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Stanley Teacher Prep

August 2015

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Quick write

Write a definition:

What does it mean to read?

-use Routman’s work as a support for your definition

+Turn and TalkShare your definition of reading +

essential components from the text

+Mini-Lesson: Optimal Learning Model Instructional framework at the heart of teaching and

learning: moving from dependence to independence

Gradual Release of Responsibility

+ Gradual Release of Teacher Responsibility

Direct Instruction

Modeling Guided Practice

Collaborative work

Independent Work

Sharing &Reflection

Teacher names the skill and gives the rationale for learning it

Teacher models the use of the skill

Teacher leads students through practicing a skill

Students work together to use the skill

Students use the skill on their own

Students make their work public and reflect on their use of the skill and how it helped them learn

“I Do, You Watch” “I Do, You Help” “You Do, I Watch”

+Work Time: Apply Comprehension Strategies

Groups of 4-5

Each person share: what stood out as most important/ essential given your upcoming grade level?

Synthesize your thinking on a chart to teach the rest of us

+Debrief: Gallery Walk

In your writer’s notebook: Write down what is essential at this point

about Reading Essentials as you prepare to head into the classroom

+Some pages not to miss:

Focus on what matters most, (7)

Understand and apply the learning model, (47)

Best practices in teaching reading, (187)

I keep the following questions in mind all the time, (203)