Supporting the Essential Instructional Practices FREE MISSION LITERACY RESOURCES MRA Summer Literature Conference 2017 2:10 Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy

Outcomes Become familiar with the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy Learn about free resources on Mission Literacy to support each of the Essential Instructional Practices, and how these resources are organized Consider the assessments you are using for literacy Interact with several new resources created to support effective instructional practice 2:10 Patti

Voices in the Room Welcome Raise your hand if you have heard of the Essentials Patti Introductions of our group (just say our names);

Essential Instructional Practices (GELN) Literacy Motivation and Engagement Read Alouds Small Group and Individual Instruction Phonological Awareness Explicit Instruction in Letter-Sound Relationship Writing Instruction Vocabulary and Content Knowledge Abundant Reading Ongoing Observation and Assessment Collaboration with Families in Promoting Literacy 2:15-2:20 (5 minutes) Barb will do a quick overview of history of the Essentials; talk about our focus being on K-3 today, but 4-5 document also includes these essentials

Mission Literacy Mission Literacy Road Map http://www.missionliteracy.com/index.html 2:20-2:25 Sue (5 minutes) Mission Literacy site navigation today’s session posted in PD → MRA → 2017 page

Assessments to Ensure Literacy Competence Which ones are you assessing? Reflect: Which tools are you using? Which are you familiar with? Partner? Share 2:25-2:35___ - (10 minutes) Jackie Note the correlations between the Assessments to Ensure Literacy and the Essentials document. Reference the site map “Many of these are on the Initial and Extensive MDE Approved Assessment list for the 3rd grade reading legislation.” Participants look over the assessment chart - highlight the assessments you’re familiar with, which ones are unknown to you? Turn and talk - partner Share out w/ the room

Managing the Working Parts Managing the Working Parts of Reading Flipbook Reflect on the Working Parts of Reading: Find: A part that is your strength ! A part you know pretty well A part where you may need support ? 2:35-2:45 Elaine Mention (MLPP videos)

What are you thinking? Stop and talk to your neighbor about it. 2:45-2:50 - Elaine

Engagement: Choice Words Peter Johnston (Barb) Read Alouds: Notice and Note (Jackie) Small Group: Coaching Readers Booklet (Patti) Writing: Writing Tracker (Elaine) Reading Foundations: Mission Literacy Links (Sue) 2:50:__ Barb quickly introduce this slide Choice words (Barb), Notice and Note (Jackie), Coaching Reader’s Books (Patti), Writing (Elaine), Reading Foundations (Sue)

Motivation and Engagement Build a culture first, then the learning grows from that. Barb Choice Words and Opening Minds by Peter Johnston; Making Learning Whole by David Perkins; Mindset by Carol Dweck

Choice Words “Children grow into the intellectual life around them” (Vygotsky) That intellectual life is fundamentally social, and language has a special place in it. Because the intellectual life is social, it is also relational and emotional. ___- 2:55 Barb: Connection to Essential #1 Refer to Choice Words sentence stems in handout packet

Beers and Probst 2:55 __ Jackie

Coaching Readers Assess to Ensure Literacy Competence Select Goals Reading Strategies Word Study 3:00 Patti

Ingredients of Good Writing Writing Tracker Ingredients of Good Writing Fluency Focus Form Grow Writers 3:05 Elaine

Reading Foundations Literacy Tools → Reading Foundations Literacy Tools  Assessment 2001 / 2005 Assessment → MLPP Resources http://www.misd.net/mlpp/assessments/ Literacy Tools → Reading Foundations Print Concepts Phonological Awareness Knowledge of Alphabet Word Recognition Li3:10 - Sue - Print Concepts

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