SLIDE 1 INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVING STUDENT READING SKILLS
OUR GOALS:
- Increase the use of rigorous informational texts
- Implement independent reading assignments
using high-interest text that allow students “choice and voice” in reading materials
SLIDE 2 1.Varied Strategies
- 2. Just-in-Time Direct Instruction
- 3. Choice and Voice
- 4. Mastery Based Assessment
- 5. Choice for Demonstrating Learning
- 6. Flexible Pacing
- 7. Co-Plan Learning
7 Principles of Personalized Learning Intuitive
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Penny Kittle wants us to face the hard truths every English teacher fears: too many kids don’t read the assigned texts, and some even manage to slip by without having ever read a single book by the time they graduate. As middle and high school reading declines, college professors lament students’ inability to comprehend and analyze complex texts, while the rest of us wonder: what do we lose as a society when so many of our high school graduates have no interest in reading anything?
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SLIDE 5 “I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity, and hunger, and I’ve discovered that it is not too late in high school to lead a non- reader to reading. It’s never too late.”—Penny Kittle
CLASSROOM LIBRARIES
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CHOICE BOARDS & READING LOGS
SLIDE 7 Student Created Literary Analysis Websites
- http://danielabeauchamp10.wixsite.com/mysite
- http://dosseyrk.wixsite.com/tooedgy4u
- https://yemimabi87.wixsite.com/mysite
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LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT INDEPENDENT READING INITIATIVE
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LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT INDEPENDENT READING INITIATIVE
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LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT INDEPENDENT READING INITIATIVE
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NONFICTION TEXTS
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NON-FICTION TEXT ANNOTATIONS
SLIDE 13 STUDENT READING GOALS TRACKING SHEET USA TEST PREP STUDENT REPORT
SLIDE 14 Reading & Writing Assessments
- Given to all 9th and 11th
students in Reading & Writing
- ELA teachers have been using
these reports to conference with students to set goals to improve their own Reading and Writing Skills
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Reading Informational texts
Fall 2016
teachers have been tracking growth for bottom 30% of students –offering students incentives to prove growth on test each quarter
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LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT INDEPENDENT READING INITIATIVE
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LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT INDEPENDENT READING INITIATIVE
