Week 9 ruth - 2014-15
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8P20: JI LanguageWeek 92014-15
Reading Assessment
Agenda
• Professional Learning Conversations • Resources for Reading Assessment• Resources for Struggling Readers• Novel Promotions• Literature Circles
– Preparation– Modelling
Continued…
• Other resources for responding to reading: – Independent Novel Study– Planning mini-lessons with mentor texts
Professional Learning Conversation
• Morgan et al.(2013). Assessments that form and shape instruction within a reading workshop. Voices from the Middle, 21(2), 48-51.
Resources for Reading Assessment
• Guide to Effective Instruction, Volume 2: Assessment– pp. 35-66
Available on Sakai:Resources/ Curriculum Documents/ Guides to Effective Instruction/ Assessment
Resources for Struggling Readers
• Literacy Gains monograph: Struggling Readers (see Sakai/Lesson 9/Resources)
• IRC: Scholastic Literacy Place• Scholastic magazines: samples
– Action– Scope
Novel Promotions
Literature Circles
Literature Circles are small flexible discussion groups made up of four
to eight students that support readers in thinking critically about
bookshttp://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/circles/overview.shtml
Literature Circles
• Roles:– Discussion Director– Literary Luminary (Passage Picker)– Internet Investigator– Graphic Organizer Selector– Connector– Vocabulary Enricher– Illustrator
Literature Circles
• Take apart the set of role sheets at your table• Each group member will select a specific role• Spend approximately 15 minutes completing
the instructions for your role (if there are roles left over and you have finished early try a role that has not been taken)
• Conduct a Literature Circle session, giving each person about 5 minutes to explain his/her role and how it was completed
Independent Reading
• Examine the sample of an Independent Novel Study assignment at your table.
• If you wish to have a copy of this assignment, go to Sakai/Week 8/Resources
Planning a lesson using a mentor text
The Stranger, by Chris Van Allsberg