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Pick up your head set

Channel 1 Spanish
Channel 2 Arabic

Language Interpretation:

Spanish & Arabic

CHECK

Let’s get ready!

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Grab coffee, cookies

Pick up your binder and a pencil

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Lit for Literacy

Session 4

MARCH 7, 2023

Alisha Powell

Hoover Parent

Mr Nash

Family Liaison

Hoover Elementary

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Check In

Find a partner and share:

What is one new reading routine you have practiced since the beginning of Lit 4 Literacy?

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Welcome, Purpose, Recap (15)

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Benchmark Education Unit Themes (20)

Break out groups (20) & report back(5)

A Call to Action Beyond the Institute (20)

Breakout groups (20) & report back (5)

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Next Steps / Homework (10)

Adjourn

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In order to….

effectively work together to increase literacy rates for your child and all of our students.

Session #4 Purpose & Outcomes

Celebrate our progress in home reading and literacy activities.
2. To learn how to build on curriculum themes to develop reading schema and vocabulary at home.
3. To preview and plan our Family Accountability Walk + sharing Reading Data and Report Cards with Hoover families.
4. Combine our Story of Self, Us, and Now into a powerful Call to Action.

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Timed reading for “Fluency” involves reading with speed, accuracy, and expression.

A second grader’s fluency goal is to read 30-40 words per minute.

If there is a lot of Green and orange on your child’s report card, it means they are performing below grade level. When we see blue and red it means at or above grade level.

As Hoover parents we can work together to teach more parents to understand their children’s reading data and strategies to help them get to grade level.

Session 3 QUIZ TIME!

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Session 3 Homework Celebration!

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Literacy Lesson #4

Unpacking OUSD Benchmark Education ELA Curriculum

Ayala Goldstein

Community School Manager

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Home-School Collaboration Follow Up

Grade

3

Home-school collaboration is essential to getting students to grade level.	You are not alone! Find a partner like the Family Coordinator to be your buddy.
1. Meet with your child’s teacher to make a plan. You don’t need to wait for conferences. What will the teacher do? What can you practice at home? What growth should we see?	2. Check on your child’s reading data every month.

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OUSD Benchmark Education ELA Curriculum

Reading Comprehension and Writing

Builds knowledge to nurture critical thinking.
Centers diverse, relevant, and rigorous texts.
Prioritizes student voices and ideas to build agency.
Students are Learning to Write, Writing to Learn.

Daily Lesson Structure

5-10 mins: Building Background Knowledge
20-30 mins: Text Read Aloud and Academic Discourse
20-30 mins: Writing Task
5-10 mins: Closing

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OUSD EL Ed Themes

We can talk to our children about the CONTENT of what they are learning in any language.
Talking and learning about TOPICS at home gives students a boost for their classroom learning.
Every public library offers FREE books to borrow about CONTENT TOPICS.

What is my child studying in their literacy instruction?

How can I give my child a boost in their classroom learning?

	Fall	Winter	Spring
Kinder	Toys	Weather	Trees
1st	Tools and Work	Sun, Moon, Stars	Birds
2nd	Schools and Community	Fossils	Pollinators
3rd	Overcoming Learning Challenges	Frogs	Water around the World
4th	Poetry	Animal Defense Mechanisms	The American Revolution
5th	Human Rights	Rainforest Biodiversity	Natural Disasters

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3 Tiers of Academic Discourse

Tier 1: Students Clarify and Share Their Thoughts

I like how the author uses ______________ to show ______________.

I like/don’t like ______________ because ______________.

My opinion is ______________ because _______________.

Tier 2: Students Engage with the Thinking of Others

I’d like to add something. I would say that ______________.

My idea is related to ______________’s idea. I think ______________.

I would like to add that ______________.

Tier 3: Students Critique and Analyze the Reasoning of Others

I agree with ______________, and in addition ______________.

I disagree with ______________ because ______________.

That makes sense because ______________.

That’s a good point, but I think ______________.

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Why is Academic Discourse a part of the El Ed ELA Curriculum and why is it important?

How are student conversations being monitored by teachers?

Check for Understanding

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Hoover Families use the Public Library!

The Oakland Public Library is a great resource for your family.
You can get a FREE library card, attend fun programs and borrow books to read at home.

There are 19 public library locations in Oakland!

West Oakland Branch

1801 Adeline Street

Oakland, California 94607

Phone: (510) 238-7352

M-Sat- 10:00AM-5:30pm

Oakland Public Children’s Library

125 14th St.

Oakland, CA 94612

Phone: (510) 238-3134

M-TH- 10am-8pm

F,S,S- 10am-5:30pm

9:25- 9:45 (20 minutes) Slides 8-15

The older your child gets, the more books your child reads, the better. When they are still learning to read, it is okay (even encouraged) for them to read the same book over and over again. It builds their confidence. But once they know how to read, they have to know how to read to learn. Books from a library are free. To build background knowledge, you can go to the librarian- tell him/her the class theme and give them the # on the back of their IREADY report to get a book on that topic on their level. For example, Unit 2 in first grade is about animals. You can find books about animals that are interesting to your child and have a conversation about them in any language. But remember, it is better to get books on topics your child likes so be sure to get a mixture.

There are 19 public libraries in Oakland. Anyone can get a card. They are free. You do not need to live in Oakland or have a permanent address. You do not need to be a US citizen or permanent resident. You can have a library card at any age.

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How can I support learning at home?

01 Every moment with our children is a learning opportunity!

Ask students what they are learning about and build background knowledge around those themes.

02 Challenge students to answer questions in complete

sentences by having students restate the question.

03 Resources at our fingertips!

Local library, Museums, Nature Walks

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BREAKOUT GROUP TASKS

01 Debrief the literacy training. Why is it important? Is there anything that you have a question about?

02 What can you do at home to incorporate what you just learned about?

03 Commitments: Go around the group: What are you committed to incorporating into your home reading routine?

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BREAKOUT GROUPS

01 English 1 Mr. Nash / Alisha + Viv

02 Spanish 1 Maddie / Gladys + Paulina

03 Arabic 2 Maryam / Tania

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BREAKOUT GROUP SHARE OUT

1 minute - Report out commitments from your group.

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Organizing Training:

“Power is Organized People”

Gregory Nash Family Liaison, Hoover Elementary

Viveca Ycoy-Walton, Parent Organizer, Families in Action

Madelyn Guzman

Family Liaison , Hoover Elementary

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A Call to Action:

People + Knowledge +

A Plan =

“Power” for Change

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Power Principle

Power is organized people

who have access to knowledge

and a plan for action.

Maddie

read/call on someone to read principle; then ask “what do you think this means?” affirm responses.

In sessions one and two and three we tapped into our personal power (story of self) and collective power/agency (story of us) and the challenge we are currently facing together (the story of now).

We learned that having power begins when we decide to put on our power coat and then joining with other parents that share the same values and interest and then together we can all face the moment we find ourselves in….

Now we need to be clear about educating other parents and then inviting those parents to join us!

Remember, our power is a product of our relationships. The more parents we are talking to the more power we will have to create the change we want to see for our kids.

Let’s review the pieces to this power equation. We will start with People!

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The fundamental building block of your power is your Hoover Parent Literacy Team!

Parent Literacy Team

Arabic

Speaking Parents

Building our Power Generator: The Parent Literacy Team (PLT)

Spanish

Speaking Parents

English

Speaking Parents

10:10 - 10:30 20 Minutes

Viveca

An important part of this equation is PEOPLE.

We believe all of our students across all of our schools can be on grade level for reading;

When we build community by talking with other parents, we can come together across languages to think together and share knowledge about how to tackle the common challenge facing our school.

Why is that important? Because our power is a product of our relationships. The more people we have involved the faster we reach our goal of 100% reading proficiency.

How did you get involved in L4L? Probably because someone reached out to you and shared what this is all about and extended an invitation.

Now it’s your turn to do the same. Let’s talk about the next piece of the equation which is knowledge.

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Knowledge: Building Family Literacy Power

students of Lit 4 Literacy parents had 30-100 points reading growth.

10:10 - 10:30 20 Minutes

Viveca

The next piece is Knowledge:

This is our third year organizing lit for literacy institutes within Oakland Schools

In 2023-24 Lit for Literacy, we partnered with:

220 parents graduated from L4L and they outreached to 1,100 parents
10 schools (9 elementary schools and 1 high school)

Most importantly, 88% of students in L4L have shown at least a reading growth of at least 30 points.

Parents have participated in L4l developing their knowledge of reading proficiency data for their child, their school and the city of Oakland while learning practical ways they can support accelerating their child's reading proficiency. Themes from Sessions

Parents felt confident moving forward and understood how possible it is to support at home. Lots of appreciation for the opportunity to learn.

Parents felt like it was their responsibility to help increase the literacy rate. They were affected by the Data.

Parents were excited to form teams and eager to tell others about their call to action.

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Knowledge: Family

Accountability Walk

“We go in smart

and come out smarter!”

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What is an Accountability Walk?

A practice to bring families into partnership with school leaders on instructional needs and practices.

An opportunity to “Level Up” our leadership!

A practice to bring families into partnership with school leaders on instructional needs and methods.

An opportunity to observe instructional strategies being utilized with students in classrooms.

A practice to bring families into partnership with school leaders on instructional needs and strategies.

A chance to reflect on implications of what you observe and identify next steps for collective action.

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Sample Agenda:

Accountability Walk

Time	Activity
15 mins.	Welcome: Framing for the Day
15 mins.	Prepare for Family Accountability Walk with School Leaders
40 mins.	Conduct Classroom observation(s)
40 mins.	Debrief Family Accountability Walk with School Leaders
20 mins.	Parent Leadership Debrief
	CLOSE

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Sample Classroom Observation

LINK TO AGENDA AND CLASSROOM OBSERVATION NOTE SHEET

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Ways to demonstrate your literacy leadership:

Start at home with your own student!
Build a relationship (do a 1:1) with your child’s teacher
Participate in Hoover’s Parent Literacy Team (PLT)
Recruit for next year’s L4L institute

Our Lit for literacy Campaign:

During the 3rd trimester our goal is to organize a coordinated effort to share what you have learned about reading data and report cards with other parents at your school through�Parent Teacher Conference Teams

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Leading the Way to Reading Proficiency

Our Lit for Literacy Goals: Stronger Together

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POWER: Hoover’s Literacy Call to Action

Story of Self +

Story of Us +

Story of Now +

An Invitation/Ask

= A Call to Action

Power is people equipped with knowledge who have a plan!

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Our Call to Action

Esra Alaji

Hoover Parent Leader

Good morning everyone, my name is Esra Alaji. I would like to share my story when I come to America. When I first time came to America, I even never had spoken English before. So, English was a big challenge for me and my family. In Yemen we did not learn English until seventh grade. In seventh grade we start learning about the alphabet numbers colours and small words. My father told us that we have to go to school to learn the language. So,he took us to the district but, all schools are full the only space was in Oakland technical high school. My dad accepted and they put us in Oakland technical high school. It was for all Americans and it was for the native language people. It was the hardest six months for me and my sister. I started tell my mom that I can’t continue going to school if they forced me to go to school I will do something to myself because of the language. After six month, my dad went back to Oakland District and told them we can’t continue at the school because it’s not our level they need to switch us to school where they can start with us from the beginning. They transfer us to Oakland International high school it was for all students whose English is the second language. we start to learn and we feel we are in the right spot on our level they give us extra work extra teachers so we can improve our language and we continue from that and we graduate from Oakland International high school with 4 GPA.

Finally after learning how hard was the language at the beginning I will continue to do the same thing with my daughter Keeps her in school every single day let her study read do her work each day because I don’t want her to be at the same situation, I was when I come to America. Thank u

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BREAKOUT GROUP AGENDA

01 Any questions about our literacy power plan?

review Family Accountability Walk
review the Family Academic Power Surge Team

02 A Schoolwide Invitation: Our Literacy Call to Action

review the elements of a powerful call to action
reflect on your own literacy call to action.

03 Practice sharing your call to action with each other.

04 Delegate a representative to share how many people your group will reach out to with a call to action.

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BREAKOUT GROUPS

01 English 1 Mr. Nash / Alisha + Viv

02 Spanish 1 Maddie / Gladys + Paulina

03 Arabic 2 Maryam / Tania

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Hoover’s Literacy Call to Action

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POWER: Hoover’s Literacy Call to Action

Story of Self +

Story of Us +

Story of Now +

An Invitation/Ask

= A Call to Action

Power is people equipped with knowledge who have a plan!

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BREAKOUT GROUPS

REPORT BACK

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Next Steps

Attend Session 5: Accountability Walk

on Feb 18th!

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See you next week

ERICA BAIRES

510-460-5069

rica.Baires

@fiaoakland.org

February 18, 2024

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Session 4 EVALUATION

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