1. Speaking & Listening… The Literacy Paradigm Continues….
August 2015
Janice Koivisto, Literacy Coach

2. The PUHSD Literacy Continuum

3. Reading

4. Writing

5. **Speaking & Listening**

6. AZMERIT Reading & Writing Testing

8. **Speaking & Listening**

9. Speaking & Listening Research-- “Say Something” Strategy Activity
“Speaking Volumes” by Douglas Fischer & Nancy Frey; Educational Leadership, November 2014 Pgs
Find a partner who is a different
height than you.
Use “Say Something” strategy to partner read pgs of this article.
Rotate thru the five “Say Something” categories as you read

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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
resources.html

13. 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

14. 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!

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

19. Contact Info
Janice Koivisto PUHSD Literacy Coach (office phone) (cell phone)