Organization for Guided Reading Plus Early Language and

Organization for Guided Reading Plus: Early Language and Literacy Certificate, Course 1 Class 2 Guided Reading Plus

Housekeeping O I’m teaching DP class – room at Howell if you want to change O Breaks/Snacks protocol O Plan to live with uncertainty – can’t have the whole picture up front! O Norms O O O O Respect everyone’s learning—questions, table talk Be fully present (technology) Cell phones on vibrate No side conversations On time Tangents – not a hill ALWAYS bring all handouts in a binder to class

Housekeeping O Reminder O Begin teaching your GRP case study group by next class – Thurs 11/29 O Revisit materials handout O Any last minute questions about materials? O Electronic Reflection Journal O separate reflections – 1 class, 1 reading O keep going on same document O will collect in Dec, March & May O Homework O Check it out before last minute! O Early Language and Literacy Certificate = a lot of early work!

Homework Review O Article: Active From the Start O “Be careful not to establish a pattern where the child waits for the teacher to do the work. This is the point at which the child must learn that he must work at a difficulty, take some initiative, make some links. [This] is the general principle that needs to be established at this time…” (Clay) O What does this mean to you? O Look for examples in the article – italics portion

Table Introductions O Name O School O Grade Level O Table talk: What is reading?

Foundational Understanding O “…. reading [is] a O message-getting, O problem-solving activity O which increases in power and flexibility the more it is practiced. ” (Marie Clay).

Essential Questions O How does Guided Reading Plus enhance Guided Reading? O How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the Reading Workshop?

Foundational Ideas: Balanced Literacy O DPS Reading Curriculum O Includes 4 interrelated components O Read aloud O Shared reading O Guided reading O Independent reading

Foundational Ideas: Balanced Literacy O The success of balanced literacy depends on 1. including all the components in the literacy block 2. how the teacher creates instructional opportunities throughout the block in order to O O O activate background knowledge integrate sources of information (M, S, V) apply problem-solving strategies

Foundational Ideas O GRP is one piece of the Reading Workshop O It replaces O Guided Reading O Includes individual conferences

Foundational Ideas O Guided Reading Plus is a two-day format, ideally back to back O Case Study Group will meet daily, but other groups could meet 2 -4 days a week O Case Study: M, T & W, Th & F, M…. . O Other groups: O M, T & W, Th or O M, T & Th, F etc. O Suggestion: STOP thinking about it as M-F, but as Day 1 -5 – like specials

Lesson Planner O Handout: GRP Lesson Planner, Look-fors, Guidesheet O Linda Dorn (creator of Guided Reading Plus) O Basic Parts of lesson

What does Guided Reading Plus look like? O Video O Fiction Reading Day (10 min) O After each section – What are you noticing? O Word Study O Orientation to New Book O During Reading O After Reading New Book

What does Guided Reading Plus look like? O Video O Fiction Writing Day (6 min) O After each section – What are you noticing? O Assessment – Running Record O Writing About Reading & Discussion

What does Guided Reading Plus look like? O How does Guided Reading Plus compare to Guided Reading? O Look-fors in Guided Reading Plus O Changes to Guided Reading Plus for DPS O 1 Running Record (not 2) O Option of new independent book (not just books already read/familiar) O Writing without checks (use if you want) O Three types of writing (not just independent)

Foundational Ideas O Pace is critical to effectiveness of GRP, so we have to learn to fit everything in to the lesson time frame O use a timer for each section! O when time is up, move on, finished or not

Foundational Ideas O Establish routines for your GRP group O Entry routine O “Sit like a reader” O Book bags/folders/baskets O Use of whiteboards, markers, erasers O Magnetic letters organization

Rituals & Routines O Think about the video we just watched. What rituals and routines had been established in that group? O Share at your table any rituals, routines or organizational structures that you have found to be effective with small groups

What does Guided Reading Plus look like? O Video O Non-fiction Reading Day (10 min) O After each section – What are you noticing? O Word Study O Orientation to New Book O During Reading O After Reading New Book

What does Guided Reading Plus look like? O Video O Non-fiction Writing Day (6 min) O After each section – What are you noticing? O Assessment – Running Record O Writing About Reading & Discussion O Handout: Sample Lesson – English & Spanish

Essential Question O How does Guided Reading Plus enhance Guided Reading? O How does Guided Reading Plus fit within the Reading Workshop?

Essential Connections O LEAP O MCD*: methods & pacing, academic language O HIIM**: check for understanding, feedback O English Language Learners O Oral Language Development O Academic Language O Common Core Shifts O Nonfiction O Evidence O Increasing text complexity *MCD = Masterful Content Delivery **HIIM = High Impact Instructional Moves

Homework O READ O Guidesheet, Look-fors, Lesson Planner & Sample Lesson (quiz next class) O DO O Reflect on class O Reflect on reading O Begin teaching GRP Case Study group – Nov 29 O BRING to next class O Days & time you will teach your GRP group O Next class powerpoint (for notes) O ALL handouts received thus far