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Agenda

• Four Corners

• Informational vs. Non Fiction

• Common Core Standards- Informational Reading

• Learning Experience

• Administrator’s role

• Resources

Four Corners

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- Kylene Beers, author Notice & Note

DID YOU KNOW?

As adults, 95% of daily reading and writing is devoted to non-fiction or informational materials and tasks.

Over 1.9 billion readers and writers are now on the Internet; 96% of the sites on are expository in form.

Futurists predict that by 2020 the amount of information will double every 73 days.

Statistically, students are spending a range of 7-15% of their reading time engaged with informational text.

Common Core mandates a shift to 50/50 informational text by fourth grade.

Informational vs. Non-fiction

What is the significant difference between

Informational text and Non-fiction?

Why does it matter?

What did you read that added to or clarified

your understanding?

How might this impact teaching and learning?

Integrating Informational Text Into Literacy Routines

• Incorporate informational text daily

• Teach non-fiction reading strategies through high interest and relevant resources

• Read aloud non-fiction

• Think aloud as you read informational text, modeling

• Use diagrams and/or pictures to help students comprehend text

• Model using text features to add to comprehension

Let’s Explore

Common Core Standards

for

Informational Reading

What might we do to help What might we do to help students notice something students notice something about the text that would about the text that would cause them to go deeper into cause them to go deeper into the text and into themselves?the text and into themselves?

Stage 1: Topic, Big Idea, EnduringStage 1: Topic, Big Idea, Enduring

Understanding:Understanding:What Makes a Strong Team? What Makes a Strong Team? What can get do when we work What can get do when we work

in ain a team?team?

Weekly Theme: Weekly Theme: Helping OthersHelping OthersEssential question: Why is it a Essential question: Why is it a

goodgood idea to work together to solveidea to work together to solve problems?problems?

Stage 2: Assessment EvidenceStage 2: Assessment Evidence

Choose a topic related to cleaning up Choose a topic related to cleaning up your communityyour community

Decide on the best way to present your Decide on the best way to present your informationinformation

Present their work to their peers or Present their work to their peers or another groupanother group

Stage 3: Learning Plan (WHERE TO)Stage 3: Learning Plan (WHERE TO)

Selection title: Selection title: A Solution to PollutionA Solution to Pollution

Close Reading using TDQ & Again and Close Reading using TDQ & Again and AgainAgain

Image, word, Image, word, situation that is situation that is repeatedrepeated

learn more about the plot, the learn more about the plot, the characters, the themecharacters, the theme

Might serve as a symbolMight serve as a symbol

Question: Why does the Question: Why does the author repeat the author repeat the situation again and situation again and again? again?

Learning Experience

REAL WORLD READING:REAL WORLD READING:

““A Solution to PollutionA Solution to Pollution””

Read Read A Solution to Pollution!A Solution to Pollution!

1.1.Discuss with a partner how this Discuss with a partner how this story adds to the theme: story adds to the theme: TEAMWORKTEAMWORK

2.2.How does it add to what we know How does it add to what we know about the importance of working in about the importance of working in a team?a team?

3.3.How can teamwork benefit our How can teamwork benefit our community or environment?community or environment?

The Lesson

The Lesson

LetLet’’s reread to go deeper. s reread to go deeper. Consider the following questions:Consider the following questions:

What text features does the What text features does the author use to help us author use to help us understand the importance understand the importance of working together to solve of working together to solve problems?problems?

The Lesson

What were some of the Again What were some of the Again and Again moments/situations and Again moments/situations the author used to help us notice the author used to help us notice the importance of working the importance of working together to solve problems?together to solve problems?

What can we predict about the What can we predict about the benefits of teamwork on a benefits of teamwork on a community?community?

Leadership

What systems can principals put in place to support teachers in the planning and teaching of the CCSS?

LeadershipWhat do the experts say:

According to School Leader’s Guide to the Common Core

Schools need TIME for collaboration!

Leadership

1.Lead by Example

2.Provide Sound Professional Development

(include Theory, Demonstration, Practice and Coaching)

3. Embrace PLCs

Common Core Resources:

escwest.net

Treasures Snap-ins & resource books

(grades 3-6)theteachingchannel.com

(videos from Stacy Brewer and Jenna Ogier)

smarterbalanced.orghttp://www.achievethecore.orgSchool Site PD and Grade Level Planning