ClassNotes2

**EDC424 Class Notes (page 2)**
**Storybook Reading and Text Talk -- March 3, 2011**
 * **To read for homework:** Beck, I. & McKeown, M. (2001). **CLICK TO DOWNLOAD PDF**: [|Text talk: Capturing the benefits of read-aloud experiences for young children.] The Reading Teacher, 55, 10-20. (Reprinted by Scholastic for the Text Talk Vocabulary Instruction and Early Reading Program)
 * **Class Slideshow:** Text Talk Powerpoint Slides [[file:TextTalk Slides.ppt]]
 * ** Related Online Resources **
 * [|Text Talk Vocabulary Instruction and Early Reading Program] (Dr. Isabel Beck and Dr. Margaret McKeown)
 * Use [|Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard] to find short summaries of books, estimated reading levels, and other books at that level

>> (i) Find y, the average number of sentences per 100-word passage (calculating to the nearest tenth). >> (ii) Find x, the average number of syllables per 100-word sample. >> Then use the Fry graph to determine the reading age, in years. This test is suitable for all ages, from infant to upper secondary. The curve represents normal texts. Points below the curve imply longer than average sentence lengths. Points above the curve represent text with a more difficult vocabulary (as in school science texts).
 * Developing Literacy Lesson Plans -- March 8, 2011 **
 * **Zucker & Invernizzi** (2008) Electronic Word Sorts [[file:Zucker & Invernizzi 2008.pdf]]
 * **Class Slideshow** linking Tompkins Chapter 2 with Lesson Plan Assignment [[file:Literacy Lesson Plans.ppt]]
 * **Planning Sheet** for Lesson Plan [[file:Planning Sheet for Lesson Plan.doc]]
 * EDC424 **Literacy Lesson Plan** Directions and Scoring Sheet [[file:EDC424 Lesson Plan Directions 2010.doc]]
 * **EXAMPLE: EDC 424 Lesson Plan** - //Ira Sleeps Over// by Bernard Waber [[file:EDC424 Lesson Plan Example 2010.doc]]
 * **Lesson Plan Idea Web** (for visualizing the Ira Sleeps Over lesson plan activity [[file:Lesson Plan Empty Idea Web.pdf]]
 * **Empty Lesson Plan Idea We**b (for helping you to visualize your own lesson activities) [[file:Lesson Plan Empty Idea Web.pdf]]
 * [|Information on Fry Readability Graph] or [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://edc425uri.wikispaces.com/file/view/fry.pdf"]] [|fry.pdf]
 * Select three samples of 100 words from different parts of the book.
 * **EDC424 Lesson Plan Template:** Print out and type in the information below each heading - using your assignment directions, scoring sheet, and finished Ira Sleeps Over example to help you understand the type of information expected for each section. [[file:EDC424 Lesson Plan Template 2010.doc]]

**Sight Word Recognition and Fluency -- March 3, 2011**
 * **Reading Guide #2 to Complete for Homework:** Due March 3 [[file:Reading Guide #2.doc]]
 * **Class Slideshow:** Developing Fluent Readers and Writers [[file:Word Study Slides Students.ppt]]
 * **Class Slideshow** (**Teacher Version**): [[file:Word Study Slides TeacherVersion.ppt]]
 * **Online Resources**
 * **Making Words Activity:** Making Words is an active, hands-on manipulative activity in which children discover sound-letter relationships and learn how to look for patterns in words. They also learn that changing just one letter or even the sequence of the letters changes the whole word. As the teacher spells words at the pocket chart, students play along at their desks. View a [|video of students working as partners] to make new words and solve the mystery word!
 * [|PALS Activities] for Developing Vocabulary and Word Recognition Skills
 * [|The Dolch Word List and Strategies for Teaching Sight Words]
 * [|Word Puzzles] for Dolch Sight Words by Level
 * YouTube Video: [|Sight Words for Kindergarten]
 * YouTube Video: [|First 24 High Frequency Words Put to Music and Highlighted to Sing Along]!
 * [|Printable Sight Word Turtles] Aligned to the Open Court First Grade Decodable Book
 * Reader's Theatre Scripts from [|Teaching Heart] and [|Aaron Shephard's Scripts and Tips]


 * Spelling Development -- March 15, 2011 **
 * **Class Slideshow:** Spelling Development [[file:Spelling Development.ppt]]

**Spelling Assessment and Grouping for Instruction -- March 17, 2011**
 * **Class Slideshow:** Spelling Assessment [[file:Spelling Assessment Slides.ppt]]

**A Great Way to Review What We've Learned So Far!**
 * [|Reading Rockets First Year Teacher:] Explore the sequence of lessons, videos, and assessments available to help you review important aspects of early reading development including print awareness, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and systematic & explicit phonics instruction.
 * [|Tompkins Website for 4th Edition] - Helps with the 5th Edition too (just match up Chapter Titles rather than Chapter Numbers): Select the chapter number from the top menu bar, then explore "Self-Assesment", "Praxis Practice" or "Field Activities Essay" for sample quizzes in three different formats.
 * **Topics to review for Quiz #2**
 * Phonics Patterns (short and long vowels, open and closed syllables, examples of each)
 * Development stages of reading and spelling and examples of spelling patterns in each stage
 * Word Sorting Basics
 * Types of guided reading instruction and levels of scaffolding
 * How many phonemes are in words and levels of phonological awareness

**Reading Fluency** **-- March 29, 2011**
 * **To read for homework:** Griffith, L. W., & Rasinski, T. V. (2004) A Focus on Fluency: How One Teacher Incorporated Fluency with Her Reading Curriculum. The Reading Teacher, Vol. 58, No. 2, 126-137. [[file:Rasinski Fluency in Curriculum ReadersTheatre.pdf]]
 * **Linking Reader's Theatre to Technology:**
 * Vasinda, S. & McLeod, J. (2011). Extending Reader's Theatre: A Powerful and Purposeful Match with Podcasting. //The Reading Teacher,// Vol. 64, No. 7, 486-497. [[file:Vasinda & McLeod 2011 ReadersTheatre & Podcasting.pdf]]
 * **Related Resources for Reader's Theatre**
 * Reader's Theatre Scripts from [|Teaching Heart] and [|Aaron Shephard's Scripts and Tips]
 * [|Internet Resources for conducting Reader's Theatre] (Lila Carrick, The Reading Teacher, 2001)

**Grouping for Instruction: Phases of Reading Instruction -- March 31, 2011**
 * **Interactive Read Aloud**
 * [|Who Hops?]
 * [|Storyline Online]
 * [|Free Online Interactive Book Samples] from Raz-Kids.com
 * [|Bookhive Zingertales]: Many great oral storytelling examples
 * [|Rosie's Walk on YouTube] ([|Where the Wild Things Are], [|An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly], [|Chicka Chicka Boom Boom], [|Five Little Monkeys], [|The Very Hungry Caterpillar], [|The Very Quiet Cricket], [|Goodnight Moon], [|Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See], [|Papa Please Get the Moon For Me], [|Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham], [|Dr. Seuss' ABC Book], and many other stories in the right hand menu)
 * **Interactive/Collaborative Writing**
 * [|Thanksgiving Project by First Graders]
 * **Guided Reading**
 * [|FAQ on Guided Reading]: Youtube Video with lots of questions about Guided Reading are answered by a real first grade teacher
 * [|8-Minute Guided Reading Lesson] with First Graders
 * **Writing Mini-Lessons**
 * [|Hooking the Reader With A Great Beginning]

**Word Study Demonstrations (Coming up the first week of April)**
 * **Word Study Demonstration Assignment** (Directions and Rubric) - please read these carefully to complete your assignment correctly [[file:EDC424 Word Study Demo Directions and Points Sp2010.doc]]
 * Example Word Study Lesson on Rhyming Words [[file:EDC 424 Word Study Demonstration EXAMPLE Rhyming.doc]]
 * Template for Your Word Study Demonstration Lesson Assignment [[file:Template Word Study Demo.doc]]

**Running Records** **-- April 14 and April 19, 2011**
 * This [|running record online tutorial] walks you through the entire process from taking a running a record to analyzing it - with realtime audio, line by line support, and three grade levels of readers to choose from!
 * Example of checklists and running record forms from [|Developmental Reading Assessment] (DRA) [[file:Level 1-6 Generic Fiction Retell Form.pdf]]

**Book Leveling Systems and Databases for Your Classroom -- April 5, 2011**
 * **Class Slideshow: Making Sense of Leveled Reading Systems** (Powerpoint slideshow) [[file:Leveled Books.ppt]]
 * **Class Handout:** Leveled Reading Systems


 * Share [|Scholastic's What is Leveled Reading?] with parents to provide basic information about leveled reading systems
 * Use this [|very helpful reading grid] to make approximate conversions and comparisons across 13 different leveling systems.
 * **SEARCH BY GRADE LEVEL:** Use [|Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard] to find short summaries of books, estimated reading levels by grade level, and other books at that grade level
 * **SEARCH BY LEXILE LEVEL**: Use [|Lexile Bookfind] to locate books at a particular lexile level or search by title
 * **SEARCH BY DRA LEVEL:** Use this [|handy leveled grid] to browse Scholastic titles at particular Developmental Reading Assessment and Lexile Levels or skim the [|Guided Reading Selections] at each DRA Level
 * **SEARCH BY A-Z.COM LEVEL:** Use [|Reading A-Z guided reading selections] to match developmental appropriate printed texts to your students' needs
 * **SEARCH BY FOUNTAS & PINELL LEVEL**: [|Grade level lists of books] leveled with the Fountas & Pinell System
 * Use [|Book Adventure] to search for books and take a comprehension quiz.


 * Setting Up A Literacy Learning Environment -- Literacy Centers-- April 7, 2011 **


 * ** To read for homework: ** Ford, M., & Opitz, M. (2002). Using centers to engage children during guided reading time: Intensifying learning experiences away from the teacher. //The Reading Teacher//, 55(8), 710-717. [[file:Ford & Opitz 2002 Centers in Guided Reading.pdf]]
 * **To explore for homework: Literacy Center Websites**
 * [|Setting up a Classroom]: Grades 1, 2, and 3: Lots of great pictures and ideas to spark your thinking about literacy learning environments for your Literacy Photo Journal assignment
 * [|Mrs. McDowell’s Literacy Centers] for Grades K-1
 * [|Mrs. Newingham’s Literacy Centers] for Grade 2
 * [|ABC Literacy Centers]
 * [|Mrs. Gallagher’s Literacy Centers] for Grades K-2
 * [|The K Crew’s Centers and Units Page] (Explore Unit Themes for more center ideas)
 * [|Linda Holliman's Centers] (photos only)
 * **Additional tips for setting up quality literacy learning environments**
 * [|Marci McGowen's Grade 1 Classroom:] So much to learn at this website about how to set up both traditional and online literacy environments from one of the best primary teacher I know. View links at [|Internet projects] and [|Reading and Writing] just to get you started.
 * Images from "[|The Castle in the Classroom]" - a 2011 book published by Stenhouse that describes a year in a kindergarten classroom where children are embarking on a literary exploration.
 * [|A Learning Space That Works] - by Maria Chang (2003) in Instructor Magazine
 * ** Literacy Centers Group Outline (Template) (Due April 19, 2011) ** [[file:Literacy Center Outline Final.doc]]

**Vocabulary Instruction for Early Literacy Learners** **-- April 14, 2011**
 * **Read for Homework:** McKeown & Beck. (2004). **Direct and Rich Vocabulary Instruction**. [[file:McKeown Direct & Rich vocab_Instruction.pdf]]
 * **Reading Guide #3**: Vocabulary (For McKeown & Beck article and Tompkins Chapter 7) [[file:Reading Guide 3.doc]]
 * **Extra Reading**: Beck & McKeown (2002) Chapter 8: Choosing Words to Teach (From Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction). [[file:beck8.pdf]]
 * **Choosing Words: Powerpoint Slide Show** [[file:Vocab Choosing Words Part1.ppt]]

**Vocabulary Games and Activities** **-- April 14, 2011**

**Organizing for Literacy Instruction --** **April 28, 2011**
 * **To read for homework:** Flood, J., Lapp, S. & Nagel, G. (1992). Am I allowed to group? Using flexible grouping patterns for effective instruction. The Reading Teacher, 45(8), 608-616.

**Topics for Quiz #3** **-- April 26, 2011**
 * Reading Fluency: Reading Guide #2, Powerpoint slides, and Griffith & Rasinski (2004) article on instructional practices to increase fluency
 * Types of word sorts: closed sort, open sort, sound sort, blind sort
 * Grouping for instruction: Read-aloud and text-talk, shared reading and writing; interactive reading and writing; guided reading; independent reading and writing; comprehension and response (purpose and characteristics of each part of reading instruction)
 * Book Leveling Systems and Features of leveled books in Grades K-3
 * Important ideas about literacy centers in Grades K-3
 * How many phonemes are in particular words?

**Study Topics for Final EDC424**
 * Stages and Characteristics for Readers and Spellers
 * Differences and similarities between Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics
 * Phonological Awareness: Know all the levels and the grid of related activities (which is developmentally least and most difficult) (word awareness, rhyme awareness, alliteration, onset-rime awareness, phoneme segmentation, phoneme blending, phoneme segmentation)
 * Key Phonics Terms and Common Spelling Patterns in Syllables
 * Differentiate between and give examples of phonemes, graphemes, consonant blends, vowel digraphs, and vowel dipthongs
 * Differentiate between literal and inferential comprehension questions
 * Given a text, select appropriate vocabulary words, develop levels of questions, locate different levels of words (link to Reading Guide 3 and Beck & McKeown article with Tier 1, 2, and 3 words and vocabulary activity ideas)
 * Differentiate between texts that are decodable, predictable, natural language, and sight word
 * Spelling errors that reflect certain developmental stages and how you would address what students are good at and what you might teach next
 * Important sections of a lesson plan and the purpose of each section
 * Running Records: Calculate reading rate and accuracy, complete miscue analysis, and describe students overall strengths and challenges
 * Instructional activities to develop fluency
 * Examples of effective literacy centers and key points to remember when setting up literacy centers in your room