Castlemaine Secondary College May, 2010

Whole class Learning intention made explicit Link to prior learning Mini lesson to model specific skill or strategy 20% = 15 minutes Independent work Focussed teaching group Individual teaching or conference Apply new skill or strategy Teacher works with students individually or in groups with like needs. 60% = 40 minutes Whole class Reflect on learning intention Articulate new learning Link prior knowledge to new learning 20% = 15 minutes When students know what they are learning, their performance, on average, has been shown to be 27 percentile points higher than students who do not know what they are learning. (Marzano, 2003)

Work with a partner to record the 6 tools introduced in January 1. Read to remember everything 2. Bundling 3. Facts and opinions 4. Anticipation guide 5. Exclusion brainstorming 6. True, false, I don’t know Share how you have used these tools in your teaching

 We are going to learn a new tool to help our students to better understand what they are reading. “The goal of content literacy is for kids to actively use thinking strategies as tools for understanding content.” (Harvey & Goudvis, 2007)

 Helps readers monitor their comprehension and remember what they have read. CodeDescription *Interesting BKBackground knowledge ?Question / wonder CConfused IImportant LLearned something new SSurprising information TS / TT / TW Text connection VVocabulary

Few animals are better equipped for life on earth than the cockroach. They can live almost anywhere, eat almost anything and survive for weeks on almost nothing. They can withstand heatwaves and cold spells. In tests, they survive radiation a hundred times stronger than what it takes to kill a human. Cockroaches are so successful at staying alive that they have survived for more than 350 million years...since before the dinosaur age.

Few animals are better equipped for life on earth than the cockroach. They can live almost anywhere, eat almost anything and survive for weeks on almost nothing. They can withstand heatwaves and cold spells. In tests, they survive radiation a hundred times stronger than what it takes to kill a human. Cockroaches are so successful at staying alive that they have survived for more than 350 million years...since before the dinosaur age. Survival of the fittest? Evolution?? PK...see n them in diff places What’s the evidence? Wow!!

 Talk about what you have learnt and how you might use it in your classes.  How does this link to what you already know about student comprehension of text?  How might this assist your students?

 Proficient readers monitor themselves as they read, checking for accuracy and checking that the text makes sense to them.

 Rereading the text  Pausing to think  Reading ahead  Asking questions  Drawing inferences  Making mental images  Linking to prior knowledge