ClassNotesA


 * INTRODUCTION January 24 **
 * Ice Breaker Activity
 * Review the Syllabus - download here [[file:Syllabus424 Coiro SP2012.doc]]
 * **Homework**:
 * Read Tompkins Chapter 1 (Effective Teaching Principles) and complete reflection [[file:Tompkins Chapter1.pdf]]
 * Noticing Good Teaching Reflection (download and type your responses to hand in next class) [[file:NGT1 EDC424.docx]]


 * ORAL LANGUAGE AND READING DEVELOPMENT January 26 **
 * Class Activity: Noticing Good Teaching - Viewing [|Carol Wilson's Kindergarten Class for Components of Early Literacy Instruction]
 * Developing Oral Language and Early Literacy Activities around All for Pie, Pie for All
 * Homework: ** Core Areas of Reading, RI Reading Policy and Common Core State Standards **
 * [|Rhode Island K-12 Literacy Policy]
 * [|Put Reading First] (National Reading Panel Teacher's Guide)- please just skim so you are aware of
 * [|Common Core State Standards] (You will need the Reading/Language Arts Standards K-5) [[file:Common Core ELA Standards.pdf]]
 * **Reading Guide #1:** Linking RI Literacy Policies and Tompkins Chapter 4 [[file:RG#1 RI K-12 LitPolicy.docx]]


 * CORE AREAS OF READING AND COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS - January 31 **


 * ** Class Activity :** Mapping the Standards to the Core Areas of Reading and RI GLE's
 * [|Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for Reading and Writing Grades K-5] (Two separate documents - we will use in class first)
 * RI GLE's K-3 Reading and Writing: Short One Page Version [[file:RI GLEs short form.docx]]
 * ** Extra Resources: **
 * See [|how to address the five core areas of reading] with this range of instructional activities from Florida Reads
 * Principal's Guide to Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School (Torgeson, Houston, Rissman & Kosanovich, 2007) - pages 5-9 succinctly outline how to balance the five components of reading instruction across each grade from kindergarten to grade 5) [[file:Principals Guide-Elementary.pdf]]
 * **Homework**:
 * Reading Tompkins Chapter 4 p. 103-129 (Early Readers) and pp. 443-445 (Complete the 2nd part of the Reading Guide #1)


 * EMERGENT LITERACY AND CONCEPTS OF PRINT - February 2 **


 * **Related Videos**: What does each young reader understand about reading and books? What would you model next for each?
 * [|Satya at 6 months old and Animal Book]
 * [|Cam at 20 months old and Freight Train Book]
 * **Word Study Demonstration:**
 * Rhyming Example (in our assignment format) [[file:EDC 424 Word Study Demonstration EXAMPLE Rhyming.doc]]
 * [|Video Example] (Spelling Patterns Video at 1:00 - Revisiting a lesson on adding ing with "double, drop, or nothing")
 * **Class Slideshow:** Concepts About Print and Emergent Literacy Powerpoint [[file:Day 2 Emergent Literacy.ppt]]
 * **Class Activity Handout:** Concepts of Print Awareness Assessment [[file:Concepts of Print Awareness Assessment.pdf]]
 * [|Training Video] of a teacher conducting the Concepts of Print Awareness Assessment


 * SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE: PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS - February 7 **
 * **To Read for Homework Before Class:**
 * Yopp & Yopp - Supporting Phonemic Awareness Development in the Classroom [[file:Yopp & Yopp 2000 RT Phonemic Awareness.pdf]]
 * **To use for Beck Reading Homework Assignment**: Keyword Reading Guide [[file:Key Words Beck Chapter.docx]]
 * Here's the Beck Introduction chapter scanned in [[file:Beck Phonics Introduction.pdf]]
 * **Powerpoint Slide Show:** Making Sense of Phonological Awareness and Phonics [[file:Beck Intro and Words Their Way Ch1.ppt]]
 * **Class Activity Handouts:**
 * Typical Stages of Spelling Development (Words Their Way)[[file:Typical Spelling Patterns.docx]]
 * Dechant's Levels of Phonological Awareness [[file:Dechant PDF.pdf]]
 * The Phonological Awareness Umbrella [[file:PA Umbrella.pdf]]

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 * PHONEMIC AWARENESS ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTION - February 9 **
 * **OPTIONAL RELATED RESOURCES FOR YOU**
 * [|Review of Phonological and Phonemic Awareness] from Reading Rockets
 * **Early Reading Assessment Packet** - A wonderful sequence of assessment materials for you [[file:cool assessment toolsall.pdf]]
 * **Recognizing Rhymes Assessment:** See a [|video of students completing a Recognizing Rhyme Assessment]
 * **Isolating Sounds Assessment:** Learn procedures for administering a simple test of [|isolating initial sounds] and [|isolating final sounds]
 * **Test of Phoneme Blending** - See a [|video of students] completing this assessment (notice how the teacher models and gives students an opportunity to understand the directions with compound words before they begin)
 * **Test of Phoneme Segmentation** - See a [|video of students completing this assessment] and hear how the teacher scores their responses on the [|student test sheet] by marking whether students still blend some of the sounds together or are actually able to segment or isolate each individual sound
 * **Homework**: Read Words Their Way (Ch. 1 Introduction and Ch. 4 Emergent Stage) with Optional Reading Guide [[file:WTW Guide 5th Edition Ch. 1 & 4 OPTIONAL.docx]]

**QUIZ, PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS INTO PHONICS - February 14**


 * **TOPICS FOR QUIZ #1:**
 * Reading Guide #1:
 * Five core areas of reading instruction
 * Stages of Reading Development and Skills Associated with Each
 * Stages of Spelling Development and Associated Spelling Patterns (see WTW book, Ch. 1)
 * Concepts of Print
 * Terms associated with Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics (Beck's vocabulary terms and how they fit together in the graphic organizer we covered in class)
 * Sequence of Phonological Awareness Activities
 * **Directions for Literacy Photo Journal Assignment** [[file:EDC424 Literacy PhotoJournal Directions FA2011.doc]]


 * PHONICS I AND WORD STUDY: February 14 **
 * Letter-Sound Correspondence; Consonants and Short Vowels **


 * **Class Activities:** (1) Explicitly teaching letter-sound correspondence and (2) Changing a Hen to A Fox
 * **Optional Related Resources: Designing Phonological Awareness Activities in Grades K-2**
 * [|PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening] and lots of accompanying activities (clik on Resources > Activities)
 * [|Instructional Routines for Teaching PA and Phonics in Grades K-2] (from Florida Center for Reading Research)
 * **Optional Related Resources: Designing Developmental Phonics Instruction**
 * **Great handout with 35 Alphabet Recognition Activities**: [[file:Alphabet Activities.pdf]]
 * Letter-Sound Correspondence
 * [|Introducing Letter Sound Correspondence from A-Z]
 * Song: [|Short and Long Vowels - Vowels in Every Word]
 * Jolly Phonics: [|Learning the Letter Sounds] (explanation of multisensory approach)
 * Jolly Songs: [|A-Z Book] (A song & poem for each letter)
 * **Sequencing** your instruction of letter/sound correspondences [[file:Teaching LetterSoundCorrespondences.pdf]]
 * **Blending**:
 * Instructional Video on [|Sounding Out CVC words and blending letter sounds]
 * Video: [|Smooth phonics for students having trouble with blending letter sounds]
 * Video: [|Group 1 Blending: s,a,t,i,p,n]
 * Songs: [|Jolly Phonics Group 1]
 * Video: [|Group 2 Blending: c,k,e,h,r,m,d]
 * Video: [|Group 3 Blending: g,o,u,l,f,b]
 * **Consonants and Short Vowels:** Changing A Hen to A Fox Activity [[file:Change fox to hen.docx]]


 * PHONICS II AND WORD STUDY: February 16 and February 21 **
 * Long vowels, digraphs, and other vowel/syllable patterns and Word Study **


 * **HOMEWORK to complete before class:**
 * **Beck** (p. 43-63) and **WTW Chapter 5** (Letter Name-Alphabetic Stage)
 * Activity #1: Phonological Awareness Activity Chart (individual or partner) due next class
 * **Class Slideshow**:
 * Phonics II: [[file:PhonicsII Long Vowels FA2011.pptx]]
 * Word Study Principles (key ideas from Words Their Way): [[file:Word Study Slides FA2011.ppt]]
 * **Optional Related Resources**
 * **Long Vowel/Silent E words**
 * [|List and resources for silent e words]
 * [|YouTube Silent E Rap]
 * **Consonant Blends and Consonant Digraphs**: Word Sorting Activity [[file:WordSort Activity ConsBlendsDigraphs.docx]]
 * [|YouTube Song: Transformer H] (for th/sh/ch)
 * **Word Study Examples**
 * [|YouTube series of Word Study Videos]
 * [|Noticing teaching techniques as part of Word Study]
 * [|Dipthongs, Digraphs, and Modified Vowel Patterns] - a nice word list to help design phonics lessons around these word patterns

**PREPARING YOUR PHOTO JOURNAL - February 23**

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 * **Literacy Photo Journal Assignment**
 * Example of Classroom Photo Interpretations [[file:424 Photo Journal Examples.docx]]
 * Example of Reflection (Note: this is from last year's assignment; this year's criteria is slightly different) [[file:424 Photo Journal Reflection Example.pdf]]
 * Empty Word Template for your Assignment [[file:424 Photo Journal Template.docx]]
 * Click here to continue on to page 2 of our class notes.