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A possible mentor video

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colleen@erinkentconsulting.com

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Literacy Consultants & Consulting Services | Erin Kent Consulting

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Literacy Consultants & Consulting Services | Erin Kent Consulting

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EKC provides literacy consultants, consulting services, and literacy professional learning for schools.

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Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools

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Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools

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Great group focused on literacy!

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Components of Balanced Literacy with Links EKC

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"Love brings us in close, leads us to study the details of a thing, and asks us to return again and again. These are the motivations and ideas that built this book."
-Chris Lehman and Kate Roberts

You and your students will fall for close reading. In Falling in Love with Close Reading, Christopher Lehman and Kate Roberts show us that it can be rigorous, meaningful, and joyous. You'll empower students to not only analyze texts but to admire the craft of a beloved book, study favorite songs and videogames, and challenge peers in evidence-based discussions.

Chris and Kate start with a powerful three-step close-reading ritual that students can apply to any text. Then they lay out practical, engaging lessons that not only guide students to independence in reading texts closely but also help them transfer this critical, analytical skill to media and even the lives they lead.

Responsive to students' needs and field-tested in classrooms, these lessons include:

strategies for close reading narratives, informational texts, and arguments

suggestions for differentiation

sample charts and student work from real classrooms

connections to the Common Core State Standards

a focus on viewing media and life in this same careful way.

"We see the ritual of close reading not just as a method of doing the academic work of looking closely at text-evidence, word choice, and structure," write Chris and Kate, "but as an opportunity to bring those practices together to empower our students to see the subtle messages in texts and in their lives." Read Falling in Love with Close Reading and discover that the benefits and joy of close reading don't have to stop at the edge of the page.

Read a sample from the book to learn more about Chris and Kate's close-reading ritual for students and for an annotated text that shows how it works.

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falling in love with close reading: lessons for analyzing texts--and life

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teaching methods & materials - reading & phonics

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education / teaching methods & materials / reading & phonics

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education/teaching methods & materials - reading & phonics

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literature - study and teaching (secondary)

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teaching methods & materials - reading & phonics

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education / teaching methods & materials / reading & phonics

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education/teaching methods & materials - reading & phonics

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Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and Life

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Amazon.com: Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and Life (9780325050843): Christopher Lehman, Kathleen Roberts, Tobey Antao, Donalyn Miller: Books

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Planning for whole group, small groups, and individuals

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Great for upper grade readers, levels J-Z

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What are readers working on within different level bands?

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What are readers working on within different level bands?

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Jennifer Serravallo

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11 Reading Self-Reflection Tool - Serravallo.pdf

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Got: 'Teach the writer not the writing.' Love this!
Wants: Try to come up with a way to include audio books into our last unit of study in Reading.

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I gained insight on how to help students set new goals for upcoming bookclubs.

Want- I want to see what my students have to say about the videos we watch and I am looking forward to seeing what others classes come up with as well.

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I really enjoyed hearing about ways to make workshops more in tune with our students needs.

I would love to learn more about some specific ways to plan some quality small groups and conferences.

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Got ideas on raising level of book club conversations

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Got ideas on raising level of book club conversations

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Wants- how to encourage the lower level students to deepen their level of analysis

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I love the action plan with our students so that they can look at other students reading responses.  Making it real for our world.

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I love the action plan with our students so that they can look at other students reading responses.  Making it real for our world.

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I will focus more on making sure the students pick the right book.  Liking what they read is the most important thing.  They will enjoy talking about the book more.

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I will focus more on making sure the students pick the right book.  Liking what they read is the most important thing.  They will enjoy talking about the book more.

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New ideas about upcoming book clubs. Interested in what they have to say after watching videos. 

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New ideas about upcoming book clubs. Interested in what they have to say after watching videos. 

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Michelle: Class Response to Book Club Video

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Michelle: Class Response to Book Club Video

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Leslie Garrett: Class Responses to Book Club Video

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Leslie Garrett: Class Responses to Book Club Video

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Videos for Narrative Interactive "Read" Alouds

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Tina Anderson's Class Responses to Book Club Video

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Tina Anderson's Class Responses to Book Club Video

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* I noticed that they addressed themes that they saw.  They also used extended vocabulary like "motherly figure."  They quoted important dialog and talked about things that they didn't understand.
* The boys used a lot of figurative language.
* The boys were not debating.  They were talking about the same thing.  The kids were really nice to each other even if they disagreed.  Everyone got a chance to talk.
*They talked about the characters feelings.
* This video made me realize our group needs to discuss things better.
*They talked about life lessons.
*The students were very civilized.  They were explaining what happened and how the characters were handling a situation.
*This video shows ways to work together while also showing how to give evidence.  What I mean by this is this video is a great example of team work.
*They mostly talked about how each character/thing symbolized something.
* They talked about the book in a way that it looks like they are really into the book.
*They were good asking each other what things meant.  Like piecing it together.  They stayed on topic.  They were really serious about the book.
*These kids feed and question each other.
*They took in the whole story.  They were showing how everything has a purpose in the story.  Also after things happen people can change. This group was taking in every little detail.
* I think they all have a close opinion on the story.  Now I know a lot about a story I haven't even read.  They did good on explaining it as well and it really feels like they just read a story to me!
* This video shows that teamwork makes the dream work.  I can learn from this because the people were discussing parts of the story that maybe someone did not understand.
*They talked about the setting and the characters feelings.  They also talked about the dust being sadness and the rain being happiness.
*I think that they communicated very well. They let each other talk and they described things very well.

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Gots: I really enjoyed thinking about the text "A Pet" in different ways. I typically am one to read for enjoyment, but I appreciated how the questions made me slow down. I also like the idea of allowing students to pick a meaningful text to memorize.

Wants: I would love to be able to see some more read aloud examples.

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I will certainly do a deep-dive into a read aloud like we did today.

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I will certainly do a deep-dive into a read aloud like we did today.

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I enjoyed the read aloud and took away some other great ideas for finding deeper meaning in reading.
Wants:
I'd like to find some more samples of read aloud passages that will pull out the extended thinking of my students.

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I got that I need to: slow down my reading, really think about author's purpose for their word choice

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Gots- I learned how to focus in on a read aloud and how to help students pull more out of what they're reading by reading aloud and re-reading a section... also by asking the right questions.
Wants- I want to use several of the strategies we discussed today in my class including the read aloud strategies and maybe looking for trouble as we read aloud, centering on a particular section of the text.

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Gots: different ways to assess analytical thinking for students
Wants: slow down, read chunks, pause and center on specific and important details.

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I want to listen carefully to more of their book club talks since they watched and commented on the video.

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I want to listen carefully to more of their book club talks since they watched and commented on the video.

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The Present | A Short Film by Jacob Frey

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3 things I learned
2 things I want to try
1 wondering I still have

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EKC

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I learned that it's ok to break the mold of workshop for the sake of you kids, different strategies for taking notes during conferences, and how ask deeper questions during conferences. I am going to try showing my students videos and modeling how to think deeply about those so that they can apply those skills to their reading. I also want to try having students draw pictures during read aloud to help them think deeper about what they are hearing. I am still wondering how I can plan more small groups.

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3 things I learned-
-about book club rubrics
-reading assessment conference
-small group strategy lessons
2 things I want to try:
- small group strategies
-assessment conferences
1 wondering-
-how to teach kids to appreciate and practice the deep reading on their own.

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I learned how to make a passage have more meaning by doing the following:
rereading
circling words that stand out
sketching the scene

Three things to try
More passages or videos to enhance deeper thinking
Show students video of interesting book talks to give them an idea of how to do it
Work on deeper thinking

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I learned:
*It's ok to take a step back and work on specific needs for your students
*the importance of a read aloud with the teacher modeling thinking and prompting deep discussions with the students
*to give the students the time to view other students in 'Book Clubs' to help model expectations and goals for their own book clubs.

2 things I want to try:
*to track my small groups or conferencing in a different way
*plan ahead better for my read aloud

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Book clubs-
mentor video
rubrics
I will use The Pet and The Present again next year, it brought out some insightful discussions

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Learned:
Narrative ReadAlouds
Reading Assessment Conferences
NonFiction Integration to determine important parts.

Want:
More in-depth book clubs
Better book club rubrics

Will try:
To use more videos

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Bookclub rubrics and how to utilize them effectively, tapping into the power of film to show students what is possible.