Description
Please note this workshop is being held at Goldfields Baptist College.
At least one term of classroom practice using Comprehension Strategy Instruction (Stage 3) is a prerequisite for this workshop.
WORKSHOP PART 1: Getting the routine right (STAGE 3 Refresher plus STAGE 4 – THE DEEP FIVE: Getting started)
SHARP READING focuses on the GUIDED READING component of your reading program. Participants explore a simple routine for teaching the advanced comprehension strategies students need to progress as they encounter increasingly complex texts.
This workshop includes:
Stage 3: Sharpening The Three Steps (constructing meaning)
Stage 4: The Deep 5 (Constructing Meaning) - Adding 5 of the most important comprehension strategies to the reader's toolbox to help interpret and clarify the literal meaning of sentences.
* Visualisation, Prior Knowledge, Asking Questions, Forming Hypotheses, Making connections within text – these are all familiar but SharpReading gives them a very different treatment.
Part 1 of Sharp Reading Advanced Comprehension is a prerequisite for this workshop.
This workshop builds on constructing meaning strategies covered in PART 1. Advanced Comprehension provides students with strategies to deepen their thinking as they read, making text meaningful and memorable, providing a sound basis for analysis and evaluation of text.
WORKSHOP PART 2: STAGE 4 – 6 Consolidating the DEEP FIVE & Analysis and Evaluation of texts
SHARP READING focuses on the GUIDED READING component of your reading program. Participants explore further components of THE DEEP FIVE (Stage 4) routine for teaching the advanced comprehension strategies, and apply these to analyse and evaluate texts.
This workshop includes:
Stage 4: The Deep 5 (Constructing Meaning) – Developing the quality of the advanced comprehension strategies learned in PART 1 to deepen students’ thinking as they read. ( Visualisation, Prior Knowledge, Asking Questions, Forming Hypotheses, Making connections within text).
Stage 5: Analysing Text (Critical Thinking) - now is the time to introduce 'big picture' or whole text thinking. The analysis of narrative and non-fiction text will be explored.
Stage 6: Evaluating Text (Critical Thinking) - once meaning has been constructed and the content analysed the reader is in the position to be able to evaluate the quality of the text.
Resources:
- 12 months of online tutorials. (PART 2)
- Twelve months of small step, at-your-own pace learning with tutorials, video modelling and supporting resources.
Target Audience:
Principals, Literacy Leaders, Primary and Secondary Teachers, Support Teachers and Teacher Assistants
Presenters
Christopher Witt (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant | Animal Ethics Executive Officer
Christopher Witt joined AISWA in 2009. Prior to that he was a Consultant at STEPS Professional Development. At STEPS, Chris developed a literacy resource for secondary teachers: Tactical Teaching Reading. It included materials and professional learning courses and had great success nationally and internationally, helping many secondary teachers to successfully support literacy across their curriculum area.
After teaching for 25 years, Chris worked in various advisory and consultancy roles in curriculum improvement. He has been at AISWA for 12 years as a Literacy Consultant providing support for teachers and schools in professional learning and literacy improvement initiatives. This includes Sharp Reading, First Steps and Primary Connections. Key PL programs developed by Chris at AISWA include Scaffolding Adolescent Literacy and Programming and Assessment in English (P-10).
Jill Buckrell (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant
Jill Buckrell is a Literacy Consultant with previous experience as a teacher and school leader in both urban and remote schools. She has a strong commitment to improving literacy outcomes for Aboriginal students and has been involved in several major Indigenous Education initiatives in the past as a school principal in remote WA and the Northern Territory. Jill began work at AISWA as a literacy consultant in 2012 and is involved in a number of key professional learning initiatives including: Big Six, Hot Readers and Data Conversations to Target Instruction (literacy). She is also an accredited Sharp Reading presenter and manages the implementation of this program in Western Australia. Jill co-organises the annual Broome Conference for remote Aboriginal schools. Jill’s particular interest lies in the research, development and application of quality literacy strategies and opportunities for students who underachieve in literacy.
Kerry Handley (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant
Kerry Handley is a Literacy Consultant with many years of experience. She has worked in the WA education system as a classroom teacher, K-7 district coordinator and a consultant. Before joining AISWA, in 2012, Kerry was part of the team that reconceptualised and wrote the First Steps 2nd Edition resource and associated professional development. In this role she presented to educators around the world and spent four years living in the USA. She is one of the presenters of the Sharp Reading program and has a particular interest in assisting teachers in remote aboriginal schools.
Kerry has a Masters of Education, a Graduate Diploma in Intercultural Studies and a Diploma of Teaching. She is passionate about helping improve literacy outcomes for all students.
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Segments
Part 1
Date / Time
15 May 2017 Starts: 16:00 Finishes: 18:00Delivery Format : In Person
Goldfields Baptist College
PL Hours : 2.00
Part 2
Date / Time
16 May 2017 Starts: 16:00 Finishes: 18:00Delivery Format : In Person
Goldfields Baptist College
PL Hours : 2.00
Learning Area
- Literacy
School Area
- Middle Primary (3-6)
- Secondary (7-10)
- Other (non-teaching)