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Wrap Up

 * ====Take-aways & Big Ideas - Literacy is The ability to make meaning of visual and auditory forms of communication (auditory or visual) at a level appropriate for a given context. As a school leader it is vitally important that I help teachers prepare students to be globally competitive. Literacy is one of those ways that requires us to do so. Literacies are varied forms of technology i.e., email, text, online communication, e-reader or any form of new technology that requires communication in some way. New Literacies provide connections to arts & games ====
 * ====Early Literacy includes the "Big 5" ====

Reflection

 * ====Some of the things we do as educators are not some of the best practices i.e., having kids read aloud in class. Provide a lot of structure and pull back. Model and provide guidance for students. ====
 * ====Repeated reading increases fluency for kids of the same text. Familiar re-reads, using books with dialogue and repeated lines, reader’s theater, move them down to easier text…round robin and reading out loud is an inappropriate way to have kids read ====
 * Implement the "Big 5" systematically in all content areas

**Rebrief**
//Accelerated Reader// – the research is mixed across demographics on AR… anything that promotes kids to get their eyes in books more…all for it. How it is implemented can become problematic. Often times with programs the students that are the "good readers" tend to do well. Some kids don’t like it because they are restricted to their ZPD level. Ask myself...How much high stake exists? Are they reading for enjoyment? 10 items multiple choice test limits and can take away the enjoyment of reading. It’s an industry…mixed views. It’s one of those things that’s going to vary. It becomes programmatic when AR becomes the reading program and it substitutes the reading instruction. Be suspect of the data.

READING Students need to be exposed to non-fiction text. Have a variety. We read text differently. Reading text online is different from reading a hard copy.

//Allington’s 6 T’s of Effective Literacy Instruction//

Time – 50% of time student’s doing reading & writing

Texts – rich supply and a variety of books with appropriate complexity…steady diet of books that challenge

Teaching – “active instruction”

Talk – very important pre-&post-reading strategies

Tasks – work on completing more substantive and challenging work

Texting – exemplary teachers evaluated student work and awarded grades based more on effort and improvement rather than just achievement

Writing The best teachers of writers are writers themselves Dr. Carol Pope – Thank you for taking the time to share your fears about writing and sharing your story and background about your father 3rd gr education & mother 11th gr high school diploma. I need to watch the movie Finding Forrester

//Instructional Model for Writing// Invent--> Focus--> Draft--> Revise -->Edit Things to look for in a writing classroom Write every day One should grade only 30% of the written work Writers listen & rely on each other responses Writers give response to other writers openly carefully Strong narrative precedes clear exposition for most writers G.U.M. in context of writing à Grammar Usage Mechanics = G.UM. Every genre is “new” to novice writers so they need support Teacher needs to model Make writing experiences authentic Practice doing imaginative kind of prompts…watch imaginative movies, dress-up in clothes pretending you’re the mayor…expanding experiences à partnership with LEGO … build something with LEGO and then write about it

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. King is someone I have admired throughout my life. I remember learning about him in elementary school. I remember teachers taking time to have discussions about his life and legacy. I remember completing projects about Dr. King. Lately, I have seen a drastic decline of educators celebrating or honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with their students. My five children have had to learn about Dr. King from my husband and I. As the only African American with a national holiday, I believe King stood for so much and his legacy needs to be remembered. It is amazing to me the number of young people that do not know anything about Dr. King. I believe it should be apart of the curriculum. He has made a powerful impact on the world and because of his leadership and approach to "non-violence I have earned my high school diploma and two college degrees thus far. I am also reminded of my fellow NELA cohort members and I sitting on the steps of the Washington monument. This is the same space Dr. King made his famous "I Have a Dream Speech." My colleagues and I vowed to capture that moment and cherish the impact of both events by allowing it to influence our approach in education. As a result of our trip, I hope to witness different types of leaders that will remember to educate the whole child and not allow students in their building not to know about people in our history like Dr. King.

[] This website shows Dr. King receiving the Nobel Peace Price. It also provides some background information on his life and legacy.

[] [] Never before seen pics of Dr. King and a video that takes a while to load…both depicts his biography.