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The March Slice of Life Story Challenge
The March Slice of Life Story Challenge
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Some reminders and new learning:
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Yesterday I attended an all day conference, "A Day at Judson" with Dr. Jan Richardson (#ADAJ2017) about "Next Steps for Struggling Readers: Guided Reading and Beyond."
It was a packed day of learning coming at us fast! A colleague and I took notes collaboratively. It's best when two of us can add notes and photos to capture the day. Now I need time to process all the information shared and add pieces into my every day practice and interventions plans in place.
Some highlights:
- Judson University is a beautiful little campus.
- A prayer by Dr. Steven Layne started our day of learning.
- The food and service was outstanding! They take pride in hospitality and exceeded expectations! Who doesn't love a Basket of Joy and lots of giveaways?
- I purchased Jan's new book titled "The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading."
Some reminders and new learning:
- Keep all the components to a Guided Reading lesson. Do not spend too much time on each. Be quick and keep students engaged.
- Beginning readers need time to develop oral language. Take a book and page by page encourage the student to TALK about the picture. No reading, just talking.
- Sight word anomaly! The reading and writing connection with sight words was new to me. If a student can write a sight word, they have better knowledge of the word. Visual scanning and strategic “anchors” to free up processing to figure out other words.
- Designing guided reading lessons around reading, writing, and word study. Always be thinking about what is NEXT for each student. (Or, as we learned from Fountas & Pinnell, be responsive!)
- Prompting students is essential. We are not fixing mistakes. We are improving processes!
- Jan went into great depth for creating guided reading lessons with a sense of urgency for students who are specifically emerging, early, and transitional readers incorporating time for reading, writing, and word study.
- Comprehensive (albeit quick) sharing of even more: Lengthy conversation about monitoring. Talk about word solving. In depth examples of word study. Touched upon guided writing. More talk about comprehension.
After a full day, I need to spend some time with my notes and my new book. It was a lot to take in, and Jan provided so many specifics we can easily incorporate into our daily lessons. I need to dig in and think more about the next step forward for all my readers ... I had another idea for that:
We had Jan visit our school last year to model guided reading for us. I have to say...I was exhausted just watching her.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a jam packed day with lots of info. Just take a breath and let it sink in slowly so you can put it into process and share with others.
ReplyDeleteI love when people share their learning - always so interesting to see the highlights! And love the idea of a day after conference day to process.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like an amazing day of learning, Michelle - now, time to process and implement, right?
ReplyDeleteLucky you to have a day with her! I've been using her book for a couple of years now, and it's great. Check out her videos, too, at http://www.janrichardsonguidedreading.com/video-clips
ReplyDeleteI would love to see what you noted during the day of learning! What's the Basket of Joy? :)
ReplyDeleteI love this line-- "We are not fixing mistakes. We are improving processes!" So important when thinking about beginning readers. Sounds like it was an awesome day!
ReplyDeleteI love this line-- "We are not fixing mistakes. We are improving processes!" So important when thinking about beginning readers. Sounds like it was an awesome day!
ReplyDeleteI love Jan Richardson's work! Really wanted to hear her when she was at our conference in February, but her session filled up before I could register on the first day. Sounds like a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this slice. It was PD for me too.
ReplyDeleteSo jealous! I love her books and refer to her all the time. She makes it easier to understand guided reading and how to implement it.
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