1. 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

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

3. How do we read?

4. How do we read?

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6. 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

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

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

9. Effective Literacy Instruction
Have the resources been helpful?

10. 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

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

16. 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

17. 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