Transcript WELCOME 6-8 Language Arts Instructional Facilitators October 15, 2009 Meet and Greet • Please choose one statement from the list that you strongly agree.

WELCOME
6-8 Language Arts Instructional Facilitators
October 15, 2009
Meet and Greet
• Please choose one statement from the
list that you strongly agree or strongly
disagree with
• Think about your strongest writing
influence
• Tell your partner how your writing
influence impacts your belief or nonbelief in the statement
Entrance Slip
• Take a 3x5 card and write down 3
reasons why it is beneficial to students
and/or teachers to use Entrance
and/or Exit slips in the classroom
• These will be collected
“What is Your Most Compelling Reason
for Teaching Grammar?”
• Write a quick summary of the article
in the space provided.
Summaries
When we ask students to summarize
what do they usually do?
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they write down everything
they write down next to nothing
they write way too much
they don't write enough
they copy word for word
Summaries
What do we want them to do?
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pull out main ideas
focus on key details
use key words and phrases
break down the larger ideas
write only enough to convey the gist
Cornell Notes
• Developed by Walter Pauk, a professor
at Cornell University
• Many variations on the theme
• Combination notes include the use of
pictures and diagrams in the right
column in addition to words
• SS IF’s are focusing on Cornell Notes
Classroom
Assessments
Most Formative
Daily
Common
Assessments
More Formative
Weekly
Ongoing Student
and Teacher
Assessments
Student selfassessment
Teacher observations
Anecdotal notes
One-on-one
conferencing
Unit
Collaboratively
Developed and
Curriculum
Imbedded
Baseline sample
Common Literacy
Assignments
In progress
assignments
End of unit
assignments
District Level
Assessments
More Summative
Monthly
External
Assessments
Most Summative
Semester
Identify Groups
of At-Risk
Students
On-demand writing
District work sample
Annual
Ranks and
Benchmarks
State Writing
Assessment
Year-long Plan
• Writing Focus
• SIP Goal
• Data Collection Points
• Classroom
• School-wide
Something to think about…
Facilitation Skill
Dyad Protocol
• See handout
• Three minutes per person to talk about:
• How you presented your Sept material
• 2 things that went well in that presentation
• 1 thing you’d like to change for this month
Please note guidelines!
Announcements
• Continued work on Writing Resource
Binders – please sign up
• Marketplace Money Essay Contest
• Next meeting is January 14th
– WTL strategy = Storyline
– Content Topic = Literary Analysis