1. HISD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT ∙ CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, & ASSESSMENT Theme #3 Training Giants Los gigantes

2. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Intended Outcomes Plan for Theme 3 using Thinking Maps – Bubble Map – Brace Map Learn specific strategies to improve – Letter Knowledge – Patterning skills

3. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Agreements Show respect Share ideas Participate fully Limit sidebar conversations Group Norms

4. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT What is a Bubble Map? Graphic organizer Graphic organizer One of the 8 Thinking Maps One of the 8 Thinking Maps Visual tool for learning Visual tool for learning Giants Big & Little Nature’s Giants Giants Made by People Make- Believe Giants

5. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Brace Yourself for Theme 3 Giants Week 1: Big & Little Week 2 ____________________ Week 3 ____________________ Week 4 ____________________ Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Name Letters Comparing Attributes, Measurement Oral Language, Comprehension, Name Letters, Classification Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Name Letters Numeracy Comprehension, Vocabulary, Name Letters Patterns Nature’sGiants Giants Made by People Make-BelieveGiants

6. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Brace Yourself for Theme 3 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Name Letters Measurement p. 24 Vocabulary Cards (Big & Little) p. 42 Dinosaur Chart p. 24 Vocabulary Cards ( Big & Little) p. 38 Fish Outline

7. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Brace Yourself for Theme 3 Giants Week 1: Big & Little Week 2 Nature’sGiants Week 3 Giants Made by People Week 4 Make-BelieveGiants Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Name Letters Comparing Attributes, Measurement Oral Language, Comprehension, Name Letters, Classification Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Name Letters Numeracy Comprehension, Vocabulary, Name Letters Patterns

8. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Reflect on our EOY Data 2012-2013 HISD PK DATA Emergent Literacy: Reading Domain PK Subtest EOY Spanish Scores EOY English Scores Lowercase Letter Identification 65%64% Uppercase Letter Identification 69%69%

9. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Research shows that… “The strongest predictor of reading success on its own is letter identification.” Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998 “Learning about letters frequently leads to interest in their sounds and in the spelling of words. This facilitates strong and efficient decoding skills.” Baron, Treiman, Wilf, & Kellman, 1980

10. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT No More Letter of the Week! “Fluent letter recognition is one of the (if not THE) predictors of reading success. Removing letters from their meaningful context removes the meaning and purpose from the letter.” Adams, 1990 “Children who are taught letters in isolation have difficulty placing that information into literacy activities.” Wood and McLeMore, 2001

11. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Uppercase Letter students need to focus on based on data Pictorial representation Letter sorting Formation- curvy, straight, slant Lowercase representation Let’s focus on Letter Knowledge III.C.1 Names at least 20 upper and at least 20 lowercase letters III.C.2 Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds

12. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Bubble Map inWhole Group Morning Message: Dear Class, Today is Monday, October 22, 2013. The temperature today is 55 degrees. It will be chilly outside today. We have been learning about giants. Can you find the letter M in this sentence? Do you know what M sounds like? Mountains are mighty. Let’s use a bubble map to learn more about M.

13. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Bubble Map in Whole Group M GPM Z A M M M m m m M M

14. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Mm Come up with your own M pictures Bubble Map in Small Group M not M a c M M m d m E MM M M

15. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Bubble Map in Work Stations May use the same set of activities introduced in the small group May add variations for differentiation Do not put activities that have not been introduced and modeled

16. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT The Alphabet Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36IBDpTRVNE

17. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Strategies to Share

18. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT http://www.pinterest.com/christinamarkle/alphabet-activities/

19. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT What About Math? Giants Week 1: Big & Little Week 2 Nature’sGiants Week 3 Giants Made by People Week 4 Make-BelieveGiants Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Name Letters Comparing Attributes, Measurement Oral Language, Comprehension, Name Letters, Classification Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary, Name Letters Numeracy Comprehension, Vocabulary, Name Letters Patterns

20. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Patterning 2012-2013 HISD PK DATA Mathematics Domain PK Subtest EOY Spanish Scores EOY English Scores Measurement67%62% Sorting63%54% Numeral Recognition 68%67% Patterns62%49%

21. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Research shows that… “Patterning knowledge has an influence on the development of analogical reasoning and that the identification, extension, and generalization of patterns are powerful components of inductive reasoning.” English, 2004

22. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT What is Patterning? A Pattern constitutes a set of numbers or objects in which all the members are related with each other by a specific rule. HIM O T U A

23. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT What is Patterning? A Pattern constitutes a set of numbers or objects in which all the members are related with each other by a specific rule. HIM O T U A V W X Y

24. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT What Comes Next? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 1113213211 “Look and say” Look at the first number and say how many of each digit you see.

25. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Bubble Map Name Pattern Extend Pattern Extend Pattern Pattern Core Action Pattern snap – snap – clap A A B Create Pattern Patterns

26. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Theme 3 Bubble Map Patterns Name Pattern Extend the Pattern Pattern Core Action Pattern

27. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Frog Street CD

28. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT http://www.pinterest.com/hisdechdept/patterns/

29. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Instructional Practice Rubric I-4: Engages students in work that develops higher thinking skills.

30. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Instructional Practice Rubric I-3: Differentiates instruction for students needs by employing a variety of instructional strategies

31. EARLY CHILDHOOD CIA DEPARTMENT Questions?