Class+Notes+2013

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INDEX:

 * ==SEPTEMBER==
 * == OCTOBER ==
 * ==NOVEMBER==
 * ==DECEMBER==

Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 What Is Reading?

 * **Classwork** || **Homework** ||
 * * What is reading? (Slideshow) [[file:Day 1 What is reading.pptx]]
 * Syllabus Organizer [[file:EDC 4232013 OrganColor2.isf]] || * Write acrostic poem on wiki homepage
 * Read Cornett, Chapter 1
 * Complete [|NGT Reflection 1 on discussion board] ||

The Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension: Ideas generated during class
 * **READER** ||  || **TEXT** || **TASK/ACTIVITY** || **TEACHER/TEACHING** || **SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT** ||
 * * XYZ ||  || * XYZ || * XYZ || * XYZ || * XYZ ||

**Tuesday, September 10 -** What is Reading Comprehension?
> || * Read Cornett Chapter 2
 * **Classwork** || **Homework** ||
 * * Case Study: Anna - Problems, questions, and next steps
 * Discussion:Bottom up, top-down, and interactive models of reading comprehension
 * Where do comprehension difficulties come from?
 * Slideshow from Class:
 * NGT Reflection 2 [[file:NGT#2 FA2013 Comprehension Problem Solving.docx]] ||

Text-Based Discussions and Comprehension as Problem Solving
> > > (Kucan & Palinscar, 2013) Free Guide || **Sept. 12**:
 * **Classwork** || **Homework** ||
 * * Slideshow from Class, Sept. 12:
 * Slideshow from Class, Sept. 16:
 * Additional Resource: [|Comprehension Instruction Through Text-Based Discussion]
 * Read Cornett, Ch. 4


 * Sept. 14**:
 * Read Cornett, Ch. 3
 * Book Activity 1: Comprehension Self-Assessment [[file:BA1 Comp Self-assessment.docx]] ||

**Thursday, September 19** What learning contexts support classroom literacy communities?
> > >
 * **Classwork** || **Homework** ||
 * * Slideshow from Class
 * Additional resource:
 * [|Baltimore County Public Schools] (Inquiry Units Grades K-6)
 * [|Student Blogging Challenge] (Learning through Blogging)
 * [|National Geographic Explorer Website]: Pioneer and Pathfinder Editions || * Read Cornett, Ch. 6 (Motivation)
 * Sweet & Guthrie (1996)
 * NGT Reflection 3
 * Select a Nat Geo article and consider "Main Idea" and "Big Idea" ||

Tuesday, September 24 What practices motivate students to //want// to read?
>> Interesting questions and a video to inspire reading and learning.
 * **Classwork** || **Homework** ||
 * * Slideshow from Class [[file:Day 6 Motivation Slides.ppt]]
 * **Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI)**
 * [|Expert Interview with Dr. John Guthrie]
 * [|Video of 3rd graders studying weather in the CORI Program]
 * **Reading Rainbow: [|Bugs (Part 1)]**
 * **Digital Resources to Inspire Inquiry and Engaged Reading**
 * [|Yuckiest Site on the Internet]
 * [|Fact Monster]
 * [|Kids.gov]
 * [|Maths Dictionary for Kids]
 * [|National Geographic Explorer Website]: Pioneer and Pathfinder Editions
 * [|Wonderopolis]: Where the wonders of learning never cease...
 * An example: [|Why do ants think they are invited to picnics?]
 * How [|one intermediate grades teacher uses Wonderopolis] in her classroom
 * [|Readability]: Customize websites for your students' visual reading needs || * Brainstorm Book Launch Ideas to share in class on Thursday - [|National Geographic Website] to all issues
 * Extra Credit: Motivating Websites ||

Teacher, Context, and Task: Explicit Instruction, B-D-A reading, and Launching a Text

 * **CLASSWORK** || **HOMEWORK** ||
 * Slideshow from Class [[file:Day 7 BDA Coiro FA2013.pptx]]

Launching a text: Oil Spill example || * **Understanding the Challenges of Expository Texts** - see directions for NGT 4 assignment
 * Read the three short articles [(Cornett, p. 136-144; Moss, 2004 and Wixson, 2008) and type a 1-2 page synthesis that explains: (1) Why are expository texts harder to comprehend than narrative texts? and (2) What features in particular make expository texts so challenging to read?
 * **The Student Strategy Interview Assignment** is **NOT DUE UNTIL Oct. 15, but please preview the assignment, get started soon, and let me know if you have questions.** ||

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