ARS Language & Literacy Curriculum

ARS PD Session 2January 25, 2010

ARS Goals

• Best practice

• Essential early literacy skills

• Knowledgeable educators

• 21 century learning environments

• Engaged parents and communities

What we will do today

• TechTime

• Review key points from 12.5.09

• Explore the HT-CC Instructional Roadmap

• Learn about the Shared Book protocol

• Plan first few days of HT-CC curriculum start on 2.2

TechTime

Objectives

1. Learn how to join the ARS NING

2. U-Video Camera lesson & activity

ARS NING

• Educational Social Network

• Professional Learning Community

• Online repository of ARS resources

http://akronreadysteps.ning.com/

Joining the NING

http://akronreadysteps.ning.com/main/authorization/signUp?

You’ll need to provide:

• Valid email address

• Password

• Date of Birth

– Not displayed to others

U-Video Camera

• One touch recording

• Built-in speaker and wide range mic

• Records up to an hour of video footage

• Upload video to your computer using built-in USB connection

Video Introductions

• Pair up with your Teacher/Teaching Assistant

• Take turns recording a video introduction of the other person

• Include:– Your Name

– Your position

– Your School Location

– Favorite thing about teaching

– Share 1 or 2 professional goal(s) you have for using technology in the classroom

ARS - Early Literacy Skills

• Oral language comprehension

• Vocabulary

• Phonological awareness

• Alphabet knowledge

• Developmental writing

• Print knowledge

Mature Play

Read Alouds

Core HT-CC

technology

ARS Language & Literacy Curriculum

Our Approach

Curricular Tools

• Instructional Roadmap PD Team + coaches

• 3-D Planner T, TA, Children

• Topic Study Overview T, TA

• Weekly/Daily Planner T, TA

Topic Study 1

Exploring the Roadmap

• Big Ideas

• Play Cycle

• Instructional Segments

• Instructional Mainstays

Big Ideas - Wheels help things move.

• Scientific thinking AAAS

• HS Child Outcomes

– Language

– Literacy

– Science

– Mathematics

5-week play cycle

Make props

Model

ProblemResolution

Closing

Play Sets Procedure hand out

Dramatic Play Setting

Purpose

• Question

• HT Theme #

• Concept

• Background

• Resources

• Vocabulary

• Letter-Sound Study

Instructional Segments - Walk Through

Day Meeting Lang Arts Open new

1 •Song•Collection

Big BookPicture walk

Art; Discovery; Books

2 •Song•Collection•Sort

Big BookRead to

Art

3 •Song•Sound Study•KWL

Big BookRead with

Blocks; Art; Dramatic Play

4 •Song•Letter Study•KWL

Big BookWord Study

5 •Song•Letter-Sound•KWL

Big BookWord Study

Teaching Protocol

Songs, Poems, Word Play Shared Book

•What is a protocol? A teaching guide

Walk Through Week 2 - with me…

• Purpose, etc.: What objects have wheels?• Instructional Segments• Daily Instruction

– Song, Explore, Sort, Sound Study, Letter, Study, Sound Letter Study

– Big Book– Activity Areas

• Art• Dramatic Play• Books

Off you go…explore

Weeks 3-5

Observer:rubric check Teaching Action Quality Notes

(0-3)before

5-6 (3) 1. Read title, author, illustrator/probe about book cover

3-4 (2) 2. Point to each word as you read1-2 (1) 3. Discuss or highlight author and illustrator

4. Show book cover5. Ask for predictions6. Record predictions/revisit predictions

during3/4 (3) 1. Picture walk/track print2/4 (2) 2. Identify characters and objects/ask for

predictions1/4 (1) 3. Explaining what is happening/Solicit

comments4. teach vocabulary/review vocabulary

after3/3 (3) 1. Make connections2/3 (2) 2. Confirm predictions1/3 (1) 3. Connect to experiences

total 0

LCELEShared Book Observation Protocol

Classroom:Date:

Day Teach Learn

1 B Tell title, author, illustrator

Attend to words; literary content

B Discuss cover Make predictions

D Picture walk Comprehend oral language

D Teach voc optional Say new words

A Connect to experience

Make connections

Voc Teaching Sequence: Say It; Tell It; Do It w/turn n tell

Day Teach Learn

2 B Read title, author, illustrator words

Attend to print; literary content

B Read predictions Print helps us remember

B Recall new words Remember new words

D Prepare for reading L-R orientation; print is read

D Read; discuss Comprehend story meaning

D Teach 2 new words Learn new words

A Confirm predictions Check predictions

A Connect to experience

Make connections

Days Teach Learn

3-5 B Ask to read title, author, illustrator

Read words

B Recall story events Sequence of events

D Ask to help read; use cloze

Track print; read words

A Teach rhyming words Hear rhyme

A Teach beginning sounds

Sound-symbol matching

A Hunt for letter names

Recognize letters

A Predict word from 1st letter

Predict words

Put the Big Book in the Book Corner for buddy reading & independent reading.

Video Demo

Getting Started with Wheels

• Activity 1: Exploring the 3-D Big Idea Web

• Activity 2: Outlining the Topic Study

– CC form emergent lesson planning

• Activity 3: Planning the first days…

– Sample

– ARS Template

Looking Back…

• Language and Literacy Curriculum

• Curricular Approach • Instructional Tools

– Roadmap– 3-D– CC Emergent– ARS Template

ARS Goals

• Best practice

• Essential early literacy skills

• Knowledgeable educators

• 21 century learning environments

• Engaged parents and communities