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Know—Want to Know—Learned (KWL Chart)
What do you KNOW?
What do you WANT TO KNOW?
What did you LEARN?
What literacy skills are essential for all students?
What do you WANT to know about strategies that motivate students to want to read and write?
FOCUS Starter
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Fill in:What do you
KNOW?What do you
WANT TO KNOW?
What did you LEARN?
FOCUS Starter:
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Literacy Across the Curriculum
What Works to Improve Literacy
Skills?
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Session 1: Using School-Wide Strategies to Close the Reading Gap
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lit⋅er⋅a⋅cy [lit-er-uh-see]
The condition or quality of being
literate, especially the ability to read
and write. 4
Literacy
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Debriefing the KWL System:
It creates & models a beginning, middle, and end structure
Invests teacher/facilitator in the learning by listening and responding to his or her students
Involves these thinking skills: remembering, describing, understanding, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing, reflecting, and creating.
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KWL motivates by having learners identify what THEY want to learn!
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School-wide Literacy Goals that will make
a differenceRead 25 books per year (includes magazine articles, chapters in textbook, recreational reading- LOG needs to be kept!)
Write weekly (Quick Writes)
Use reading and writing strategies
Write research papersTeach all ELA classes as if
gifted
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Six Essential Literacy Skills
Summarizing (and Note-taking)
ParaphrasingCategorizingInferring PredictingRecognizing
Academic/Technical Vocabulary
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How do we know these are important?
Direct links to most items on ASSET/COMPASS reading placement tests for Community Colleges
Included in ACT, PSAT, SAT
Consistently in state standards
Recognized by postsecondary faculty for importance
Linked to all content areas
Linked to careers
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“Let the Students Do the Work”
Refer to the article titled “Let the Students Do the Work” in your packet
http://rubistar.4teac
hers.org/index.php
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Anticipation Guides Set purpose for
reading Provoke lots of
discussion Require interactive
reading Ensure that students
have “correct” notes Which skill(s)?
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Story ImpressionsPre-readingTeacher
preparationStimulates interest
and creativityTaps prior
knowledgeIdentifies
misconceptionsConnects to Word
Walls or other vocabulary strategies
See activity for this in
your packet. Adapt it to fit ANY content
area!
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Essential Questions:
Which literacy skills are essential for all students?
Which strategies motivate students to want to read and write?
What strategies will you use to integrate literacy?
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Next StepsThis Week: Use one strategy suggested in this meeting in next week’s lessons
Next FOCUS Meeting: Bring samples of the activity to share with the group for reflection on successes and needs for improvement
Exit Slip: Complete the LEARNED column of your KWL Chart
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Know—Want to Know—Learned (KWL Chart)
What do you KNOW?
What do you WANT TO KNOW?
What did you LEARN?
What strategies will you use to integrate literacy?
FOCUS Exit Ticket: