Harare IS: Grade 3-5 Literacy 2024-25 by EKC

Goal Setting with Focus

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Jennifer Serravallo's 'Look Fors' related to writing goals. This can be a useful tool in clarifying what we are looking for as writers and can lead to collaborative goal setting conversations with kids.

Self Reflection Tool for Writers

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This tool from Jennifer Serravallo, offers an opportunity for writers to reflect and think about their strengths and next steps as writers. It can be looked at as a complete document or introduced section by section for a more in-depth understanding of each goal.

Single Student Conferring Notes w/ Goal Setting

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Skills Checklist (Full Class) w/ Examples

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Make a copy and customize this checklist to match the learning goals for the unit.

Skill Progression Form for Conferring (Writing)

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Word Study Planning Guide (G5)

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G5: Use this planner and populate with selected word study words.

Brain Words - 'Spell-to-Read Methodology'

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Teaching Writing in Small Groups

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Digital resources have a number of conferring and small group videos.

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Consider how these methods and structures can enhance learning and exploration of the UOI Lines of inquiry...

Know the Skills & Evaluate Your Work

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Taking Action Towards a Goal

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Goal Setting Conference

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Reflect On and Celebrate Progress

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Tier 2 Vocab List

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Skill Progression Form for Conferring (Reading)

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G2-6 Learning Progression - Reading Informational Texts

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G2-6 Narrative Reading Learning Progression

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Read Aloud Planning Guide

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Make a copy of this document and use the prompts to support planning a read aloud.

Kid Friendly Definitions

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Narrative Read Aloud Prompts

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Planning with Tiered Vocabulary

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Transcription Progress Monitoring

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Interactive Read Aloud

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Planning Steps / Slides from G5 Meeting

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TCRWP Text Complexity Cards

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EKC Text Bands

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Thin Slice Protocol: Studying Student Data

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A process to repeat often... studying responses and data from student reflections, writing about reading and conferring conversations.

Trend Catcher: Identifying Small Groups

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Make a copy of the template. Record small group needs based on data collected.

Reading Small Group Structures

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Plan for small groups based on trends and needs. Different types of small groups allow for targeted instruction and support.

Planning Templates & Examples (Strategy & Shared Text)

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Content from 2024-25 coaching cycle sessions begins here... ->

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Simple View of Writing & Transcription Skills

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Topic - Audience - Purpose for Publishing!

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Drafting & Publishing Expectations

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Lesson Video: Teaching Summary Sentence

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Can be used as a whole class supplementary RW lesson to support summarizing or small group 'shared text' lesson.

Example Note Taking Strategy

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This strategy could be taught full class, or as small group using a shared text or strategy approach.

Organizing and Categorizing Notes, Elaborating

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This strategy could be taught full class, or as small group using a shared text or strategy approach.

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We teach metacognition skills in service of comprehension. Comprehension is the goal! Strategies help us reach the goal.

Use Progressions to Identify Specific 'Look Fors'

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Study the Progression to Identify and Plan for Skills Development

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Effective AI Prompts and Reflection Notes

ekc3 — 2025-01-13 17:27:21 UTC

Collect prompts that you have used with AI models (Magicschool, Chat GPT, etc). Record the most effective and useful prompts on this shared document.

AI Tools to Explore

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These tools aim to enhance teaching efficiency by automating routine tasks, allowing educators to focus more on student engagement and personalized instruction.

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Content from the February Onsite Visit with Justine begins here... ->

Unit Overviews: 4th Gr

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G4 Opinion Unit

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Opinion Writing Progression

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Writing Process Progression

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G4 Opinion Writing Scoring Rubric

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Essential Writing Skills to Tackle Genre Choice Writing

ekc3 — 2025-02-07 14:05:50 UTC

This list was generated by Chat GPT based on uploading the three G5 writing checklists from the Units of Study.

Article on AI Writing Feedback

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FIrst Article mentions opportunities and limitations for MagicSchool / MagicStudent for writing feedback.

G5 PYPX Genre Choice Unit Plan

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Learning Engagements and Resource Suggestions

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Zooming in on Language Comprehension Strands

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Boxes & Bullets Unit Planning w/ UOI Focus

ekc3 — 2025-02-10 04:14:44 UTC

This is a full transcription of my initial conversation with Chat GPT working towards a revised Unit of Study (Boxes & Bullets) that shifts bend one to be more scaffolded, embeds transcription/sentence level work and integrates the UOI.

Graphic Organizer - Main Idea

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Main Idea Graphic Organizer (Video)

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Exploration #2A (Generating Informational Texts)

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This group will explore using AI to generate leveled, meaningful, and differentiated informational texts that connect to knowledge-building within a Unit of Inquiry. Teachers will explore how to craft effective prompts to ensure AI-generated texts align with their learning goals and scaffold student understanding.

Exploration #1: Lesson Planning with AI as a Partner

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This group will explore how AI tools like ChatGPT and MagicSchool can support lesson planning and idea generation. Teachers will experiment with prompts, share findings, and create materials for immediate classroom use while recording useful prompts for future reference.

Exploration #3 Using AI to Analyze Student Writing and Plan for Conferring

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This group will explore using AI to analyze student writing and generate meaningful, personalized, and actionable feedback. Teachers will explore how to upload student work, incorporate rubrics and checklists, and use AI to plan ahead for one-on-one writing conferences using the "Research - Decide - Compliment - Teach" framework. An extension will also explore how upper elementary students can use AI as a writing partner.

Exploration #4 Using AI to Build Text Sets and Find Resources

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This group will explore using AI to locate a variety of resources (print, digital, music, video, student samples, etc.) for building rich text sets that connect to a specific Unit of Inquiry. Teachers will explore different sources, identify free vs. paid resources, and develop an organized system for storing and using these materials.

Exploration #5: Using AI to Support Interactive Read-Aloud & Shared Text Planning

ekc3 — 2025-02-12 03:31:54 UTC

This session will guide teachers in using AI tools like ChatGPT and MagicSchool to plan interactive read-alouds and shared text experiences that support language comprehension using Scarborough’s Reading Rope. Teachers will explore how AI can help identify tiered vocabulary, plan for pre-teaching and in-the-moment explanations, and extract sentences for syntax and grammar instruction.

Exploration #2B: Generating Differentiated Narrative Texts

ekc3 — 2025-02-12 03:59:37 UTC

This group will explore how to generate meaningful, leveled, and differentiated narrative texts that support knowledge-building within a PYP Unit of Inquiry. Teachers will experiment with prompts, refine generated texts, and create materials for immediate classroom use while recording effective prompts for future reference.

Feedback Survey: Workshop Tools & Strategies

ekc3 — 2025-02-12 12:47:30 UTC

Please complete this anonymous survey about your usage with workshop practices.

Reading Comprehension

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G5 Coaching Lab Slides

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