Metacognitive Conversations and Three Parts of A Good Literacy/Learning Lesson EDC448 Dr. Julie Coiro

Today’s Objectives Practice modeling a think-aloud mini-lesson with your “students” (8 min) > You Teach > They Notice > All Reflect (1 helpful idea you noticed your teacher did to support your comprehension of this difficult text) Identify/Organize aspects of a three-part content-literacy lesson Begin thinking concretely about your lesson plan assignment

Process Think-Alouds Lapp, Fisher, and Grant (2008) 1. Choose a short section of text and decide on few strategies to highlight. 2. State your purposes. 3. Read text aloud and think-aloud (point out the mental moves you make; reveal your “inner voice”) about unfamiliar language, concepts, and text structures. ** “deliberately planned to provide commentary and conversational support for comprehension, word study, and engagement by noting where students might need explanation, elaboration, or connection” (p. 90) ** draw students into the conversation and capitalize on places they naturally experienced anticipation” (p. 94) > links to increases in comprehension & motivation 4. Ask students to try it out with the next section, working in teams. Reinforce with follow-up lessons (I do, you watch/help; we do together; you do, I watch/help).

In your mini-lessons… Practice modeling a think-aloud mini-lesson with your “students” (8 min) You Teach (model and get your students ready for hard parts) 4 minutes They Notice– 1 helpful idea you noticed your teacher did to support your comprehension of this difficult text) [2 min] – (Oh, I get it! So, you did ___ M&MDAVIS to help you figure out___

Group Reflections Were you able to cover your content in this “metacognitive literacy lesson”? Did the guide help you teach? How? Teach differently than you might usually? What did you notice when you gave your students a chance to reflect out loud about what they learned? How might you want the modeling / talking to change in your lessons as you move through the year?

Identify/Organize Three Parts of a Good Lesson Refer to the template on your laptops Work with your group to sort key components of a lesson plan into three parts (before, during, and after) Be prepared to discuss and justify your decisions with the class

Homework Read Beuhl Ch. 2 (with optional reading guide in your handout) to set the scene Complete Blog Post #2 – which involves viewing & synthesizing across multiple sources about Text Discussions #5 and #6 readings will help with your assignments (diverse texts and lesson plan)