Implementing the CCSS for ELA - Reading

October 3, 2013

One Word Ice Breaker

Think about your current reading workshop. What one word would you use to describe it.

Find your group. Discuss your word and why you chose

it.

Agenda

* Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards

*Video Clip – Preparing for Small Group Work

*10 Minute Break *Architecture of a Mini-lesson – Making

it Your Own Collaboration on the New Unit - Insights

Into Characters

CCSS Literacy Strands

There are 4 Literacy Strands Reading Writing Speaking and Listening Language

6 Overarching CCR Anchor Speaking & Listening Standards

›Comprehension and Collaboration (1-3)

›Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas(4-6)

Getting to Know the Speaking and Listening Standards

Look at the Speaking and Listening Standards for your grade level.

In what ways do the reading units address these standards?

CCSS in Action

View video clip. Learning map reflection

› What do you notice?› What are you already doing?› What might you try?

Take a break!

Refining Workshop Practices

Describe your Workshop Routine

How do you set expectations? How do you bring students to the

meeting area? Where/ how do students sit? How do you let students know it is time

to begin? What consistent routines provide

structure?

Connection Options

Make it exciting Tell a personal story. Connect to a student sample. Remind students of the previous day‘s

teaching point. Refer to the mentor text Notice student achievements.

Demonstration/ Teaching

Names and demonstrates or models one skill or strategy.

Explicitly name the teaching point Use clear, explicit, simple language Use signal words to:

› Cue the demonstration› Start the demo› Alert students

Ways to Actively Engage

Teacher provides a shared text Students research a demonstration Students restate their understanding of

a teaching point Students imagine how they’ll use the

strategy

Student Response during Active Engagement

Symphony Turn and Talk (eye to eye, knee to

knee) Thumbs up, Thumbs down Partner 1, Partner 2 Whiteboards

Independent Reading

What students are doing

What the teacher is doing

•Reading self-selected books•Responding to reading•Practicing the minilesson strategies

•Meeting with small groups of students to provide reading instruction based on needs•Conferring with students to support individual needs

Let’s Collaborate!

Choose a colored slip. Find the other people in the room who

share your color. Collaborate and plan how you will

teach the minilesson. Don’t forget to find the “tricky” parts of

the lesson.

Whip Around

One thing I will do . . .