2. CMS Language! Team Victor Valley Union School District Cobalt Middle School Presentation October 21, 2009

3. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 2 The Six Steps From Sound To Text In every lesson

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5. 4 What are We Doing in These Classes for Student Achievement? Receptive language including both listening and reading. Fluency at the phrase, sentence, and passage levels. Comprehension instruction includes, but is not limited to: Vocabulary analysis; predicting outcomes; summarizing; visualizing, and questioning. Text structure, analysis of informational text and literature genres. Reading-writing connections: Note-taking and information organization from reading through the use of graphic organizers.

6. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 5 What are we doing in these classes? It’s not so easy a caveman could do it – we have considered serious educational pedagogy.

7. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 6 Making connections and tapping prior knowledge Brain Research

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9. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 8 What you will see: Engaging Strategies Brainstorming Graphic organizers Cooperative groups Think alouds

10. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 9 Students are taught: Answer questions orally Write answers to questions Practice expository writing Write for various purposes Apply principles of composition Just as listening comprehension precedes reading comprehension, speaking precedes writing. What Else Are We Doing? © 2005 by Jane Fell Greene, Ed.D. All rights reserved. Published by Sopris West Educational Services.

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13. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 12 Preview: Common domain for English/Language Arts curricula How L! is unique – Explicit nature of instruction – Scaffolding of skills  Prerequisite skills are taught prior to work on comprehension and writing – Significant use of modeling, Pair-share strategies Check it out! TE pp.F2–F5, F16-F19 Page 567

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15. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 14 Blueprints – Graphic Organizers, Thinking Maps Blueprint for Reading Blueprint for Writing © 2005 by Jane Fell Greene, Ed.D. All rights reserved. Published by Sopris West Educational Services.

16. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 15 Scope and Sequence Systematic and Sequential.

17. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 16 Showcase!!! Opportunity for Teachers to refine professional practices Average gain of 2.8 GE CST gains Test Prep is Imbedded! Reading Wall

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19. © Sopris West Educational Services. All rights reserved. 18 There are lots of famous and successful people who have struggled with reading. You might have heard of some of them...

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