at bootcamp - literacy

LiteracyAT Bootcamp

ATIA 2013

Behnke & Marotta

Agenda

Reading and accommodations

Writing and accommodations

Mathematics

Learning management

Reading

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Research Based Effective Components of Reading

Phonemic (Phonological) Awareness

Phonics

Fluency

Vocabulary

Comprehension

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Understanding discrete sounds/phonemes Recognizing which words in a set of words

begin with the same sound

Isolating and saying the first or last sound in a word

Combining or blending the separate sounds in a word to say the word

Breaking or segmenting a word into its separate sounds

Phonological AwarenessInstruction

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Technology Can…

Support a student learning to…

Recognize patterns in words Create words from letters, other

words, pictures or soundsUse auditory feedback as words are

created or segmented Convert words by isolating and

changing phonemes

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Clicker 5

Enables students to write with whole words and pictures

Talking word processor

Create your own grids

Writing supports for all abilities

Teach Me Nouns

Increase vocabulary comprehension

Improve articulation skills

Increase language expression

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Simon SIO

Individualized phonics instruction and corrective feedback

Systematically and at individuals’ own pace learn letter sounds and word families

Discrimination between like words and reading newly learned words within controlled texts

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Phonics Instruction

Systematic Direct Teaching

Letter-sound relationships

Spelling strategies

Writing strategies

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Technology Can…


Pair sounds and letters to form words Spell with success Practice fluency in reading sentences Adapt reading strategies as

immediate feedback is received

WordMaker

Pat Cunningham and her concept of working with words

Supports rhyming

Develops new words from base words

“s” in front of “it”

Co:Writer

Read words as yougo along

Word prediction

Word bank with topic dictionaries

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Fluency Instruction

Bridge between word recognition and comprehension

Development is gradual over time

Difference between more fluent readers and less fluent readers

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Technology Can…


Practice reading aloud

Use models to develop fluency skills in reading

Word Processing Authoring tools

Record yourself as you read

Listening to yourself read a story

Start-to-Finish

Recorded professional talent reading

Online books version

Highlight word-by-word

Check for understanding

Scan, Read and ‘Voicing’ Systems

Kurzweil 3000

Firefly for the iPad

WYNN

Read and Write Gold

readPlease

WordTalk plug in for MS Word

ReadOutLoud

Vocabulary

Most Vocabulary Is Learned Indirectly As Students:

Engage in daily oral language Listen to adults read to them Read extensively on their own

Some Vocabulary Must Be Taught Directly

Vocabulary

Recognizing and Understanding Words

Synonyms and Antonyms

Definitions

Elaboration

Context

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Technology Can…


Search word meanings

Explore new words

Elaborate on immediate vocabulary

Tools

eBooks Built in dictionaries and reading supports

Highlights

Reading Pens

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Text Comprehension

Comprehension Strategies Identify where difficulty occurs

Identify what the difficulty is

Restate the difficult sentence or passage in own words

Look back through the text

Look forward in the text for information that might help them to resolve the difficulty

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Technology Can…


Look up meanings of difficult words or unfamiliar phrases

Sequence events in a story

Discriminate the parts of a passage

News-2-You

Pix Writer and Picture It

Understand text with picture support

Use pictures to convey whole meanings

Group Activity #1

Writing

Effective Elements of Writing Instruction (Executive Summary, Writing Next report)

1. Writing Strategies - teaching students strategies for planning, revising, & editing

2. Summarization - explicitly & systematically teaching students how to summarize texts

3. Collaborative Writing - instructional arrangements in which students work together to plan, draft, revise, & edit their compositions

4. Specific Product Goals - assign students specific, reachable goals for the writing

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5. Word Processing - computers and word processors as instructional supports for writing assignments

6. Sentence Combining - teaching students to construct more complex, sophisticated sentences

7. Prewriting - activities designed to help them generate or organize ideas for their composition

8. Inquiry Activities - analyzing immediate, concrete data to help them develop ideas & content for a particular writing task

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9. Process Writing Approach - interweaves a number of writing instructional activities in a workshop environment that stresses extended writing opportunities, writing for authentic audiences, personalized instruction, & cycles of writing

10. Study of Models - opportunities to read, analyze, and emulate models of good writing

11. Writing for Content Learning - uses writing as a tool for learning content material


Prewriting

Drafting

RevisingEditing

Publishing

Reflective Recursive

Source: Texas Education Agency

Stages in the Writing Process

Strategies for Teacher Tool Use

An effective instructional sequence would include:

Explanation with problem definition

Modeling with interactive teaching

Guided practice with substantive facilitation

Independent use with teacher conference

Access to Writing Process Tools

For Students with Disabilities

◦ Students with Print Disabilities

◦ Students with Vision Impairments

◦ Students with Physical Disabilities

◦ Students with Cognitive Impairments

PRE-WRITING

Graphic organizers

Writing checklists

Digital planning & organizational tools

Digital mapping tools

Tools to explore

Webspiration

Inspiration/kidspiration

AppWriter

Pulse Pen

DraftBuilder

Drafting

While prewriting activities and tools can assist the writer during initial drafting, the writer must still juggle:◦ Planning what to say and how to say it

◦ Selecting words, sentences, and text structures

◦ Producing the text

◦ Monitoring his or her writing in order to revise “on the fly”

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Drafting Supports◦ Word or phrase “ideas” from prewriting can

serve as sentence starters or provide vocabulary for drafting

◦ Digital outline files can be used to generate a first draft when more extensive written information was produced during planning & organization

◦ Drafting support can be done through ‘copy and paste’ or ‘click and drag’ or an “auto create” function

Digital Planning & Organization Tools

Tools to explore

Templates : ClozePro by Crick

Prediction: Co:Writer by DJI

Speech Recognition: Windows or Dragon Naturally Speaking

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Two Complementary Processes Revising

◦ Clarifies meaning and expands ideas

◦ Makes the writing more interesting and understandable to the reader

Editing

◦ Correction of errors in the conventions of writing: spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar

Revising & Editing

Tools to explore

• Custom Dictionary – Co:Writer with word banks and topic dictionaries

• Electronic dictionaries/Thesaurus

• Highlighters

• Pens/tape

• Electronic highlighting

• Auditory word processing -- WYNN

Good Writing Checklist

I capitalized words correctly

I used correct punctuation

I used the Spell Checker to check my spelling

I used exact and interesting language

I checked my writing carefully for sentence fragments and run-ons

I read my writing carefully and looked for ways to make it better

Publishing

Tools to explore

Traditional “books” or journals

Digital recordings

Digital narration of text

Blogs, Vlogs, Edmodo

Group Activity #2

Mathematics

Very broad area

Basic Math

Fractions

Pre-Algebra

Algebra

Geometry

Word problems

Learning Management

Positive behavior supports

Engagement!!

Applying Universal Design for Learning strategies and techniques

Making content viable, real, and applicable

Setting goals and expectations up front

In conclusion…

Reading

Writing

Applications of technology

Integration of technology tools and strategies

Support of these tools in all environments

Trial and error… AT Cycle of assessment

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