Part+4

Download Panda article from Google Drive [|Informational Texts Folder]
 * Nov. 9: Resources and Challenges of Informational Texts **



POWERPOINT SLIDES FROM CLASS

> a) What did this learning experience teach you about comprehension? b) What did this learning experience teach you about using technology as a teaching and learning tool? >
 * Determining the Difficulty Level of Text** (explore links; there will likely be more about this in EDC 424)
 * [|Lexile Levels]([|www.lexile.com])
 * What grades go with what [|levels]?
 * [|Levels Correlation Table]: Guided Reading / Reading Recovery / Reading A-Z
 * [|More information about readability and lexiles]
 * How can you quickly find the readability of a text?
 * Lexile Level of a [|book]or [|a text]you wrote!
 * [|Scholastic] or [|A-Z Leveling]
 * [|Juicy Studio](readability of a website)
 * Type text into MS Word > highlight text and use Spelling/Grammar check
 * Homework**:
 * 1) Read the rest of the Panda article. List main idea(s) and possible big ideas related to this text. Continue identifying resources and challenges in your Panda text; be prepared to discuss next class.
 * 2) Flipgrid Reflection on MTH Unit: (two questions)


 * Nov. 14: Resources and Challenges of Informational Texts **

Introductory Slides for Pictures of Hollis Woods:

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 * Homework:**
 * Download choice article (Cheetahs or Seahorses) from Google Drive [|Informational Texts Folder]
 * **Work on Informational Text Analysis Assignment (** Due no later than Dec. 6 **) - You should include at least 20 textual resources and 20 textual challenges for the article you choose.**
 * [[file:EDC423 Expository Text Analysis Directions 2016 COIRO.doc]]
 * See Example Panda Text Analysis here (with typed analysis in MS Word):
 * **Digital Annotation Tools for Adding Your Text Analysis Comments:**
 * [|Adobe Acrobat Reader]
 * **Begin reading Hollis Woods (** due Nov. 16) **:** pages 1-49 and complete 2 column journal for Pictures 1-4 and Chapters 1-4.

(Slides from class)
 * Nov. 16: Supporting Comprehension in Narrative Texts: Questioning to Promote Discussion & Conversation **

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 * Reciprocal Teaching (Predict, Question, Clarify, & Summarize) - see [|Reading Rockets video] for more
 * Question-Answer-Relationships (QAR)
 * Homework:**
 * **Continue Hollis Woods:** pages 50-100 and complete 2 column journal for Pictures 5-10 and Chapters 5-10.
 * **Read Cornett Chapter 7:** Questioning to Promote Discussion and Conversation
 * **Complete Hollis Woods Guided Reading Plan** (Main Ideas/Big Ideas; During Reading Questions) - Due Tues, Nov 28


 * Nov. 21: Supporting Comprehension in Narrative Texts **
 * Pulling It All Together: Explicit Teaching and Gradual Release of Responsibility through Seven Main Comprehension Instructional Events (see Chapter 10)
 * [|Explicit Comprehension Strategy Instruction]
 * [|Seven Strategies to Teach Comprehension]
 * Questions to Facilitate Discussion: Discussion Webs and Literature Circles

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 * Homework: (Note due dates)**
 * **Due Tuesday Nov. 28:**
 * **Finish Hollis Woods:** pages 101-166 and complete rest of 2 column summary notes for the book - see file below for the notes template you should have been filling in the whole time
 * **Complete Hollis Woods Guided Reading Plan** (download template and fill in)
 * **Read these two brief documents** to prepare for Amy's class on ELs
 * [|Differences between social language and academic language]
 * Guiding Principles of Language Development (from WIDA)
 * OPTIONAL: [|Baseline terminology for teaching language and content to ELLs]
 * **Due Thursday Nov. 30:**
 * Read Clark & Halwadel Article on Literature Circles and complete Literature Circle Activity in preparation for class on Thursday, Nov. 30 (be prepared to engage in a literature group)
 * Generate Questions to Study for Quiz 2 - see [|Google Docs chart]
 * **Due Tuesday Dec. 5:** Quiz #2


 * Nov. 28: Instructional Strategies for Working with English Language Learners (Guest Instructor: Amy Correia, SOE School of Education) **

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 * Other related resources:**
 * Video about [|Krashen's 5 Hypothesis of Second Language Acquisition]
 * Principles and Practices about Second Language Acquisition


 * **Due Thursday Nov. 30:**
 * Read Clark & Halwadel Article on Literature Circles and complete Literature Circle Activity in preparation for class on Thursday, Nov. 30 (be prepared to engage in a literature group)
 * Generate Questions to Study for Quiz 2 - see [|Google Docs chart]

Class Literature Circle Activity Discussion Web Activity Follow-up Discussion about Challenges of Discussion-Based Reading Instruction
 * Nov. 30: **** Supporting Comprehension in Narrative Texts **


 * Collect at end of class:**
 * Two Column Summary Notes from Hollis Woods
 * Hollis Woods Guided Reading Plan
 * Literature Circle Activity
 * Discussion Web Activity (and Exit Slip on the back)
 * Homework:**
 * Study for Quiz (e.g., try to locate/generate answers to questions on [|Google Docs chart])
 * Work on Informational Text Assignment (Due no later than Dec. 7)


 * Dec. 5-7: Go to Part 5 of Class Notes **