Week4

= Tuesday Feb 3 =

Attendance & Housekeeping

 * Roll Call
 * Turn in Blog of Fame nominations

BOHA (Beginning of Hour Assignment)

 * Think of a time when a teacher did something BEFORE an assignment (reading, writing, or speaking) that helped you to get exited about getting started on it! Be ready to share (don't have to write it down.)

PreReading (PreTeaching) Strategies Teacher Notes:

 * Purpose of using pre-reading strategies to prepare students for the reading: http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/reading/developread.htm
 * Assess students' background knowledge of the topic and linguistic content of the text
 * Give students the background knowledge necessary for comprehension of the text, or activate the existing knowledge that the students possess
 * Clarify any cultural information which may be necessary to comprehend the passage
 * Make students aware of the type of text they will be reading and the purpose(s) for reading
 * Provide opportunities for group or collaborative work and for class discussion activities
 * To get students EXCITED about the reading they are about to do!
 * Suggestions of Pre-Reading Strategies to use with your Metcalf students
 * Anticipation Guides
 * A writing activity that gets students in your group talking
 * NOT KWL
 * Description of 4 Instructional Strategies: with examples: http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/prereadstrat.html

Chapter 3 Pre-reading Strategies Discussion

 * Pair up, and share your
 * Favorite pre-reading strategy
 * Strategy you least understood
 * One you'd like to use, but you're not sure how you would it!


 * Whole Group discussion

Foldables

 * Another wiki link!
 * Purpose
 * Pro's & con's
 * Let's make one?
 * Let's make one:
 * Group by content area, decide on a topic where a foldable could be used
 * Decide HOW you will use it, pre-reading, during reading, or after reading
 * Each member should make the foldable
 * Come up with a brief lesson plan on how you'd implement it: Write out directions for how you'd
 * Introduce the content topic
 * Teach them to actually MAKE the foldable
 * Explain how they continue to complete the activity

For our next class session

 * [[file:Ch 7 PowerPoint Graphic Organizers.ppt]]
 * Read this ppt on chapter 7: Don't have to print it off, just use it to help you before you read chapter 7:
 * Read Chapter 7 on Graphic Organizers
 * Pick one of the graphic organizers in chapter 7, and apply it to your content area. Think of how you would use it with your students, and bring in a completed example.
 * Go online and look for websites that help teachers with using graphic organizers. On our Graphic Organizer page, post a URL as well as a description of how you'd use it in your content area. (A different one than the one you designed from chapter 7.)

= Thursday Feb 5 =

Attendance & Housekeeping

 * Announcement of winner of the Blog of Fame!
 * Show the graphic organizer wiki page...show some examples

Foldables

 * Finish foldable activity from Tuesday

Group Activity

 * Share your graphic organizer with your group
 * Share how you would use it? Organize notes? Pre-reading Activity? During or after? Maybe for an assessment?
 * Share why you think it will work well for this purpose and any possible weaknesses you see.
 * Have each member of the group share how they would use that type of graphic organizer in their own content area

For our next class session

 * Read and chapter 2 on Grouping Strategies and chapter 4 on Vocabulary & bring a 4x6 card with 3 questions total and 2 examples of how you could use one vocab strategy and one grouping strategy.
 * [[file:Chapter 2 PowerPoint Lecture Conversations.ppt]]
 * Read chapter 2 ppt (don't have to print out)
 * Blog Post #2 Due Tues (Any literacy topic we've talked about in class or from the text)