ARS Language & Literacy Curriculum

ARS PD Session 13

March 28, 2011

ARS  Goals  

• Best  prac+ce  • Essen+al  early  literacy  skills  • Knowledgeable  educators  • 21  century  learning  environments  

• Engaged  parents  and  communi+es  

Pause…reflect…describe  one  you  are  working  on  lately  

•  AAend  •  Listen  •  Par+cipate  •  Learn  •  Share  •  Collaborate  •  Care  

Agenda  

Morning  

8:30  Table  Talk  • Topic  Study  Selec+on  

8:45  Report    

9:00    Tech  Time  

10:15    Break  

10:30    Small  Group  Ac+vity  

• 3  Case  Studies  11:15      Case  Study  Presenta+ons  

• Discussion  12:00    Lunch  

A:ernoon  

1:00  Play  Planning  Close-­‐Ups      Dr.  Teasha  Fra+erelli        Akron  Children’s  Hospital  

1:45  Prac+ce  Ac+vity  

• small  group  work  

2:00  Coursework  

2:15  Coursework/module  

3:00  Break  

3:15  Curriculum  planning  

4:15  Evalua+on  

2011-­‐2012  Topic  Selec?on  

At  your  table,  select  the  your  top  3  choices  from  the  following:  

*Exercise  *Clothes  *Boxes  *Trash/Garbage  *Balls  

At  your  table,  select  the  ‘starter’  topic  for  Fall,  

2011  from  the  following:  

*Buildings  *Water  Pipes  *Wheels  *Flowers  

Tech  Time  

USER:  akron  PASS:  bookflix  

hAp://bkflix.grolier.com  

Small  Group  Ac?vity:  Case  Studies  

• Organize  into  small  groups  • Assign  case  studies:  

• Case  Study  #1:  InaAen+ve  Young  Learners  • Case  Study  #2:  Resistant  Young  Learners  • Case  Study  #3:  Advanced  Young  Learners  

• Read  the  background  on  the  case  • Discuss  the  problem  • Develop  a  solu+on  &  an  alterna+ve  solu+on  to  the  the  problem  • Explain  how  you  will  know  the  solu+on  is  working  • Prepare  to  present  your  case  

Case  Presenta?ons  

Each  group:  

• Describes  the  problem    

• Describes  the  solu+ons  generated  • Explains  how  the  solu+on  will  be  monitored/measured  

• Responds  to  ques+ons  

Play  Planning  Close  Ups  –  Choose-­‐Say-­‐Draw-­‐Write-­‐Go  

• Makes  lines  • Writes  words    

T-­‐Led  

• C  makes  some  lines  

• C  writes  some  words  

T  +  C  • C  makes  lines  

• C  writes  words  

C-­‐Led  

Prac?ce  

*Chooses  to  go  to  the  drama+c  play  area,  currently  a  restaurant.  

I  am  going  to  make  a  pizza.  

Time  1:  T-­‐Led  Time  2:  T  +  C  Time  3:  C-­‐Led    

Coursework  

Jeremy  • Grad  Course  

Mary  • Undergrad  Course  

Shelley  • Online  Module  

Curriculum:  Flowers  

Announcements  &  Feedback  

• Phonological  awareness  will  be  the  focus  of  observa+on  in  April  

• May  19-­‐20  ARS  celebra+on!!  

Closing  &  Evalua?on  

• Highlights  from  the  session