WELCOME 6-8 Language Arts Instructional Facilitators October 15, 2009

Meet and Greet Please choose one statement from the list that you strongly agree or strongly disagree with Think about your strongest writing influence Tell your partner how your writing influence impacts your belief or non- belief in the statement

Entrance Slip Take a 3x5 card and write down 3 reasons why it is beneficial to students and/or teachers to use Entrance and/or Exit slips in the classroom These will be collected

“What is Your Most Compelling Reason for Teaching Grammar?” Write a quick summary of the article in the space provided.

Summaries When we ask students to summarize what do they usually do? they write down everything they write down next to nothing they write way too much they don't write enough they copy word for word

Summaries What do we want them to do? pull out main ideas focus on key details use key words and phrases break down the larger ideas write only enough to convey the gist

Cornell Notes Developed by Walter Pauk, a professor at Cornell University Many variations on the theme Combination notes include the use of pictures and diagrams in the right column in addition to words SS IF’s are focusing on Cornell Notes

Classroom Assessments Common Assessments District Level Assessments External Assessments Most FormativeMore FormativeMore SummativeMost Summative Ongoing Student and Teacher Assessments Collaboratively Developed and Curriculum Imbedded Identify Groups of At-Risk Students Ranks and Benchmarks Student self- assessment Teacher observations Anecdotal notes One-on-one conferencing Baseline sample Common Literacy Assignments In progress assignments End of unit assignments On-demand writing District work sample State Writing Assessment DailyWeeklyUnitMonthlySemesterAnnual

Year-long Plan Writing Focus SIP Goal Data Collection Points Classroom School-wide Something to think about…

Facilitation Skill Dyad Protocol See handout Three minutes per person to talk about: How you presented your Sept material 2 things that went well in that presentation 1 thing you’d like to change for this month Please note guidelines!

Announcements Continued work on Writing Resource Binders – please sign up Marketplace Money Essay Contest Next meeting is January 14 th –WTL strategy = Storyline –Content Topic = Literary Analysis