ELC-2 Literacy Connections - Week 2 - Jennifer Serravallo's Reading Strategies Workshop by Kristina Macnider https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq Within this Padlet, you will find the link to the resource. After reading the article, watching the video, or listening to the podcast, please respond to the reflection questions within one post and comment on at least one colleague's reflection. Note: The strategies shared throughout these resources focus on research-based best practices of effective literacy instruction. Keep District 54 systems and structures in mind while engaging in these resources. en-us 2021-10-22 17:41:46 UTC 2024-03-26 18:59:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4cc.png Jennifer Serravallo's Reading Strategies Workshop kristinamacnider https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1836903352 In this video, Jennifer Serravallo reviews strategies to use with students in order to make them more skilled readers. Strategies focus around engagement, fluency, comprehension, conversation, and writing. ]]> 2021-10-22 17:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1836903352 After watching, respond to the following... kristinamacnider https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1836903353 1. What did you think about as you watched the video of Jennifer Serravallo's Reading Strategies Workshop?


2. What are you still wondering about this topic? 
]]> 2021-10-22 17:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1836903353 kierstenmcandrew https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1855704618 While watching this video, I liked how she stated the importance of teaching those decoding strategies, but making sure they are making the connections within text. I reflected on my own acceleration group models and how we incorporate some word attack strategies for decoding and encoding and then move into guided reading. I have seen how this has helped my students in their largest areas of need that are holding them back from reading at grade level. I also liked her focus on how to build engagement and make sure students are engaged in reading, but also aware of what the best reading space is for them. It's so important for students to be self-aware of what works for them and what doesn't so that they can vocalize that. 
Something that I am still wondering or need more support on is engaging those low readers who don't have self-confidence. As an SST, I work with readers that are 2 years behind their peers. Even when I chose texts that interest them, I think they are aware of how much lower their text is than peers based on the lower amount of words or text features in their books. ]]> 2021-10-30 16:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1855704618 Reading Strategies Workshop emilywhipple1 https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1857217338 As I watched this video by Jennifer Serravallo, I was thinking about how I teach different reading strategies to my students in guided reading and literacy acceleration. I liked how she showed the visuals of her strategies from her book and then talked through each strategy and gave examples. This really helped me to understand how to apply the different strategies to my students. I do have her Reading Strategies book, but I do not use it as much as I should. After watching this video, it motivated me to take it out and use it more frequently. I really liked the section on how skilled readers can figure out tricky words. I think that in kindergarten this is a skill that most of my students are working on at some point. I liked her visual "Slow Down and Think." I think this is a strategy that I can use right away with my students to help them monitor for meaning when they are reading. Something that I am still wondering about is if there are other videos about her reading strategies that I could watch. She talked about emergent readers in the video, but did not include those goals. I did not know if she had another video on emergent readers. ]]> 2021-10-31 21:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1857217338 Chelsea Baker - Jennifer Serravallo's Reading Strategies Workshop https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1867246490 1. As I was watching Jennifer's Reading Strategies Workshop video, I was immediately reminded of the importance of going back to basics in order to provide students with a strong foundation for building their literacy skills.  Additionally, I appreciated how she concluded her thoughts with a visual breakdown of the skills that were highlighted.  Within this visual, she made it a point to acknowledge that one skill is not more important or complex than the other, rather they are building blocks that cannot be successfully utilized without the foundational understandings and applications of the block(s) before.    I also appreciated how Jennifer broke down the different goals into necessary skills and further provided actionable steps toward building those skills.  I am looking forward to implementing the dialogue tag exercise to help my more skilled First Grade readers begin to read with greater intonation and expression.  
2. I am still wondering what additional actionable steps can be taken to help build self-monitoring and focus in my First Grade students, especially those students approaching in their literacy skills. How can I go beyond providing reading choice, choice in reading spot, and "keeping your eyes and mind in the book" to build this skill for our early readers?]]> 2021-11-04 12:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/h83z0h50weap8ouq/wish/1867246490