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Early Literacy Principal Session

March 28th, 2018

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New Google Sites - goo.gl/1CyjNQ

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Outcomes

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Today

This Year

  • Review and process data collection on small group instruction.
  • Assess content knowledge of small group instruction.
  • Principals summatively assess bullet #8 and #9 from Essential Building Practice #3 and determine next steps.
  • Principals deepen understandings around bullets 1-7 on Building Practice #3.
  • Principals deepen understandings around Essential Building Practices #8.

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  • Improve student literacy achievement across the consortium, including 3rd grade ELA M-STEP scores
  • Support principals in understanding and implementing the GELN Essentials Practices, both Classroom Practices and School-Wide Practices
  • Support principals in improving literacy instruction

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Inclusion

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Share with an elbow partner what you have done since our last meeting to support your teachers with Essential Practice #1 or Building Practice #3.

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Classroom Essential Practice #3-Individual and Small Group

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Small Group Data

Tally the number of strategy versus guided groups you saw by grade level.

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What might this data tell us? What might be some next steps for your building? What else did you notice about the groups you saw?

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Small Group Content Assessment

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oTlAuILbYa1Hinu65Skqf2AiaYou4YnQqpUPMNi_688/edit

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Classroom Essential Practice #1

And School-Wide Essential Practice #3:

Motivation and Engagement

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Summative assessment of:

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Review the Research and Compare (Calendar)

From “No More Reading for Junk” review the strategies collected from principals.

Compare the practices that you see in your buildings to the research based practices and complete the note taking guide.

March is Reading Month Calendar Activity

  • Jess-give an example!

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School-Wide Essential Practice #3:

Learning Environment~Classroom Libraries

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Learning Environment

Review the bullets 1-7 on School-wide Essential 3.

Which bullets will data collection around school libraries assess?

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Review data collection (school library)

What predictions do you have about the data you might see?

Next time we will look at:

What patterns do you see?

  • With the research in mind...
    • What might be some needs?
    • What are strengths or structures in place to support motivation?

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Reading Volume Recommendations

Book Level

Number of Books per week

Number of Books per Month

A-D

12-15

48-60

E-G

10-12

40-48

H-N

6-8

24-32

600 books in

each classroom!

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Tour of a Classroom Library

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  • What are some implications for getting a sufficient classroom library in each of your classrooms?

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School-Wide Essential Practice #8-Family Engagement

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Family Engagement

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Review School-wide Essential #8 (Family Engagement)

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Brainstorm with a partner and list what activities/events your buildings do to engage families.

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Linked to learning and development

Identify which activities achieve the following objectives:

  • Families leave knowing more about what their child should know or be able to do for their grade level.

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  • They know how, through parent practice, to employ a new tool or activity at home.

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Family Engagement-A Different Approach

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Family Engagement Activity

Homework-Please engage in the family engagement activity with your teachers.

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Collect data on the responses on how those activities align to best practice.

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Family Engagement-A Different Approach

How is this approach the same and different from how you currently engage parents?

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How might approach look in your school?

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Homework

  • School Library Survey
  • Parent Engagement Staff Activity

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Organize and Integrate

On a note card:

  • What was beneficial from today?
  • What are your needs for our next time?

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