1. READER’S NOTEBOOKS
Take reading list out, make sure your name is on it and place inside front of notebook.
Please entire notebook on table in front of room.

2. Class This Week Book Trailer: brand new NF books! Website: Newsela
Book Posters
Meet in Notebook Groups
New strategy to try out
Independent Reading: types of readers, Accelerated Reader
Spelling Instruction: Principles & Practices

3. Reminders…
Keep reading children’s literature! Final book list is due when you finish genre wheel.
Reading Conference running record due next week * Have all marks recorded on the RR using the marks from your flipchart * Calculate accuracy rate * Calculate SC ratio * Be sure to ask the student to retell the portion read to you; score on retelling rubric * Use fluency rubric to score fluency * Bring tape recording to class if you created one

4. Apps to make running records & conferring easier…
Confer Lite Free!
RR Calc or RR Calc Lite
$3.99 (Lite is free)

5. Meet in Notebook Groups
What are you reading in children’s literature? Everyone share!
Discuss spelling quiz, articles, spelling experiences.

6. Strategy: I See… I Wonder… I Know
Activates prior knowledge
Promotes curiosity
Focuses attention on illustrations, headings
Students formulate questions from illustrations, headings
Students seek information to answer their questions
Use text that has pictures children can create questions from
Once the strategy is learned, students can use this independently with their own non-fiction texts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R1.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

7. The Science of Spelling (Richard Gentry; Heinemann Publisher)
Ten Tough Questions About Spelling; Ten Tough Questions About Phonics (Sandra Wilde; Heinemann Publisher)
Strategic Spelling (Liz Simon; Heinemann Publisher)
Writing Essentials (Regie Routman; Heinemann Publisher)
Phonics & Spelling (Pinnell & Fountas; Heinemann Publisher)
Writing Through Childhood (Shelly Harwayne; Heinemann Publisher)

8. What do you know about spelling? (T or F?)
Course Packet page 169
Start reflecting on your own experiences with spelling and learning strategies. What are strategies you rely on today?

9. Six Principles of Learning to Spell
Spelling is learned as we use it.
Learning to spell is part of the developmental process of learning to write.
Errors can be used to diagnose & to watch for developmental phases of spelling.
Learning to spell must include playing with words and vocabulary.
Independence & self-evaluation are an important part of spelling development.
Effective spellers use a variety of spelling strategies.

10. Principle One: Spelling is learned as we use it
Word Walls
Have a go!
Spelling Journals
Individual Spelling Lists
Look Say Cover Write Check
Practicing Proofreading

11. Principle Three: Error Analysis
Spelling analysis chart
Principle Three: Error Analysis
Administer a developmental spelling test
Analysis of results will allow us to see a child’s development in spelling.

12. Principle Four: Playing with Words
Word or Picture Sorts
Elkonin Boxes
Making Words
Working with Onset/Rime (chunks)
Stand Up Sentences
Word Searches
Looking for Patterns

13. Playing with Words: Older students
Awareness of derivational patterns (receiver, received, receiving, receipt, receivership, reception, receptionist)
Word Families with prefixes/suffixes (receiver, received, receiving, receipt, receivership, reception, receptionist)
Word Webs (to show relationships)

14. Principles 5&6: Independence and a Variety of Strategies
Greek roots
Aster - a star
Astrology, asterisk
Hudor - water
Hydrant, hydrofoil, hydrogen
Metron - measure
Barometer, thermometer
Okto - eight
Octopus, octagon
Tele - far
Telescope, telephone
Thermos - hot
Thermometer, thermostat
Collect words. Regardless of sound, collect according to
visual patterns. When you have a collection, you classify
them according to sound or pattern. For example: 'ough' or 'cracked hoped planned cried' double consonants 'll', 'bb', 'tt'
(Try to have vowel plus consonant cluster 'ell, ill all')
           

15. Games for Spelling Scattegories Pick Two Boggle Letter Flip Scrabble
Text Twist
Spill & Spell
Bananagrams
Games allow students to practice spelling strategies and play with words in a fun, collaborative way. They are likely to learn from these games and retain the information!

16. Third Grade Word Study

17. With your group… Learn about the type of reader you have been assigned
Come up with ways as a group that you could help this type of reader, in addition to ideas offered in the article.
How does AR impact this type of reader?
Jot down notes, you will be sharing with a new group.