Elements of Effective Literacy Instruction in Grades 5-8 PowerPoint Literacy 5-8 06/12/2010 Elements of Effective Literacy Instruction in Grades 5-8 Literacy “Spring-board” Conversation October 27, 2011

Reading in the Brain How can a few black marks on a white page evoke an entire universe of sounds and meanings?

How do we read?

How do we read?

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Building a Literacy Focus PowerPoint Literacy Grades K-4 06/12/2010 Building a Literacy Focus Teamwork within Schools Teamwork among Schools Grades K-4 Grades 5-8 Grades 9-12 Early success in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Sustain success in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Increase engagement K-12 Cross-curricular Literacy Continuum

“Spring-board” Conversations December 2010 April 2011 October January 2012 May

How are we doing? The goals of our Literacy Focus School-based literacy teams Spring-board conversations

Effective Literacy Instruction Have the resources been helpful?

Reading Next Direct, explicit comprehension instruction Effective instructional principles embedded in content Motivation and self-directed learning Ongoing formative assessment Extended time for literacy Professional development Interdisciplinary teams A comprehensive and coordinated approach Direct, explicit comprehension instruction Comprehension strategies instruction Questioning, clarifying, predicting, and summarizing Comprehension monitoring and metacognition instruction Teacher modeling Scaffolded instruction Reciprocal teaching

Teaching students strategies for planning, revising, and editing their compositions Writing Next Explicitly and systematically teaching students how to summarize texts The report identifies 11 elements of current writing instruction found to be effective for helping adolescent students learn to write well and to use writing as a tool for learning.

Draft Target Reading Skills in Grades K-2 What do you think? How will you share this idea with your colleagues?

Draft Writing Rubric What do you think? How will you share this idea with your colleagues?

Draft Writing Samples What do you think? How will you share this idea with your colleagues?

Draft Writing Continuum What do you think? How will you share this idea with your colleagues?

Next Steps Our next “spring-board” conversation is scheduled for ? School-based Literacy Teams promote conversations and actions that support and enhance student literacy in their schools Survey about our Literacy Focus Division-wide projects Writing assessment tools and student samples Literacy continua Key instructional approaches

What are your next steps? Literacy Teams continue to promote school-based conversations and actions that support and enhance student literacy in their schools Survey about our Literacy Focus Division-wide projects