Week 2 Agenda for Wednesday 3/16/16 5:30-8:30

Multiple Literacies and Contemporary Adolescence

5:30-5:50	Answer the following questions on the card that I have provided: 1.   Write down the school where you are planning to tutor a student. 2.  Then write down the student’s real name. 3.  Then write down a pseudo name for the student that you will be using in your report.  4.  Write down the date of your observation (of that student in a class).  5.  Write down the first tutoring scheduled date that you and the student agreed upon. Questions, Comments, Concerns about Week 1 class, DB, Assignments?
5:50-6:00	Digital Survey 2008-Where do you stand in the digital generation? 3:31 mins A Vision of K-12 Students 4:10 mins
6:00-6:10	Journal Feedback/Comments
6:10-6:25	Think Pair Share (Handout) Review the “To Teach Me is to Know Me” Project directions. Student Examples Show student examples in class Change bullet point 3 so that students can make comments to each student during class time.
6:25-6:50	More Upcoming Assignment Student Examples (from previous 532 classes) ·      Observation Questions/Pointers ·      Tutoring Assignment
6:50-7:30	Jigsaw Power point for Different Levels of Literacy Sticky Note Activity
7:30-8:15	Review of Assignments due for next week by Tuesday 3/22/16 at midnight: Click on the "Assignments" link on Blackboard to view readings, assignments, journals, and discussion for week two. Readings for Week 2 (for Reader Response Journal) 1.  Chapter 2, “Technology and Changing Literacies” in Content Area Literacy Textbook (CAL) 2.  Chapter 6: "Unit and Lesson Planning" in CAL Textbook Reading (for Week 2 Discussion Board) 1.  Jamison, S. (2007). Popular Culture and Literacy Learning: Negotiating Meaning with Everyday Literacies. Review the directions for Tutoring Assignment: Part I of Content Area Literacy Project Classroom Observation Week 2 Assignment: Part I of Content Area Literacy Project Complete your classroom observation by the end of week two.  Select a student to tutor.  In this project you are required to spend a minimum of six (6) hours over the course of the term working with an individual student who is struggling in content area reading comprehension. Part 1--Content Area Classroom Observation       Point Value:  25                     Observe a lesson in your content area or a content of interest to you (be sure that you are knowledgeable enough to tutor someone else in the content subject). You should observe the same teacher for at least one lesson (but you may choose to do additional observations).   Look for evidence during the lesson that relates to the following questions: (1)   Which content standards and concepts are addressed in the lesson? (2)   How does the teacher connect to students’ prior knowledge and develop interest in the lesson? (3)   What instructional strategies are used to engage students in the lesson and support their learning (i.e., pre-reading, during reading, post reading strategies)? (4)   What instructional materials and/or multimedia resources are used to help students learn the content? (5)   How did the teacher differentiate instruction to meet the needs of English learners, students with special needs, and gifted students? (6)   How did the teacher assess student understanding during the lesson (formative assessment) and at the end of the lesson (summative assessment)? (7)   What is your perception of the teacher’s attitude towards the content subject? (8)   What is your perception of the students’ attitudes towards the content subject? (9)   What did you see as strengths of the lesson?  What are areas for improvement?  (10)What other insights do you have about the instructional processes that you observed? Write a 2-3 page paper which includes: a description of the observation, content subject and topic, the name of the teacher, date and time of the observation, and answers to the questions listed above.  You will submit this report through an assigned Blackboard link in the course. Part 1 of the Tutoring Assignment Observation is due on: Tuesday 3/22/16 by midnight.  If the link on Blackboard is not working for you, please e mail me the assignment as an attachment so that I can give you full credit.  Assignment: Begin preparation of “To Teach Me is to Know Me” Creative Project that is due the day before our week 4 class on Tuesday 3/29/16 by midnight. Discussion Threads:   Using Popular Culture as a Bridge to Content Comprehension Understanding the Digital Generation Preparation: Begin Tutoring Project Field work Tutoring Project Overview (3 Parts) Part 1=Observation-take notes on the questions below-write about what you observe 2-3 pages. Part 2=Development and Implementation Plan-Follow headings in bold scan or include a photo of your journal log with hours and signatures and include samples of student work in section VI. Part 3=Summary Report on Tutoring-Follow headings in bold sections I-IV and describe assessments used and explain the results in the last part of your paper.  (Student work should only be included in part 2 of the tutoring project) Part 3 is the only part of the tutoring that will be turned in via LIVE TEXT. What do you need to bring with you when you observe a student in a classroom this week? 1.  Parent permission slip form  2. Teacher Permission slip form 3.  Class Observation description (See Below) 4. Paper to take notes on anything else that you observe that you think might help you when you write your PART 1 Observation report. All of these documents can be found in Blackboard under: Course Information: Assignments and Rubrics  Part 1--Content Area Classroom Observation Content Area Literacy Project Point Value: 25 Observe a lesson in your content area or a content of interest to you (be sure that you are knowledgeable enough to tutor someone else in the content subject). You should observe the same teacher for at least one lesson (but you may choose to do additional observations). Look for evidence during the lesson that relates to the following questions: (1) Which content standards and concepts are addressed in the lesson? (2) How does the teacher connect to students’ prior knowledge and develop interest in the lesson? (3) What instructional strategies are used to engage students in the lesson and support their learning (i.e., pre-reading, during reading, post reading strategies)? (4) What instructional materials and/or multimedia resources are used to help students learn the content? (5) How did the teacher differentiate instruction to meet the needs of English learners, students with special needs, and gifted students? (6) How did the teacher assess student understanding during the lesson (formative assessment) and at the end of the lesson (summative assessment)? (7) What is your perception of the teacher’s attitude towards the content subject? (8) What is your perception of the students’ attitudes towards the content subject? (9) What did you see as strengths of the lesson? What are areas for improvement? (10)What other insights do you have about the instructional processes that you observed? Write a 2-3 page paper which includes: a description of the observation, content subject and topic, the name of the teacher, date and time of the observation, and answers to the questions listed above. You will submit this report through an assigned Blackboard link in the course.