1. Reading Coach/Contact Meeting
January 2015
Welcome Back!

2. Welcome Back
Please sign in and leave your Action Plans with supporting documentation at the front table

3. Celebrate Literacy Week
Sent 10/7 to Reading Contacts:
Everybody Writes Integration?!
-- How does Reading Accelerate Success?
Site Visits-

4. i-Ready Training
Curriculum and Associates Professional Development Specialist

5. Third Grade Progression
Technical Assistance Paper—
with notes from Sarah
Portfolio Exemplar
What do you notice?
IBTP Homework… Login and search “Portfolio”
In the meantime…

6. Elementary/(Middle) Resources: K-2 Comprehension Instructional Sequence
Points to Remember
Coaching “soundbites”
CIS is an instructional routine used during content area reading.
Note-taking is specific and used to do something
All re-reading is done with a purpose
Vocabulary is approached authentically.
What was the purpose for reading this information the 2nd time…3rd time?
How will you use the notes/coding to formatively assess students? What will students do with the notes?
What vocabulary did you select for this reading? Why?

7. Elementary/(Middle) Resources: K-2 Comprehension Instructional Sequence
K-2 Modifications
K-2 Resources
In Kindergarten, most written response is treated as a shared activity with the teacher controlling the pen.
Student writing is categorized according to text marking codes.
The final written response is a combination of the text coding and note-taking.
Model Lessons (Sharepoint)

8. Elementary/(Middle) Resources: 3-5 Task Cards
DRAFT FORM
3rd-4th posted to webpage, 5 by month’s end
How has your school used Task Cards in prior years?
Should task cards be created for all grades?

9. Elementary/(Middle) Resources: 90+30 Minute ELA Block
DRAFT FORM
Reading+/Writing (30) Component
Scheduled together
90 minutes must be uninterrupted…..
10 important points

10. Lunch Time!

11. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth…..
Take 7 minutes and ONE colored highlighter to..
Mark (highlighting) the Text:
YELLOW: Comparison
BLUE (pen): Sequence
GREEN: Cause-Effect
ORANGE: Problem-Solution
What category did we just code? Were all present?

12. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth…..
TEXT CODING by STRUCTURE
What is the overall structure of this passage?
What grade level is this passage?
What are the instructional implications of this activity?

13. Student-Based Text Response
Connecting the Dots Brochure
From Written Response… To Composition
LAFS Learning Progressions
Complex Texts
Text-based Questions
Text-based Tasks
Strategies and Tools

14. How to Connect the Dots… (p.2)
Teaching text structure is important! -- students who can’t summarize are unable to sort important information from text. -- sorting of important information requires knowledge of text structure -- students must summarize and paraphrase in order to integrate ideas

15. Learning Progressions (p.3)
The beauty of the standards is their progression…
Look horizontally at standard across the grades….
Block one out…
The standards are also mutually supportive…
Look vertically 

16. Complex Text (p.4 and 5)
Close reading must stop pushing the reader out of the text and bring the reader into it
Sarah Adams Morton
Text-based Questions & Text Based Tasks
Comprehension Instructional Sequence!
Note p. 5 is students first response to questions on p. 4; final text based response is on laminated reference sheet.

17. Paired Text Writing to Sources (p.6 – 7)
Links foundational instruction to extended writing to sources
Select Text Sets
Create STANDARDS-BASED question sets
Use writing frames and tools to support students.

18. Resources
The Art of Argumentation Fisher&Frey, Ross Higher Order Comprehension Moves CIERA School Change Project *Instructional Rubric & DRAFT Student tool-kit ;)

19. CCRP Update Midyear Report Highlights:
Ranked a 3 (successful) in all areas
Progress Monitoring changed to STAR (and FAIR-FS for intensive).
Everybody Writes initiative used as example of how data informs instructional decisions or shifts in literacy practices
Coach/Contact monthly PD/Action Plans used to illustrate communication and collaboration
Professional Learning Communities, Lesson Study, and district Train-the-Trainer models cited as systematic follow-up to professional development.
Placement of students and staff to ensure literacy needs are met differed at elementary and middle/high.

20. FSA Writing Assessment (Updates)
Field Testing! Writing Resources at Website– share and get feedback.