Willard Middle School Literacy Resources by Haley Bryant

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23-24 Willard Data

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16 Elements of Explicit Instruction

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Element #1: Focus instuction on critical content.

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Teach the stuff, cut the fluff-Anita Archer

Element #2: Sequence skills logically.

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Connect. Connect. Connect.-Anita Archer

Element #3: break down complex skills/strategies into smaller instructional units.

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Success breeds success, success breeds motivation.-Anita Archer

Element #4: Design organized and focused lessons.

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How well I teach=How well they learn! -Anita Archer

Element #5: Begin the lesson with a clear statement of goals and expectations.

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You can not come out without an outcome.-Anita Archer

Vocabulary Connecting Activities

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Week of Feb. 2/26 and March 19th TBT

Vocabulary Games/Activites

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Vocabulary games are a wonderful way for teachers "trick" students into learning about their content. See some example games.

Preview Vocabulary Examples

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Frontloading vocabulary is a helpful way to support students before a lesson or unit.

Frayer Model Templates/Examples

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Frayer Model-a graphic organizer to support learners determine or clarify meanings of words/concepts encourted while listening, reading and viewing texts.

Scaling Vocabulary Activites/Examples

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Scaling vocabulary activities supports students make connections between known and unknown words. In addition, creates an ooprotunity for rich discussion.

Semantic Feature Anaylsis Examples

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Semantic Feature Analysis supports students recognize similarities and differences between related words.

Categorizing Exmaples

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A great connecting activity to support students make connections between known and unknown words.

Two Column Notes

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A format adapted from two column note taking about text, but for vocabulary. It is a note catcher for information about a word-definitions, synonymns/antonymns, related words, examples/nonexamples, multiple meanings, sample sentence, illustration.

Concept Definition Map Template & Examples

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A great activity to get students to apply their personal knowledge to learn more about a word.

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Presentation of review of why vocabulary is important and what an Essential Words PACT Plus lesson looks like in a 6th grade science teacher's classroom.

Criteria for Success-Vocab

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Teachers use this to help with planning and implementation of vocabulary instruction.

Essential Words/Vocabulary Graphic Organizer

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Teachers use this graphic organier to support in planning and for student use.

Criteria for Success-Background Knowledge

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Teachers use this to support in your planning and implementation of using comprehension canopy to plan to build student background knowledge around a complex text.

Comprehension Canopy/Background Knowledge Building Graphic Organizer

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Teachers can use this graphic organizer to help plan building a student's background knowledge.

Criteria for Success-Critical Reading Routine

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EXAMPE of Critical Reading Lesson Plan

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Crtiical Reading Graphic Organizer

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Critical Reading Cue Card

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Element #6: Review Prior Skills and Knowledge Before Instruction

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Element #7: Provide Step by Step Demonstrations

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Element #8: Use Clear and Concise Language

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Element #9: Provide an Adequate Range of Examples & Nonexamples

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Element #10: Provide Guided and Supported Practice

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Element #11: Require Frequent Responses

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Element #12: Monitor Student Performance Closely

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Element #13: Provide Immediate & Corrective Feedback

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Element #14: Deliver the Lesson at a Brisk Pace

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Element #15: Help Students Organize Knowledge

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Element #16: Provide Distributed and Cummalitive Practice

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PACT Plus Science Example Lessons

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PACT Plus ELA Example Lessons

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PACT Plus Social Studies Example Lesson

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7th Grade Social Studies Example

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6th Grade Science Example

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6th Grade Social Studies

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8th Grade Science Example

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Planning Tool for a Reading Routine

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24-25 Willard Data

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Look at the bottom tabs to find your grade level. There will be two tabs per grade level. The first tab holds the restart readiness data while the second tab holds benchmark data.

Reading Next

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Reading Next is a cutting-edge report that combines the best research currently available with well-crafted strategies for turning that research into practice.

Writing Next

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Writing Next is a report that discusses eleven specific teaching techniques that research suggests will help improve the writing abilities of the country's 4th- to 12th-grade students.

Writing to Read

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A specialized report which finds that while reading and writing are closely connected, writing is an often-overlooked tool for improving reading skills and content learning. Three core instructional practices are identified that have been shown to be effective in improving student reading.

I.E.S. Guide-Improving Adolesvent Literacy

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5 explicit practices are identified and explained in improving adolesvent literacy across all contents for grades 4-9.

Principles of Instruction

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Quick read on research-based strategies all teachers should know.

Research Article

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Research article on comprehension instruction in middle schools.

I.E.S. Guide-BEST PRACTICES

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Pages 44-74-Recommendations to build adolescent comprehension in content.

IES Guide SUMMARY

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Summary of BEST reading practices for adolescents

Using MTSS within TBTs

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25-26 Willard Data

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When clicking upon link, look below for the grade level tabs.

FLASH TIME READING PRACTICE

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Willard Get the Gist Reading Routine

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Evidence-based reading routine/framework that will scaffold student comprehension of a text. Can be used in tier one or intervention.

WMS Fall Student Literacy Survey

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Surveying stakeholders, like our students, is important! Here is what the fall student literacy survey revealed about what they say about literacy and their skills. We'll have a winter and spring survey to gather more student feedback!

ODEW Grades 4-9 RIMP Video

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ODEW RIMP Page

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Use Ohio Department of Education's resource page for support.

Grades 4-9 RIMP Template Example

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Use this template to support the creation of the pieces and parts of a RIMP.

RIMP Decision Tool

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Use this tool to figure out what students will need a RIMP.

Eliciting Student Responses-slides from Principal Stevens weekly emails.

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Eliciting student responses during instruction can be done verbally/orally, written or through student action. Take a peek how to improve student engagement no matter what the content.