Speaking & Listening… The Literacy Paradigm Continues…. August 2015 Janice Koivisto, Literacy Coach
The PUHSD Literacy Continuum
Reading
Writing
**Speaking & Listening**
AZMERIT Reading & Writing Testing
**Speaking & Listening**
Speaking & Listening Research-- “Say Something” Strategy Activity “Speaking Volumes” by Douglas Fischer & Nancy Frey; Educational Leadership, November 2014 Pgs 18-23. Find a partner who is a different height than you. Use “Say Something” strategy to partner read pgs 19-20-21 of this article. Rotate thru the five “Say Something” categories as you read
Speaking & Listening Research— Highlights & AH-HA’s In high achieving classrooms, teachers only spoke 55% of the time In low-achieving classrooms, teachers spoke 80% of the time The amount of talk that the STUDENTS do is correlated to their achievement.
Speaking & Listening Research Speaking & listening in students results in: deeper understanding increased engagement significantly higher satisfaction with schooling Robust (higher order) teacher talk + designing SL tasks (academic protocols) = Engaging student discussions to solve challenging problems
Speaking & Listening Research Jeff Zwiers Academic Language Development (ALD) Network Santa Ana Unified School District, Santa Ana, CA Academic Language Protocols Frameworks & Tools to assist students in applying rigorous HO academic speech and transfer it to writing, as well http://www.jeffzwiers.org/tools-- resources.html
Some Familiar Old S&L Friends... Depth of Knowledge (Norman Webb) Aim for Levels 2-3-4 Think-Pair-Share Give evidence, open-ended questions Jigsaw for Constructive Conversation Give evidence, clarification & examples Say Something Make connections, predictions & comments
S&L- The AVID Way Philosophical Chairs Socratic Seminar These take more time and front-loading, but can be POWERFUL academic speaking tools! A bit intimidating for “new “speakers!
S&L- The Zwier Way Academic Conversation Placemats Structured by PURPOSE of the speech Elaborate & Clarify Paraphrase Synthesize Support Ideas w/Examples Build on/Challenge Ideas Provides Prompts and Response Starters
Coming Soon…to a campus near YOU…. Peer-to-Peer Conferencing Developed by CTE English Resource Specialist George Masamery 15-20 min protocol that links reading text to speaking with partner two levels of DOK rated rubrics higher-order questioning oral reading fluency
Literacy Supports Menu Research Articles (SL/W/R) Protocols /“How To” Sheets (R/W/SL) Lesson Studies in PLC Modeling Coaching PD Presentations/Instruction Observation/Feedback Support & Encouragement
Contact Info Janice Koivisto PUHSD Literacy Coach 602-764-1303 (office phone) 602-538-6767 (cell phone) jkoivisto@phoenixunion.org