Session-at-a-Glance Time Session & Learning Purpose of this Session Key Instructional Core Documents/ Resources Targets Practices & Protocols Section 1 Opening and Framing Introduce targets and connect to other PPT Participant’s Notebook sessions. PPT 5 mins Section 2 The Importance of a Help participants understand the What/So What/Now EL Document -- Importance Volume of Reading importance of students reading a lot about What Notetaking of Volume of Reading. 10 mins any given topic. Samples of additional texts lists from modules. Section 3 The Experiment Simulate the experience of being a better Simulation Fish Texts “Fish” reader because you have knowledge. End 30 mins this chunk of the agenda by sharing the Experiment” research. “Baseball Section 4 Making Decisions about During this time participants discuss a Simulation Fish texts Texts hypothetical set” and discuss how “text 35 mins they sequence the texts to increase students’ motivation and knowledge. Section 5 Check for Understanding Participants discuss various scenarios of Rank Ordering Case Volume of Reading case teachers implementing the of Studies studies “volume 10 mins reading” principles. They discuss which scenarios most fit the recommendations of the Common Core. Detailed Agenda
Session-at-a-Glance Time Session & Learning Targets Purpose of this Session Key Instructional Practices & Protocols Core Documents/ Resources Section 1 5 mins Opening and Framing Introduce targets and connect to other sessions. PPT Participant’s Notebook PPT Section 2 10 mins The Importance of a Volume of Reading Help participants understand the importance of students reading a lot about any given topic. What/So What/Now What Notetaking EL Document -- Importance of Volume of Reading. Samples of additional texts lists from modules. Section 3 30 mins The “Fish” Experiment Simulate the experience of being a better reader because you have knowledge. End this chunk of the agenda by sharing the “Baseball Experiment” research. Simulation Fish Texts Section 4 35 mins Making Decisions about Texts During this time participants discuss a hypothetical “text set” and discuss how they sequence the texts to increase students’ motivation and knowledge. Simulation Fish texts Section 5 10 mins Check for Understanding Participants discuss various scenarios of teachers implementing the “volume of reading” principles. They discuss which scenarios most fit the recommendations of the Common Core. Rank Ordering Case Studies Volume of Reading case studies Detailed Agenda
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