Orange Public Schools

District Professional Development

Office of English Language Arts and Testing
September 2, 2015
Agenda
Title: Developing Readers and Writers
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Morning Session
Ice Breaker
ELA Goals
Curriculum Guide Review
Portfolio and Writing Requirements
Review of Assessment Pieces
Bulletins
Lunch (1 hour)
Afternoon Session
Overview of Balanced Literacy
Teaching in the Context of Reading
Balance of instructional formats, content/genre, levels of support, and reading and writing
Readers and Writers Workshop
Classroom environment
Student Role
Teacher Role
Administering and Analyzing Running Records
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9B9ggvAlpU
https://www.heinemann.com/shared/companionResources/E04353/Alex.pdf
Review Teachers College Reading and Writing Project resources for Running Records
Holding Reading Conferences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9vk07JkFs (Jennifer Serravallo)
Interactive Read Aloud
Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie Depaola
Leveling Books/Organizing Library
Genre
Level
http://www.perma-bound.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
https://lexile.com/fab/results/
Mobile Apps: Literacy Leveler, Scholastic Book Wizard
Task: Practice leveling various books
Getting students involved in the process