1. Organizing Your Reading Block with ARI in Mind June 14, 2007 Amy Hall Mindy Downey

2. Getting to Know You TWO truths and a Lie My husband and I have both been in a movie. I was a cheerleader in college. I am going on a cruise this summer for my 10 th anniversary.

3. Looking at the Elementary Reading Curriculum What is expected from Mobile County? Scavenger Hunt!

4. Break Take Ten

5. Creating a Purposeful Environment for the Reading Block Take a moment and sketch out your classroom keeping your Reading Block in mind.

6. Large Group (Shared Reading, Read Aloud, Shared Writing, Working with Words) Do you have… a place for students to sit comfortably? an instruction focal point? an easel? Big Books, enlarged poems, books for read aloud, words for word wall? chart paper, sentence strips? highlighting tape, wikki sticks, markers? scissors? an overhead?

7. Small Group (Guided Reading, Reading Conferences, Intervention) Small table (round, kidney, horseshoe) Student records Paper and writing material Markers, pencils Place for running records Smaller easel with chart paper Leveled text

8. Word Wall Highly visible wall High frequency word list Alphabet Highlighting tape Markers Sentence strips Magnetic letters White boards/ dry erase markers

9. Classroom Libraries Leveled books/ Non-leveled books Front cover out Baskets Labels (series, genre, topic)

10. Literacy Centers/ Work Stations Are they meaningful and purposeful? Do they keep students engaged? What are your accountability measures? Do you have an established routine?

11. Print-Rich Classroom Anchor Charts Book boxes Big books Guided reading text Enlarged poems, songs Labels, directions Word charts Students names Pocket charts with printed material Sign-in sheet/ Mail boxes/ Message boards

12. Taking a Second Look… Add important components to your previous sketch. Share your plan or ideas with your table

13. Lunch 12:00-1:15

14. Literacy Work Stations with Debbie Diller Where to fit them in your classroom Differences between Literacy Work Stations and Traditional Learning Centers Management Work station ideas

15. More Information on Literacy Work Stations/ Centers Annenberg Media Professional Development www.learner.org http://www.learner.org /vod/vod_window.html?pid=1879

16. Making It Real! Classroom Visits

17. Wrap Up Questions and Answers