Module One:
Making a Difference by Making it DifferentFocus Areas:
Middle-grade MLPP overview
Characteristics of literate fourth and fifth grade students
Characteristics of exemplary fourth and fifth grade students
Components of a comprehensive literacy program in middle grades
Introduction to student case study
Module Two:
You've Read It, Did You Get It?Focus Areas:
Retelling as Assessment
Retelling as Instruction
Comprehension Strategies
Exploring How Text Works
Module Three:
The Great Aha!Focus Areas:
ELA 2003
Profundity Scales (narrative and expository)
Developing Thematic Units
Assessment Rubrics, Narrative and Expository
Module Four:
Writing to ThemeFocus Areas:
Assessing writing anchor papers with the 6-point rubrics
Using rubrics to score holistically and analytically
Identifying attributes in writing
Connecting assessment to teaching points
Identifying writing strategies (writer's craft)
Previewing Writing to a Theme: Narrative and Persuasive
Module Five:
Having the "Write" StuffFocus Areas:
Writing workshop
Using literature to improve writing
Mini-lessons
Revising
Responding to writing
Teacher as writer
Module Six:
Focus Areas:
Module Seven:
Power of WordsFocus Areas:
Phonics
Spelling
Vocabulary (spelling/meaning connection)
Module Eight:
Reader in ChargeFocus Areas:
Assessment
Recording and analysis of miscues
Instruction guided by assessment data
Module Nine:
Paths to LiteracyFocus Areas:
Oral reading fluency assessments
Readers workshop: Independent reading, guided reading, literature circles
Module Ten:
One Size Does Not Fit AllFocus Areas:
Differentiated Instruction
Managing All Learners
Case Study Discussion
Closing
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