Journal Writing- Pick 1 of the following prompts:

1. How should literacy strategies be taught in the classroom? What

are effective methods used that enable students to apply literacy
strategies at an independent level?
2. What are key factors in teaching vocabulary/comprehension in the
content areas (soc.st., science, math etc.)? What tools do
students need to support their learning?
3. Why is formative assessment an important part of literacy
instruction? How does progress monitoring support literacy
development?

*Source: IRIS Modules 1 & 2.

Morning Meeting Learning Goals Session 2 GLC 2022
Agenda *Questioning techniques for
comprehension
*Literacy assessments
*Vocabulary Graphic Organizer
* Explore literacy circle models
 Class Meeting ELA Standards Correlation
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

KSL4: Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with detail.

7SL4: Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent
manner with relevant descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use appropriate eye
contact, adequate volume, and clear enunciation.

Comprehension and Collaboration

7SL1c: Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and
comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on
topic as needed.

1SL1c: Ask questions to clear up any confusion about topics and texts under
discussion.
 Who IS Sonia Nieto?

https://prezi.com/iu7xgoyhlrz8/sonia-nieto/

https://youtu.be/HrBFqRZUDM8
 DIBELS- Literacy Assessments
Fishbowl Strategy:

1. Phoneme Segmentation: (PSF)

2. Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF)
3. Oral Reading Fluency (ORF)
 Comprehension “Get the GIST Strategy”

GIST: Generating Interactions between Schemata and Texts

Used in the CSR: Collaborative Strategic Reading Strategy (IRIS Module)

Builds on questions: Who/Where/What/When/Why/How

https://www.nbss.ie/sites/default/files/publications/get_the_gist_comprehen
sion_strategy_0.pdf
 Questioning Hierarchy

● Questioning techniques: Students are taught to generate questions before, during, and
after reading. Students are asked to predict what they are going to read, to ask
themselves during reading whether what they have read makes sense, and to generate
questions about the text after reading.

Question Hierarchy

1. The answer is in the text and can be stated in one or two words.
2. The answer is in the text but requires more than a couple of words to answer.
3. The answer is in the text but not all in the same place. The reader has to synthesize the
parts in order to arrive at the correct answer.
4. The reader has to synthesize his or her prior knowledge with the text content in order to
answer the question.
 Literature Circles

Roles are created to promote literacy skills/strategies .

Roles for literature circles can be decided by the teacher/students.

Roles for the literature circle are modeled and supported (guided
practice) by the teacher.

Roles can be shared to support peer collaboration or assigned

individually.

Roles can be exchanged for multiple skill development.

 Literature Circle Roles
Vocabulary/Word Study Word Wizard
Vocabulary Detective
Word Mechanic

Comprehension The Connector - Self-Text/Text-to Text/Text-World

The Summarizer
Questioner
Character Captain

Fluency Dialog Announcer

Passage Performer

Content /Interdisciplin Learning Researcher

Illustrator

Speaking and Listening Discussion Director

 Give One-Get One Strategy

Groups meet to discuss their article.

Groups pick 4 key ideas that they want to share with the class.

Each person writes 1 key idea on an index card to exchange with

other groups.

Groups mingle and share and exchange their ideas/index cards.

https://thinkingpathwayz.weebly.com/giveonegetone.html
 Assessment Interview Paper
Assessment Review Paper - Students need to research and compare and
contrast the purpose of formative and summative literacy assessments.
The use of an interviewing process will be used to collect information
from the school setting . Students will review the findings and reflect upon
the impact the assessment has on instruction in the classroom .
*10 Points
*2 Points : Introduction (School demographics and ELA Data)
*2 Points : Interview questions/recorded responses
*2 Points: Assessment descriptions
*2 Points: Reflection narrative-have you learned from the interview
findings.
*2 Points: Grammar/mechanics/paper organization
 Literature Circle Demonstration Assignment

*Week 4 or Week 5

* Individual or partner demonstration

* One of the following components of a Literature Circle:

1. Vocabulary lesson demonstration

2. Define/model literature circle roles
3. Integration of a graphic organizer
4. Creation of a comprehension assessment for a chapter
5. Creation of a writing rubric assessment
Next Session
1. Required reading - Sonia’s Joy of Teaching Students from
Diverse Backgrounds - (Chapters 1-3)
2. Literacy Circles - BEES-Chapters 4-7

Watsons- Chapters 5-8

3. Morning Meeting role share material

4. Assessment Interview Paper (2 or 3 page max.)

https://spedinstructionalstrategies.wordpress.com/reading-
strategies/the-vocabulary-lincing-routine/