1. Company LOGO Know—Want to Know—Learned (KWL Chart) What do you KNOW? What do you WANT TO KNOW? What did you LEARN? What literacy skills are essential for all students? What do you WANT to know about strategies that motivate students to want to read and write? FOCUS Starter

2. Company LOGO Fill in: What do you KNOW? What do you WANT TO KNOW? What did you LEARN? FOCUS Starter:

3. Company LOGO Literacy Across the Curriculum What Works to Improve Literacy Skills? 3 Session 1: Using School-Wide Strategies to Close the Reading Gap

4. Company LOGO lit ⋅ er ⋅ a ⋅ cy [lit-er-uh-see] The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write. 4 Literacy

5. Company LOGO Debriefing the KWL System:  It creates & models a beginning, middle, and end structure  Invests teacher/facilitator in the learning by listening and responding to his or her students  Involves these thinking skills: remembering, describing, understanding, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing, reflecting, and creating. 5 KWL motivates by having learners identify what THEY want to learn!

6. Company LOGO School-wide Literacy Goals that will make a difference Read 25 books per year (includes magazine articles, chapters in textbook, recreational reading- LOG needs to be kept!) Write weekly (Quick Writes) Use reading and writing strategies Write research papers Teach all ELA classes as if gifted

7. Company LOGO Six Essential Literacy Skills Summarizing (and Note-taking) Paraphrasing Categorizing Inferring Predicting Recognizing Academic/Technical Vocabulary

8. Company LOGO How do we know these are important? Direct links to most items on ASSET/COMPASS reading placement tests for Community Colleges Included in ACT, PSAT, SAT Consistently in state standards Recognized by postsecondary faculty for importance Linked to all content areas Linked to careers

9. Company LOGO “Let the Students Do the Work” Refer to the article titled “Let the Students Do the Work” in your packet http://rubistar.4teac hers.org/index.php

10. Company LOGO Anticipation Guides  Set purpose for reading  Provoke lots of discussion  Require interactive reading  Ensure that students have “correct” notes  Which skill(s)?

11. Company LOGO Story Impressions Pre-reading Teacher preparation Stimulates interest and creativity Taps prior knowledge Identifies misconceptions Connects to Word Walls or other vocabulary strategies See activity for this in your packet. Adapt it to fit ANY content area!

12. Company LOGO Essential Questions:  Which literacy skills are essential for all students?  Which strategies motivate students to want to read and write?  What strategies will you use to integrate literacy? 12

13. Company LOGO Next Steps This Week: Use one strategy suggested in this meeting in next week’s lessons Next FOCUS Meeting: Bring samples of the activity to share with the group for reflection on successes and needs for improvement Exit Slip: Complete the LEARNED column of your KWL Chart

14. Company LOGO Know—Want to Know—Learned (KWL Chart) What do you KNOW? What do you WANT TO KNOW? What did you LEARN? What strategies will you use to integrate literacy? FOCUS Exit Ticket: