How are all your students included in meaningful reading and writing

throughout the day?�

How does your formative assessment today influence what

you do tomorrow?�

What have you tried? How did it go?

Igniting a Passion for Literacy, Part 3

LangleyElementarySchoolsSept28,Oct18,Jan19,Apr12

FayeBrownlieSlideshare.net/fayebrownlie/langleyjan19

Learning Intentions •  Ihaveaplantotrysomethingnewtome.•  IhaveabeGerideaofhowtousebigideasoressenIalquesIonstoguidemyteaching.

•  IhaveanideaofhowIwillshiKmyteachingtorespondtowhatIamlearningaboutmystudents.

Your Class Profile •  Whatarethestrengthsofyourclass?–  Thinkof2or3!– WhatareyoucelebraIngthattheyhavelearned?

•  WhataretheareasyouarewanIngtostretchorstrengthenthisterm?–  Choosenomorethan2☺

•  Whatisyourplan?

When planning, consider… •  BigIdeas

–  Storiesandtexts–  PerspecIve–  Languageanditsuse–  Wondering

•  CurricularCompetencies–  Comprehendandconnect–  Createandcommunicate

•  Content–  Story/text–  Strategiesandprocesses–  Languagefeatures,structuresandconvenIons

Loose Parts •  Asapromptforstorytelling•  Asanalternatewaytoexplainyourlearning

Oral Storytelling – Bev Marisco, Campbell River

•  ReadclassaFNstoryaboutlocalanimalshidingintheforest.

•  Boyshidtheanimalsintheforestbecauseabigfloodwashappening.OneoftheboyshadrecentlyseenthefloodingoftheCampbellRiver.

•  ItlookedlikechaosbuttheywerereenacIngaflood!

Gr1.NotetheorganizedseZng.

•  Thechildrenusethedeerhide,rocks,sIcks,glassbeads,animalstotelltheirstoryatcentreIme.

•  Usethedocumentcameraforalargeraudience.

•  OKentheAboriginalSupportTeacherreadsastorybeforecentreIme.

What is the relationship between humans and energy?

•  AculminaIngacIvityinagrade3/4class

•  LisaSchwartz,Richmond

LearningIntenIons:Gr.3/4

•  Icanusedifferentmaterials(looseparts)toshowmythinking(criIcalcompetency)

•  Usingthematerialshelpedmegetmyideas(creaIvecompetency)

•  IwasabletomakeaconnecIontohumansandenergyandrepresentmyideas(communicaIoncompetency)

Belonging – grades 2/3�Michelle Hikida

•  StructuredInquiry– AllteacherquesIons

•  EssenIalquesIons– Whatisthebestpartofyou?– WhatareyourgiKs?

– Whoisthepersonyouwanttobe?

•  Eachdayreadanewbook,collectedcharacterisIcsofcharactersandmadelists.

•  WatchedUtubevideos,readmusiclyrics–collectedcharacterisIcsofcharactersandaddedtothelists.

•  Dailystudentschoseabookfromthebasketandread.•  Sharingcircleatendofreading–connecIonstothecharacterisIcsofcharactersinthebook–– Whatisthebestpartofyou?– WhatareyourgiKs?– Whoisthepersonyouwanttobe?

How can we support our learners in moving beyond the lines in their

written response to text?

•  LeslieLeitch,Nakusp•  Grade6/7•  InpreparaIonforon-lineresponseposts•  Text:AMonsterCalls–PatrickNess

• What’shappening?

• Whocares?

• WhydoesitmaGer?

•  Bigideas•  DescripIve•  AdjecIves•  Wordchoice•  Supportedinferences•  EmoIons–felt•  Touchedhearts•  Clearexamplesof

(emoIons,happenings)•  PersonificaIon•  Metaphor–simile•  Comparison•  Thinkinglikesomeoneelse•  Imagine

TheSequence

•  Whiparound–catchuponthestory•  Explodethesentence•  Writetoshowyouunderstand–movebeyondaretelling,takearisk,godeep,explainwhywhathappensmaGersandtowhom

•  Shareaphrase,aword,asentencethatispowerfulinyourwriIng

•  Makeaclasslistofwhatcounts–beginningcriteria•  Usethosephrasestomakeaclassfoundpoem•  Reorganizetwicetomakethepoemflow

Elias

•  Conorseemstohavebeendefeated.HehasbeenoverwhelmedwithnegaIveemoIons,fear,anger,sadness,andpain.HehideshisfeelingswithflatemoIons,andpushesawayallhelp.IthinkheisveryAnxious,becauseofallthepressureputonhimfromthebullies,hismom’ssicknessandpossiblyhismomanddad’sdevorce.HisposiIveemoIonsarebeingstoleneveryImehehasthenightmare.Hisgrandmotherdoesn’thelpeither…

Riley

•  Ithinkthemostimportantthinginthestoryrightknowisthewordsrissinganddarkness.Ithinkrissingmeansthatheisbeginningtofigureouthistruthandwhyitisimportant.Ithinkthetruthisthathismomwilldieandthatiswheretheworddarknesscomesin…

Lucas

•  WhatisgoingoninthelastthreechaptersisthatConor’smomisgeZngworseandworseeverysingletreatment.ConorisgeZngmoreeffectedandangerfromthescarystorytellingmonsterthatisgoingtotellConorthreedifferentstories,ConorisalsogeZngbulliedbyagroupofkidsinschoolwhichiseffecIngConorthesamewayasthescarystorytellingmonsterandhismotherstreatments…

Phoenix

•  Ithinkconorsfeelingnothing.Hedosentseemtofeelverymuch.Howwouldyounowwhathewerefeeling…

Thenextday…•  Reviewthecriteriaandreorganizeintocategories•  Readthenextchapter•  Havestudentsmeetinsmallgroups•  Provideachoiceof2-3sentencesforstudentstoexplodeinsmallgroups

•  StudentswriteadraKfortheiron-linepost•  StudentsidenIfy,alone,thenwithapartner,wheretheirwriInghasachievedthecriteria•  Whatworks?What’snext?

•  Studentseditforsentences,grammar,andpost

•  WhatissomethinginyourpracIcethataffirms?

•  Whatissomethingthatyoucouldrefine?

•  Whatissomethingthatyoucouldaspireto?

•  WhatopportuniIesaretheretoletsomethinggo?