Guided Reading Study FY 0607

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Guided Reading StudyFY 06-07

• Initial Meeting
• March 3, 2006

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Team builder
• Coming together as a learning community
• Introduction
• Sharing from facilitators
• Sharing from group participants
• Review Professional Development Action Plan
• What will our year look like?
• Defining Guided Reading
• What do we already know? Do we share the same
  definition?
• Explore resources from
• Fountas and Pinnell
• Routman
• Calkins
• Identification of a Progress Monitoring Tool

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A Learning Community
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Introductions

• Sharing of facilitators
• The role of the facilitators
• Why we are here
• Expectations of participants
• What were wondering about

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Introductions

• Sharing of participants
• We are wondering what you know about this Guided
  Reading Study so far?
• Why you are here? What youre hoping to get from
  participating? What are your expectations of the
  group, of the facilitators, of yourself?

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Guided Reading Study
Initial visits Beginning of Year Meeting Gradual
implementation video tape lessons reflection
meetings colleague visits Next Steps meeting
April
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OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APRIL
June
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Initial Visits

• Whos visiting who?
• Fill out reading block time sheet
• Post unobvious dates that will NOT work for
  visits
• Leave time sheets for facilitators to coordinate
  the visit schedule

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Observation Tool

• Over the course of the study we will be revising
  an observation tool to help us work together.
• During our first visits we will be watching and
  wondering about
• What is important for you to notice right now?
• What is important for others to notice right now?
• Brainstorm

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Defining Guided Reading

• Key Elements we agree upon

• Key Elements we might consider

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Exploring Resources

• 6th grade Irene Fountas and Gay Sue Pinnell,
  Chapter 11, Understanding Guided Reading, Guiding
  Readers and Writers Grade 3-6
• 5th grade Regie Routman, Chapter 10, Examine
  Guided Reading, Reading Essentials
• 4th grade Lucy McCormick Calkins, Chapter 10,
  Guided Reading and Strategy Lessons, The Art of
  Teaching Reading

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Defining Guided Reading

• Key Elements must haves
• (Confirmed through resources)

• Key Elements up for consideration
• (To be discussed)

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Monitoring Student Progress

• Does the implementation of Guided Reading have an
  impact on student achievement?

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Monitoring Student Progress

• Identify current assessments
• Review strengths and weaknesses of current
  assessments
• Identify progress monitoring tool

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Final Thoughts
Thanks!

• Content suggestions for August meeting

• Process suggestions for August meeting