SSIF Project Literacy Leads’ Strand Day Five Wellshurst, 2 May 2019 9am – 3.30pm
Aims To continue to consider vocabulary development To feedback on gap tasks To reflect further on task-setting and how to increase numbers achieving ‘greater depth’ To make links to the other project strands To explore the implications of Ofsted’s curriculum proposals on planning for writing
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Responding to delegate requests More on editing In this session More about the new Ofsted framework (x2) In this session Staff confidence around assessment In this session Spelling (x3) To follow – 9 May additional day Guidance on writing planning, especially for greater depth Greater depth day and in this session Speaking and listening Embedded throughout
Key Performance Indicators (1) Sept 2018 All schools involved understand their CPD plans and way forward. Nov 2018 Leads are confident and prepared to work with teachers in school to select, design and coordinate effective curriculum enhancement for links to writing. Jan 2019 Leads take action on: reading for pleasure as a pre-requisite for reading and writing success developing teachers’ reading habits exploiting classroom relationships to impact on writing embedding a global approach to rich texts mapping creative writing opportunities
Key Performance Indicators (2) Mar 2019 Teachers’ own writing supports writing pedagogy Schools develop strategy to address spelling and vocabulary obstacles May 2019 Leaders develop effective cross-KS2 moderation in schools Leaders support effective modelling across literacy Leaders support teams in unpicking the ‘pupil can’ statements for end of KS2 assessment Oct 2019 Leaders take intervention action to support colleagues and pupils not making progress Post-course feedback indicates confident use of resources to support ongoing and developing CPD in school
Getting More Children to Greater Depth Engagement Rich text immersion Stamina Modelling Independence Non-negotiables Editing and improvement Writing securely for purpose and audience High expectations (across the curriculum)
My name is Tody and I am ten year. My job is a scavenger. I have to get the cotton that has fallen. I worck from five until nine. Th mill was dusty. I do not like my job. I do get food but it is not verey nise. Yes I do get punished. Sometimes I fall asleep and the overseer drags me to the cistern and dunks me in.
Takeaway task 1 - Feedback Complete KS2 Improving Writing - School Planning your school Using Royal Opera House stimulus to impact on KS2 Writing Outcomes plan for School: Literacy Lead: improving (Please note that this template is optional – if you have already embedded this work into your school or English action plan, do not replicate!) writing (all Agreed actions Year group(s) / Class (es) School adaptation of Timescale Outcomes planned Intended impact on Other intended impacts materials (writing and pupils' writing pages, performance) template For 1. Weekly dance lesson using Alice Year 6 class (include Lesson plans slightly Ongoing Character studies leading % pupils to achieve Pupil voice indicates pupils' example in Wonderland materials followed numbers of boys and girls) adapted in order to fit throughout to narrative writing writing at GDS with engagement and provided)an by weekly dance lesson 45 minute lesson slot Term 3 - 4 (fantasy). Trial of the writers showing enjoyment; teachers report 2. Year 6 class assembly to be Knave of Hearts. greater control improved attitudes and performed to parents at end of over narrative and attainment in writing d upload to term 4, and display of pupils' report writing writing made Dropbox or email to Jane.
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Principles and good practice of moderation Regularly mark work and test outcomes across different classes Moderate a small number of books at a time Make sure everyone understands the criteria first Develop agreed school portfolios of work that represents evidence at different standards Make regular reference to exemplification materials Manage colleague dynamics and relationships Encourage a good understanding of standards in other year groups Dedicate a staffroom noticeboard to ‘work of the week’ annotated to show why it is that standard Regularly explore ‘greater depth’ and consider task setting that promotes attainment at this standard
Gap tasks 2 and 3 review 2. Your cross-year group moderation plan, notes and reflections 3. Evidence of your work on developing TARs in your school (e.g. training notes, learning walk observations)
Background knowledge and reading In reading, the more you know, the more you learn. Educators often refer to this as the Matthew Effect, in reference to a line in the Bible that details the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. In reading, it means that when you know a little about a topic going in, the text adds more knowledge and detail to your framework — easily and naturally deepening your understanding and building connections to existing knowledge while still leaving you enough processing capacity to be able to reflect on the nature of the ideas in the text. This is great news if you start out with broad and deep knowledge, but less positive if you don’t. When you know very little about a topic, it’s easy to be confused or overwhelmed by new information. You can hold just a small fraction of it in your working memory, but you don’t really know enough to decide what’s most important and worth prioritizing. "Reading Reconsidered" by Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway
Once kids are fluent decoders, much of the difference among readers is not due to whether you're a "good reader" or "bad reader" (meaning you have good or bad reading skills). Much of the difference among readers is due to how wide a range of knowledge they have. If you hand me a reading test and the text is on a subject I happen to know a bit about, I'll do better than if it happens to be on a subject I know nothing about… In sum, once kids can decode fluently, reading comprehension depends heavily on knowledge. By failing to provide a solid grounding in basic subjects we inadvertently hobble children's ability in reading comprehension. School time, knowledge, and reading comprehension 3/7/2012, Daniel Willingham
What is a knowledge organiser? A knowledge organiser is a document, usually no more than two sides of A4, that contains key facts and information that children will learn in order to have a basic knowledge and understanding of a topic. Knowledge organisers are usually laid out in easy-to-digest chunks and contain: essential facts about the topic key vocabulary, technical terms and their meanings images such as maps or diagrams important dates and events significant places, people and relationships essential quotations What a knowledge organiser includes will depend on the subject. For example, a ‘World War Two’ knowledge organiser and a ‘Rivers’ knowledge organiser would both include maps and key vocabulary, but the former would also include a timeline and a list of relevant historical figures, and the latter would need diagrams.
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References & further reading Word gradient ideas and resources: http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/semantic_gradients University of Exeter grammar teaching page: http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/education/research/centres/centreforresearchinwritin g/grammar-teacher-resources/ Semi-subscription site that includes some knowledge organisers: https://www.mracdpresent.com/ KS2 Writing Exemplification: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2018-teacher- assessment-exemplification-ks2-english-writing Ofsted Curriculum Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/Ofstednews/curriculum-workshop- 126193516 "Reading Reconsidered" by Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway, Jossey-Bass, 2016 Daniel Willingham Blog: http://www.danielwillingham.com/daniel-willingham-science- and-education-blog/archives/03-2012
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