meaning of the word

Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension is the act of understanding what you are reading. Reading comprehension is an intentional, active, interactive process that occurs before, during and after a person reads a particular piece of writing.

K12 Reader, 2012

Before Reading During Reading After Reading

Activate students' background knowledge to the content of the text by discussing what students will read and what they already know about its topic and about the text organization.

Establish a purpose for reading Identify and discuss difficult words, phrases, and

concepts in the textPreview the text (by surveying the title,

illustrations, and unusual text structures) to make predictions about its content

Think, talk, and write about the topic of the text

What are the benefits of before reading activities?

Ask questions that keep students on track and focus their attention on main ideas and important points in the text. Call on students to summarize key sections or events.

Determine and summarize important ideas and supportive details

Make connections between and among important ideas in the text

Integrate new ideas with existing background knowledge. Ask questions about the text Sequence events and ideas in the text Offer interpretations of and responses to the text Check understanding by paraphrasing or restating important

and/or difficult sentences and paragraphs Visualize characters, settings, or events in a text

What resources are currently in use at

your school to help students interact

with the text during reading?

Ask students to recall and tell in their own words important parts of the text. Offer students opportunities to respond to the reading in various ways, including through writing, dramatic play, music, readers' theatre, videos, debate, or pantomime.

Evaluate and discuss the ideas encountered in the text

Apply and extend these ideas to other texts and real life situations

Summarize what was read by retelling the main ideas

Discuss ideas for further reading

(Reading Rockets, 2013)

What strategies are currently in place at your school to

help students summarize their

learning?

1. Conduct a 2-Minute Preview of Wonders third grade Unit 2 Week 4 Lesson, “Protecting the Islands”

2. Based on today’s presentation, share reading strategies that you would use with students:

• Before Reading

• During Reading

• After Reading

Additional Resources

3 Reading strategies I learned

2 Reading strategies I will use

1 Reading strategy question I still have

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