TeachingMinilessonstoSupportThinking,Talking,andWriting

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SummerLiteracyInstituteCenterforReadingRecoveryandLiteracyCollaborative

PrimarySessionJuly17,2018

Day2

VideoObservation

uWhatistheteachertryingtodo?

uWhy?

uWhatarethechildrenlearning?

ReadingasaComplexProcess

ReadingMinilessonsandtheLiteracyContinuum

OralandVisualCommunicationContinuum

IRAandLiteratureDiscussionContinuum

SharedandPerformanceReadingContinuum

Phonics,SpellingandWordStudy

WritingaboutReadingContinuum

ManagementMinilessons

LiteraryAnalysisMinilessons

StrategiesandSkillsMinilessons

WritingaboutReadingMinilessons

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ADesignforLiteracyInstruction

ReadingMinilessonsWithinaMultitext ApproachtoLiteracyLearning

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

MakingLearningVisibleThroughMinilessons

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Whatisatextset?

“Agroupoffictionornonfictionoracombinationoffictionandnonfictiontextsthat,takentogether,supportathemeorexemplifyagenre.Studentswillhavepreviouslyheardallthetextsreferencedinaminilessonandhadopportunitiestomakeconnectionsbetweenthem.”

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Whatisareadingminilesson?

“Aconciseandfocusedlessononanyaspectofeffectivereadingorclassroomreadingworkthatisimportantforchildrentoexplicitlyunderstandataparticularpointintime.Itisanopportunitytobuildonallofthechildren’sliteracyexperiences,makeoneimportantunderstandingvisible,andholdthechildrenaccountableforapplyingitconsistentlyinreading.”

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

FourTypesofReadingMinilessons

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© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

FourTypesofReadingMinilessons1. Management

Includesroutinesthatareessentialtothesmoothfunctioningoftheclassroomcommunityandeachstudent’sself-regulationandcollaborationwithothers.

2. LiteraryAnalysisBuildchildren’sawarenessofthecharacteristicsandelementsoffictionandnonfictiontexts.

3. StrategiesandSkillsMostteachingrelatedtoprocessingtextswilltakeplacewithsharedandguidedreadinglessons.Reinforcebroadprinciplesforprocessingtextsthatreadersneedtostrengthen.

4. WritingAboutReadingLessonsintroducethereader’snotebookandhelpstudentsusethistoolforreflectingonanddocumentingtheirreadinglifefortheyear.

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

ManagementMinilessonsu GradesK-1

• ASimpleSystem:4ActivitiesaDayOR

• UsingCentersandaWorkboard

u Grades2

• ASimpleSystem:4ActivitiesaDayOR

• IndependentReadingandWritingaboutReading

LiteraryAnalysis:Fictionu Generalu Genreu MessagesandThemesu Settingu Plotu Charactersu StyleandLanguageu Vocabularyu Illustrationsu BookandPrintFeatures

LiteraryAnalysis:Nonfictionu Generalu Genreu Organizationu Topicu MessagesandMainIdeasu StyleandLanguageu Vocabularyu Accuracyu Illustrations/Graphsu BookandPrintFeatures

GenreStudiesandAuthor/IllustrationStudies:Inquiry-basedLearningStepsintheGenreStudyProcess1. Collect(IRA)

2. Immerse(IRA,SR,BC)

3. Study4. Define

5. Teach6. Readandrevise

StepsintheAuthor/IllustrationProcess1. Gatherandreadbooks.

2. Quicktour

3. Analyzeandrecordnoticings4. Readmoreandcompare

MentorTextAfictionornonfictiontextthatoffersaclearexampleoftheprincipletowardswhichtheminilessonisdirected.Studentswillhavepreviouslyheardanddiscussedthetext.

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

StrategiesandSkills

WritingaboutReadingMinilessonsTypesofWritingaboutReadingu SharedWritingu InteractiveWritingu IndependentWriting

*WARminilessonscanbetaughtconsecutivelyasanumbrellaorpairedwithliteraryanalysislessons.

UmbrellaAgroupofminilessons,allofwhicharedirectedatdifferentaspectsofthesamelargerunderstanding.

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

What are reading minilesson umbrellas?

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PrincipleAconcisestatementoftheunderstandingthatstudentswillneedtolearnandapply.

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

STRUCTUREOFAREADINGMINILESSON

1.Minilesson: Engagechildreninaninquiry-basedlessonthatpropelsthinkingandunderstandingoftheminilessonprinciple.

HaveaTry:Invitechildrentoapplythenewthinkingfromtheminilessonwithapartnerorindividually.

2.Summarize&Apply:Summarizethelearningandguidechildrentoapplywhattheyhavelearnedtotheirindependentreadingorwritingaboutreading.

3.Share:Bringchildrentogethertosharetheirlearning.

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

AnchorChartAvisualrepresentationofthelessonconcept,usingacombinationofwordsandimages.Itisconstructedbytheteacherandstudentstosummarizethelearningandisusedasareferencetoolbythestudents.

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

AnchorCharts

uCo-constructedduringtheminilessonuSimple,clear,andorganizeduColorfuluPrincipleatthetopuSummarizedattheendofthelesson

© 2018 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell from The Reading Minilessons Book. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

u Whole-groupinstructionbasedonstudentneed.

u Fourtypes:Management;LiteraryAnalysis;StrategiesandSkills;andWritingAboutReading.

u Individualminilessonsareorganizedunderanumbrella.

u InteractiveRead-AloudandSharedReadingtextsserveasmentortextsandasexamplesforgeneralizingtheprinciple.

u Duringreadingminilessons,theteacherengageschildreninaninquiry-basedlessonsotheycanconstructanimportantunderstanding.

u Theteacherconstructsananchorchartwithstudentinput.

u Studentspracticeandapplytheprincipleduringindependentreading.

ReadingMinilessonsAtaGlance