Beginning the first two sessions with Richard Allington and Rachel Gabriel’s framework from ‘Every Child, Every Day’, we will examine ‘what works’.  Their 6 strategies that each child should experience each day will be demonstrated in practical ways that you can immediately take back to the classroom and apply them. As teachers, we know that no two groups of children are the same.  With this in mind, you will learn how to use a class profile to better understand the strengths and stretches of your particular class.  This information will help organize for whole class, small group, and individual instruction and help set and monitor goals for reading.

In the third session, a model that includes all the elements of reading will be introduced.  We will focus on how to explicitly teach the component parts of reading – both word study and creating meaning. 

In the fourth session, we reflect on our current classroom practice, examine our readers’ growth, and set goals and plans for the remainder of the year.  Some questions that could be considered include: Who needs more support?  What can this look like? What other whole class reading/writing sequences can I try?  How can I improve and include more 1:1 quick reading conferences?

Each participating teacher will receive a teacher resource book as well as several texts to use as read-alouds or mentor texts with your class.  Each division will have a half time K-3 literacy coach who will be available to collaborate with you on this initiative.