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Content Area Literacy
GSSD Coaches
Cindy Smith & Andrea Hnatiuk
*But I Am Not an English Teacher!
*Our Professional Growth
Commitment
*We start and end on time
*We are a community of professionals, we participate fully, encourage participation from others, and allow ourselves to be learners
*We create a safe place to be heard, we can take risks
*We respect everyone’s point of view
*We use technology appropriately in the spirit of professional learning
*Quick Write
*What is Literacy?
What will I be able to do when I am done here today?
I can identify and implement effective instructional strategies that can be used in content areas
What is important for me to learn and understand so that I can hit the target?
I must learn and understand student need support in content area literacy
What will I do to show that I understand?
I can implement effective cross curricular literacy instructional strategies that meet and assist student learning outcomes.
Moss, C., & Brookhart, M. (2012). Learning targets: Helping students aim for understanding in today’s lesson. Alexandria: ASCD.
Commit and Toss
*Why do students have difficulty reading academic texts?
*“The need to guide adolescents to advanced stages of literacy is not necessarily the result of any teaching or learning failure in the preschool or primary years; rather, it is a necessary next step in normal reading development.”
* -McCombs et al., 2005, pp. 2-3 as cited in Buehl, D. (2011)
*Model of Disciplinary
Literacy
*Basic Literacy
*Intermediate Literacy
*Discipline Literacy
*What does the curriculum say about literacy?
*Why is literacy important in my
subject area and What does it look
like?
*Big Question!
Literacy
Expressive
Receptive
Speak
WriteRepre-sent
Read View Listen
Create a subject specific graphic organizer using these headings
*Article Study
*Gradual Release of ResponsibilityBuehl, 2011
*Carousel Graffiti Activity
When to use it?
Ease of use?Pros?Cons?What students will benefit?
*Think Aloud
*“I have a rain barrel that is 2 metres high, and has a diameter of 1.2 metres. How much water will it hold?”
*All too often, it is assumed that symbolic representation is the only way to communicate mathematically. The more flexible students are in using a variety of representations to explain and work with the mathematics being learned, the deeper students’ understanding becomes.
*Frontloading Vocabulary
*It is estimated that a high school student’s working vocabulary weighs in around 40,000 words -Stahl and Nagy, 2006
*Vocabulary is an important factor in academic success. -Short & Fitzsimmmons, 2007
*Teaching “Generative Vocabulary”
*Means teaching the origins of words, the meaning of prefixes and suffixes
*Ex: Poly = “many”. Polygon, polynomial, polydactyly, polyester, etc.
*Saves time, because learners aren’t just memorizing words, they are understanding how words work
*Helps students make connections to prior knowledge and across curriculum and subjects
Effective Classroom Strategies 20
* Classroom Instruction That Works – Effect Size
Effective Classroom Strategies 21
*Effect Size is a unit of measure used with meta-analysis that expresses the increase or decrease in student achievement
*Cohen simplified the range of effect sizes
*Small: 0.20 to 0.49
*Medium: 0.50 to 0.79
*Large: 0.80 and above
*Effect Size
Effective Classroom Strategies 22
* Summarizing and Note Taking
What will I be able to do when I am done here today?
I can identify and implement effective instructional strategies that can be used in content areas
What is important for me to learn and understand so that I can hit the target?
I must learn and understand student need support in content area literacy
What will I do to show that I understand?
I can implement effective cross curricular literacy instructional strategies that meet and assist student learning outcomes.
Moss, C., & Brookhart, M. (2012). Learning targets: Helping students aim for understanding in today’s lesson. Alexandria: ASCD.
*For More Information
*Understanding Vocabulary, Scholastic
*Literature Review
*GSSD Content Area Literacy
*Closure
*3-2-13 – Important points2 – Learning activities you will try1 – Question you have
GSSD Content Area Literacy