Collaborative Teacher Literacy Team, K-6

by Mcewan-adkins, Elaine K.

• ISBN13: 9781935542285
• ISBN10: 1935542281
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-12
• Publisher: Solution Tree

Summary

Literacy is the foundation of learning and academic achievement. Tasked with teaching literacy skills to students, teachers face a variety of assessment instruments, hundreds of programs and curricula, a vast continuum of students¿ needs, and a limited amount of time available for professional development to master this sizable body of knowledge and instructional expertise. With all these different components of literacy, planning and delivering effective literacy instruction can be quite overwhelming. Collaborative Teacher Literacy Teams, K¿6: Connecting Professional Growth to Student Achievement shows teachers how to work together in their grade-level teams to maximize their literacy learning and make the right instructional and curricular choices for the students in their classrooms. Collaborative Teacher Literacy Teams, K¿6 offers K¿6 teams a toolkit for raising student literacy skills. In this companion to Literacy Look-Fors: An Observation Protocol to Guide K¿6 Classroom Walkthroughs, author Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins outlines and explores the work of collaborative literacy teams, from their formation to the employment of successful, student-focused strategies. The foundation of this book is the exemplars and nonexemplars of effective K¿6 literacy instruction, sixty research-based indicators that describe the core knowledge and skills (curriculum and instruction) of a comprehensive and balanced literacy program. These exemplars are divided into five categories: instructional moves, teacher-managed instruction, teacher with-it-ness, student-managed instruction, and classroom artifacts. Each chapter features four professional growth units dedicated to a category of exemplars, providing educators with the opportunity to discuss key concepts, self-reflect, and remain focused on student achievement. By understanding and applying McEwan-Adkins¿s research-based exemplars, teams can achieve professional growth and increase their capacity for strong literacy instruction.

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
My Goals in Writing This Book	p. xiii
What This Book Is	p. xiv
What This Book Is Not	p. xiv
The Audience for This Book	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Establish a Collaborative Grade-Level Team	p. 1
What Activities Characterize Collaborative Teams?	p. 2
What are the Benefits of Collaboration?	p. 2
Identify a Team Leader, and Hold an Organizational Meeting	p. 3
Responsibilities Before Each Meeting	p. 3
Responsibilities During Each Meeting	p. 4
Organizational Meeting	p. 4
Assess the Team's Capacity, and Agree on Core Values	p. 4
Assess Your Team's Alignment	p. 4
Collaboratively Develop a Set of Core Values About Literacy Instruction	p. 7
Preview the Key Concepts and Exemplars of Effective K-6 Literacy Instruction	p. 8
Preview the Professional Growth Units	p. 11
Collaboratively Work Through Each Unit	p. 11
Connect Team Learning to Student Achievement	p. 12
How This Book is Organized	p. 12
Instructional Moves	p. 15
The Big Idea of Instructional Moves	p. 22
Essential Question	p. 22
Advance Organizer	p. 22
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 22
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 24
Achievement Connection	p. 24
Unpacking Instructional Moves	p. 25
Essential Question	p. 25
Advance Organizer	p. 25
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 26
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 27
Achievement Connection	p. 28
Literacy Learning and Behavior	p. 29
Essential Question	p. 39
Advance Organizer	p. 39
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 30
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 32
Achievement Connection	p. 34
Affirmation Versus Criticism: How to Motivate Your Students	p. 34
Essential Question	p. 35
Advance Organizer	p. 35
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 35
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 39
Achievement Connection	p. 39
Teacher-Managed Instruction	p. 41
The Big Idea of Teacher-Managed Instruction	p. 44
Essential Question	p. 46
Advance Organizer	p. 47
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 47
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 55
Achievement Connection	p. 55
Teacher-Managed Instruction: Choosing the Most Effective Instructional Moves	p. 55
Essential Question	p. 55
Advance Organizer	p. 55
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 55
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 59
Achievement Connection	p. 59
The Meaning of Differentiation	p. 59
Essential Question	p. 59
Advance Organizer	p. 59
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 62
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 66
Achievement Connection	p. 67
Comprehensive and Balanced Literacy: How to Achieve It	p. 67
Essential Question	p. 67
Advance Organizer	p. 67
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 67
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 73
Achievement Connection	p. 73
Teacher With-It-Ness	p. 75
How to Become a With-it Grade-Level Team	p. 79
Essential Question	p. 79
Advance Organizer	p. 79
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 79
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 82
Achievement Connection	p. 82
Routines That Raise Literacy Achievement	p. 83
Essential Question	p. 83
Advance Organizer	p. 83
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 84
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 93
Achievement Connection	p. 93
Designing and Delivering Lessons to Teach Routines	p. 93
Essential Question	p. 93
Advance Organizer	p. 93
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 96
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 97
Achievement Connection	p. 99
How With-It Teachers Engage Students	p. 99
Essential Question	p. 99
Advance Organizer	p. 99
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 99
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 104
Achievement Connection	p. 106
Student-Managed Learning	p. 107
The Big Idea of Student-Managed Learning	p. 111
Essential Question	p. 111
Advance Organizer	p. 111
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 111
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 116
Achievement Connection	p. 116
Teach Students the Six Key Concepts of Learning	p. 116
Essential Question	p. 116
Advance Organizer	p. 115
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 118
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 123
Achievement Connection	p. 123
Teach Students to Be Inquisitive	p. 124
Essential Question	p. 124
Advance Organizer	p. 124
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 124
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 128
Achievement Connection	p. 129
Teach the Ten Traits of Highly Successful Students	p. 129
Essential Question	p. 129
Advance Organizer	p. 129
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 129
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 132
Achievement Connection	p. 132
Classroom Artifacts	p. 135
The Big Idea of Classroom Artifacts	p. 138
Essential Question	p. 139
Advance Organizer	p. 139
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 139
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 141
Achievement Connection	p. 142
Rubrics, Checklists, and Rating Scales: The Key to Setting High Expectations	p. 142
Essential Question	p. 142
Advance Organizer	p. 142
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 142
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 149
Achievement Connection	p. 149
How to Choose and Use Graphic Organizers	p. 149
Essential Question	p. 150
Advance Organizer	p. 150
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 150
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 163
Achievement Connection	p. 163
How to Use Dream Boards and Goal Charts to Motivate Students	p. 164
Essential Question	p. 164
Advance Organizer	p. 164
Read to Understand and Remember	p. 164
Cognitive Processing Activity	p. 167
Achievement Connection	p. 167
Conclusion	p. 169
The Exemplars and Nonexemplars of Effective K-6 Literacy Instruction	p. 171
Table of Contents for the Twenty Units	p. 183
References and Resources	p. 189
Index	p. 209
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