Transcript The Student Centered Classroom: Using Protocols to Deepen

Honeoye Falls Lima
Central School District
LAUNCHING WRITING WORKSHOP
GRADES 1 - 5
AUGUST
27, 2014
Julie Johnson, Instructional Specialist
Monroe 1 BOCES
Johnsonj.blog.monroe.edu
[email protected]
EVERY INTERACTION MOVES
THE NEEDLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO COULDN’T
ATTEND…
Find 2 or more partners who did attend
 Partners – teach your colleagues about:
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Lucy Calkins philosophy
 The lesson format
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You have 6 minutes
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS
Writing Territories
Important ideas, concepts, or themes
with which a writer is most comfortable.
Reflection Notes and Questions
Work a
Writer
Does
Habits a
writer
maintains
METHODS TO TRAIN STUDENTS
PROTOCOL IN ACTION - FISHBOWL
PURPOSE FOR SUGGESTED LESSON SEQUENCE
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
IMMERSION IN TEXTS
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ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY
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Empty out the contents of
your bag in the middle of
your table
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Write a story – independently that includes all of the items
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Use green handout
Reflect
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Backside of green handout
ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY
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Now, craft a story with your
group
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One person records story on
chart paper
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Reflect
How did the activity change
when you performed as a
group?
 What does this mean for our
classroom?
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NORMS
What
is the difference between
rules and norms?
 Use
Think-Pair-Share
(Turn and Talk)
ESTABLISHING NORMS
WHAT ARE WRITER’S NORMS?
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We learn to write better from other authors
We learn information from other authors
Writing is thinking
Writing is reading
We can expand our writing by reading other writers’ work
Every person is an author
We write the whole time
Think of a topic and do your best
Writers start with something to say and then do everything they can to
put meaning on the paper
Writers look at what’s on the page and compare that with intended
meaning
Writers use tools to help them with writing
We can write to teach people about what we know
We can use specific feedback to get better at writing
Writers use all we know about writing each and every day
We make work the best it can be before sending it out into the world
We publish their work
When we are done we have just begun
IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING
IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING
Fundamental belief - if we don’t engage in dialogue, we
devalue the other person
deposits vs.
dialogue
 humility
 faith
 reflection
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KIND
SPECIFIC
HELPFUL
ACTIVITY FOR FEEDBACK
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Draw 10 straight lines
same size
 evenly spaced
 no intersections
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Draw 6 beautiful curves
same size
 evenly spaced
 no intersections
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Draw 6 diagonal lines
same size
 evenly spaced
 no intersections
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Draw a circle so the top touches the top line and the
bottom touches the bottom line
WATERMELON TOPICS AND SEED STORIES
WHAT MAKES A SMALL MOMENT A SMALL MOMENT?
QUESTIONS