PLN

Lenses of Learning

Bristol Township School District

January 7, 2013

Do Now: Create a TitleWho else would you add? Why?

Be Ready to share.

What does a PLN class look like?

Why should you care?

Why is reading important in the content areas?

• If all teachers provide reading

opportunities; students will be better

prepared to meet id. standards.

• Background knowledge provides

essential link between what students

understand and what they read.

In combined reading and writing instruction, students are more

engaged in a greater society of experiences that

lead to better reasoning and higher level thinking.

PLN Critical Experiencesin Literacy

• Transacting with Text

• Composing Texts

• Extending Reading and Writing

• Investigating Language

• Learning to Learn

Four Lenses of Learning

Meaning Centered

Language BasedSocial

Human

LEARNING

Lenses as a Metaphor

The lenses of learning provide a

conceptual framework for us to

examine and improve school and

classroom practice in language use

across the curriculum. Seeing

learning from many perspectives.

Do Now:1. Read through article and note your

responses to the underlined text.

2. Share with your partner.

3. Be ready to share in whole group.

Meaning Based Learning

• Learners need to connect new

knowledge to prior knowledge (Schema)

• We need to build relevance:

Personal Relevance

Academic Relevance

Motivation

Quality Instruction

Meaning CenteredImplications for Meaning Centered Instruction

• Establish Target and Goals Explicitly

• Upfront Summative (At the End)

Assessment that focuses on Formative

(During) Assessment

Do Now:1. Read through article and note your

responses to the underlined text.

2. Share with your partner.

3. Be ready to share in whole group.

Social Lens

Students need to:

Actively read & write to build knowledge

Opportunities to talk, question & reflect

Use language for their own purposes

Social Lens Considerations

Who is doing all the talking in your class?

Are students given the opportunity to

share?

Are students allowed to refine their

thinking?

Ticket Out to Break

Complete and Share with Table Mates

Keep for your Lessons/Resources

Break for 10

Welcome Back!

Sit with a new partner.

Language is Learning Based

Do Now:

With your new partner,

read and note the underlined text.

Be ready to discuss the following:

What is the role of language in learning?

What is the relationship between reading,

writing and talking?

“Read like writers” and “Write like readers”

• Actively read and write to build knowledge

• Opportunities to talk, question and reflect

• Use language for their own purposes

• Reading, Writing, and Talking create better

processing opportunities which leads to

better learning

Take a minute…

What are your thoughts,

reflections and questions?

Share with your table mates…

Human Based Learning Lens

Do Now:

Read the article, attend to the underlined text

What are learning “styles” or ‘states”?

What is metacognitive awareness?

What is the relationship between ‘skill and

“will”?

Implications for the Classroom

All students:

Have an opportunity to succeed every day

Are encouraged to take risks and participate

safely

Are invited to engage and learn to the best of

their abilities (IEP Students)

All ideas are respected

Expect success

Incubation Time

Questions & Reflections

Ticket Out:

Did the presentation address all of

the Learning Lenses and How?

Complete the checklist