Reading Workshop in a Personalized Learning Classroom VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Reading Workshop in a Personalized Learning Classroom Gregory Mihalik Instructional Facilitator, M.Ed., Ed.S., NBCT Loudoun County Public Schools (Virginia) Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Give One; Get One On an index card, respond to the prompt: My best experience teaching reading this year… Take your card and find a partner; read your card. Exchange cards. After two or three exchanges, return to your seat and read your last card with the group. As a table group, identify themes and patterns to share with the full group.

Agenda Philosophy of Personalized Learning Overview Core 4 Elements Targeted Instruction Data-Driven Decisions Integrated Digital Content Student Reflection & Ownership

Outcomes Participants will: Explore Core 4 Elements of Personalized Learning. Identify PL and content tools connected to the Core 4 Elements. Make connections with tools and practices that can be applied in your classroom.

What is Personalized Learning? In personalized learning settings, teachers assess students’ strengths and needs to create learning plans that are aligned with each student’s interests, while maintaining strong academic standards. This collaboration allows students to take greater ownership of their learning while enabling teachers to work with them to discover their passions and interests. Personalized Learning: What is it? Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

What is Personalized Learning? VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips What is Personalized Learning? “Personalized Learning allows students to get the instruction and direction they need, when they need it. Personalized learning means that students’ needs are known to the teacher. It means that students’ learning styles, skills , and even personal issues affecting their learning are known as well.” Personalized Learning Playbook: Why the Time is Now and How to Do It by Anthony Kim. In a blended learning environment, students learn through a combination of online instruction – with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace – and instruction in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home. There are several different blended models that schools and districts can customize or combine to meet their specific needs. Greg and Lauren Mihalik

What is Personalized Learning? THE CORE FOUR ELEMENTS OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING

What is Personalized Learning? VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips What is Personalized Learning? Targeted Instruction – Through data analysis, teachers can adapt instruction to meet student needs, interests, and skills. Instruction can be adapted individually or through homogenously skilled groups. Data Driven Decisions – Collecting and reviewing data to make informed instructional decisions. Student Reflection and Ownership – Enabling opportunities for students to reflect on their learning and set goals. Integrated Digital Content – Incorporating digital content into curriculum to provide multiple options for learning. THE CORE 4 OF PERSONALIZED LEARNING by Scott Johns on January 20, 2016 Greg and Lauren Mihalik

VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Targeted Instruction Small group Differentiated digital content Date-driven targeted intervention Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Targeted Instruction Sample Schedule

Targeted Instruction Sample Schedule

VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Data Driven Decisions Teachers can search for passages and assessments linked specifically to SOL strategies Tests and quizzes are not focusing on single skills, rather multiple skills Data will need to be monitored over multiple quizzes to identify trends Greg and Lauren Mihalik

VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Data Driven Decisions Using Data for Ongoing Skill Assessment TO ACCESS Reports Assessments Performance Reports Performing on Standards Pick standards Set start and end date Greg and Lauren Mihalik

VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Data Driven Decisions TO ACCESS Search for more lessons Reading Strategies Pick specific strategy Select/assign passage Greg and Lauren Mihalik

VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Data Driven Decisions Links to SOL Standards Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Data Driven Decisions http://bit.ly/2rve7io http://prism.scholarslab.org/ http://bit.ly/2rve7io

Integrated Digital Content Google Classroom User-friendly and teacher- directed tool to personalize leaning in the classroom Effective method to distribute, collect, and respond to assignments Students can work at self- directed pace

Integrated Digital Content VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Integrated Digital Content Google Classroom Enable voice and choice by presenting list of apps and websites for students to select Lists can be uploaded to compatible websites for practice Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Integrated Digital Content Google Classroom Incorporate videos, audio clips and animations to explain concepts Resources are assessable for students at anytime Video: YouTube “Turning in Reading Response”

Integrated Digital Content Google Forms Collect data from students Keeping teacher records Examples: Student goal setting, teacher conferencing forms, book club notes

Integrated Digital Content VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Integrated Digital Content Google Forms Example 1 Reading Workshop Conferencing Form Example 2 Tabs on Talk Example 3 Student Reading Goal Form Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Videos, passages, and activities available for reading Integrated Digital Content Discovery Education Outstanding resource for content area instruction science & social studies Videos, passages, and activities available for reading

Discovery Education Available resources with SOL skills include: Integrated Digital Content Discovery Education Available resources with SOL skills include: Context clues Inference Fiction and nonfiction Synonyms Main Idea Antonyms Problem and solution Homophones All terms can be searched in Discovery Ed search bar to find resources. Reference materials Drawing conclusions Dictionary skills Thesaurus skills Poetry Glossary skills Character analysis Text features Cause and effect Prediction Setting

Discovery Education Integrated Digital Content Useful lessons for multiple reading strategies Includes videos and lesson plans Look under: Professional Learning- Strategies and Resources- Spotlight on Strategies

VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Integrated Digital Content Students respond to class prompts Grade 2+ effective Range of topics KidBlog Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Student Reflection and Ownership VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Student Reflection and Ownership WORKSHOP MENU Students complete a combination of teacher-required and self-selected activities on a weekly basis. Activities include individual, collaborative and technology-based options. Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Student Reflection and Ownership VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Student Reflection and Ownership REFLECTION SHEET Students create a plan, record what they completed, and reflect each day. Can be modified to include a reflection on entire reading/writing workshop Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Student Reflection and Ownership VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Student Reflection and Ownership Screencast-O-Matic Students can collaborate to create instructional videos teaching sorts & word study concepts. Records all actions that occur on screen. Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Student Reflection and Ownership VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Student Reflection and Ownership Screencast-O-Matic benefits include: Students develop a thorough understanding of the sort by being able to “teach” it to peers. Students can revisit videos to review as needed. Students learn the importance of the sound, pattern, and/or meaning focus. Students build collaborative skills working with peers. Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Student Reflection and Ownership VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Student Reflection and Ownership Explain Everything User-friendly app for students to create instructional videos Students prepare and narrate slides https://explaineverything.com/ Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Student Reflection and Ownership VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Student Reflection and Ownership Google Documents Teacher provide students feedback Students and reply to feedback Can be done during school, home, or anytime  Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Student Reflection and Ownership VSRA - Word Study Strategies and Tips Student Reflection and Ownership Google Documents Ongoing discussion Comments temporary and easily removed Greg and Lauren Mihalik

Reading workshop and PL

3-2-1 Write 3 ideas you learned you want to hold onto. Share with your table and narrow it down to 2. Choose 1 to share out with the whole group.