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** July 19, 2010 Day 1: Year 3 Teacher Academy **
 * __Learning Targets:__ **
 * I can identify the qualities of an effective lesson that engages students and successfully supports their learning.
 * From a case study of three students, I can explain the factors that contributed to students' successes and failures.
 * I can write a summary and utilize various strategies for teaching summary writing.


 * Getting Started **

Why are we here to examine and learn ways to improve our students' literacy? What are the likely pathways for our students who graduate without the skills of a proficient reader?

**Discussion Activity** Go to the discussion tab and enter "literacy" as your subject. Reflect on the statistics you just learned about. How might this impact what you do in the classroom? How should our schools be responding to those students who are not meeting with success?


 * Sharing our Work **

Find people in the room who have the same color sticker on their index card and form a group. Determine the two people who will present their lesson. Follow the success analysis protocol which is accessed by clicking on the file below.



When both teachers have shared their lesson, chart the factors that you believe contributed to its success. Align these factors to the RA framework and be ready to share one factor from each dimension with the whole group.

**Motivating the Unmotivated**





**Discussion Activity** In reflecting upon what we know about motivation, which factors do you believe are strongly in place in your classroom? Which factors might you need to pay more attention to? What changes would you consider making to better motivate your students in your efforts to lead them to independence as learners?


 * Case Study: Examining the Learning Lives of Three High School Students **

Reflection: In the discussion tab, write "case study" as the subject. Reflect on the case study and think about what you learned from this case study. What may you think about or do differently in your classroom as a result? What might we begin to think about as a school so that ALL students receive the support and tools to be successful?


 * Summarization **









Click on the link below to read about the Blio eReader - Amazing!! Read the article once and then read a second time. As you read, write down the key words and phrases on a notecard. With your partner, choose 10 words/phrases from your list and together write a summary about the article using these words/phrases to guide the writing. Write your summary in Word. [|Blio eReader]
 * Writing Your Own Summary With a Partner **

**On Your Own** Click on one of the articles below to read. Write down key words and phrases and use these to write a 3-5 sentence summary of the article. Write your summary in Word.











**Accessing Your Metacognitive Skills** Reflect on what you did and what you had to think about, as you prepared to write your summary. See if you can name the strategy you used or give language to your approach to writing a summary.

Find your Rita's Partner and share your summary "how to." How is your partner's approach similar or different?

Why do you think the strategies used may vary from article to article? Why did we model and have you practice with texts that were differrent from the text you used to practice alone?

**Additional Ideas for Teaching the Skill of Summarization**



**Discussion Activity** Under the discussion tab, please type "summarization" as your topic. Respond to how you anticipate utilizing summarization in your instructional practices and how this strategy could support your students' learning. When finished, please respond to one other posting.

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