Literacy+Groups

Literacy Groups Every student reads, writes, thinks and talks in every classroom every day. Guiding Questions

What are literacy groups? Why is it important to use them as an instructional strategy? What are some of the challenges to implementing literacy groups and what strategies can be used to overcome these obstacles?

Literacy Groups Lesson Plan || With a partner, discuss and respond to the Guiding Questions. Write a summary of your discussion. || 15 min ||
 * **Instructional** **Strategy** || **Teacher Activity** || **Student Activity** || **Time (min)** ||
 * WTL <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Classroom Talk || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Provide Guiding Questions, Key Principles and Goals, <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and the Sample Lesson Plan [[file:Literacy Groups Key Principles and Goals.dot]]


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Instructional Strategy** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Teacher Activity** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Student Activity** Experience Literacy Groups || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Time (min**) ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literacy Groups || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Provide article and review roles for Literacy Groups || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will experience use of Literacy Group roles. Each person will recieve a role and read the article //Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say// taking notes based on their role. Students will rotate through their roles, using thier notes as their discussion guide. The Summarizer will begin the discussion, then capture the main points of the discussion. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will complete Discussion Debriefing. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[[file:12 Never-Say-Anything-a-Kid-Can-Say.pdf]] || 60 min. ||

CGW <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Classroom Talk || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in; text-align: left;">Provide article, //Troubleshooting and Problem Solving//   || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students will use the Collaborative Annotation protocol for the first part of the article, pages 220-224. Students will select one of the twenty questions, pages 224-, and include in their annotation. || <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">20 min ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Instructional Strategy** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Teacher Activity** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Student Activity** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">**Time (min)** ||
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Questioning WTL || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">Provide the assorted role materials, and subject area resources. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Examine the Literacy Groups sample lesson plan, assorted role materials and subject area resources. With a partner brainstorm possible implementation. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Respond to Exit Slip on the Teachers' page of the wiki. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Complete the Literacy Group Action Plan. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">10 min ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instructional Strategy ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">Closing Teacher Activity ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">Closing Student Activity ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in; tabstops: 2.75in 4.5in;">Time (min) ** ||
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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Experience Literacy Groups <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">