8P20: JI LanguageWeek 92014-15

Reading Assessment

Agenda

• Professional Learning Conversations • Resources for Reading Assessment• Resources for Struggling Readers• Novel Promotions• Literature Circles

– Preparation– Modelling

Continued…

• Other resources for responding to reading: – Independent Novel Study– Planning mini-lessons with mentor texts

Professional Learning Conversation

• Morgan et al.(2013). Assessments that form and shape instruction within a reading workshop. Voices from the Middle, 21(2), 48-51.

Resources for Reading Assessment

• Guide to Effective Instruction, Volume 2: Assessment– pp. 35-66

Available on Sakai:Resources/ Curriculum Documents/ Guides to Effective Instruction/ Assessment

Resources for Struggling Readers

• Literacy Gains monograph: Struggling Readers (see Sakai/Lesson 9/Resources)

• IRC: Scholastic Literacy Place• Scholastic magazines: samples

– Action– Scope

Novel Promotions

Literature Circles

Literature Circles are small flexible discussion groups made up of four

to eight students that support readers in thinking critically about

bookshttp://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/circles/overview.shtml

Literature Circles

• Roles:– Discussion Director– Literary Luminary (Passage Picker)– Internet Investigator– Graphic Organizer Selector– Connector– Vocabulary Enricher– Illustrator

Literature Circles

• Take apart the set of role sheets at your table• Each group member will select a specific role• Spend approximately 15 minutes completing

the instructions for your role (if there are roles left over and you have finished early try a role that has not been taken)

• Conduct a Literature Circle session, giving each person about 5 minutes to explain his/her role and how it was completed

Independent Reading

• Examine the sample of an Independent Novel Study assignment at your table.

• If you wish to have a copy of this assignment, go to Sakai/Week 8/Resources

Planning a lesson using a mentor text

The Stranger, by Chris Van Allsberg