RDG 315 Syllabus

RDG 315, Comprehensive Reading Instruction I
Fall Semester, 2004
Catherine Kurkjian, Ed.D

Course Outline
Fall 2004

SESSION 1	August 31
In-Class Agenda	Introductions, Online Syllabus & Course Requirements, Internet Literacy Case Study Assignment Pre Assessment, Concept Web, Info related to course, Meet Mrs. Granato: Anchor
Preparation for Next Class	Complete Scavenger Hunt of online syllabus. What are the teaching principles on which the course is based? Read Rog Chapter 1, & 2 : Consider: 1. What are the components of a balanced literacy program? 2.Which principles relate to which components of a balanced program? 3.What does the rest of the class do during Guided Reading? Access your assigned Internet Case Study- and spend some time viewing case
SESSION 2	September 7
In-Class Agenda	Review online syllabus scavenger hunt, and paper version of syllabus.12 Research Based Teaching Competencies/Objectives Balanced Literacy Small Group Discussion and whole class discussions Go over assignment for next time Meet Mrs. Granato
Preparation for Next Class	Read online article: in full Just Think of the Possibilities: Formats for Reading Instruction in the Elementary Classroom by Kimberly Kimbell-Lopez http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=kimbell-lopez/index.html Visit Literature Circles.com and read an article on literature circles to share in class. http://www.literaturecircles.com/ Focus on your assigned format and be prepared to work within a small group of four classmates to create a poster session that will teach the rest of the class about the format under consideration. Please make sure you visit suggested websites for your assigned format.(Shared Reading/Read-Aloud/Guided Reading/Readers Theatre/Sustained Silent Reading/Literature Circles) By the end of this session your classmates should be able to identify what is important about these method frameworks and to compare and contrast them. (See Rubric)
SESSION 3	September 14 POSTER SESSION
In-Class Agenda	Reading Lesson formats. Poster Session Final Preparation and Presentations
Preparation for Next Class	Read Rog Chapter 3 and 4 Materials and Assessment/Running Records Consider the role that assessment plays in Guided Reading Visit this website on Running Records http://canadaonline.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2 F%2Fwww.sarasota.k12.fl.us%2Fsarasota%2Frunrecds.htm
SESSION 4	September 21
In-Class Agenda	Text Selection Workshop and Introduction to Running Records/Retellings Guided Reading Running Records (view PowerPoint) Goldilocks Strategy
Preparation for Next Class	You will view a designated Target Child in Mrs. Granato’s classroom: View Interview, Parent Interview, Teacher Interview, Work samples, Running Records and other instances in which the child appeared in the Case Study. You will write a paper on this child to hand in on Sept. 28^th(See Checklist). Come prepared to discuss this child in an in-depth way. Think about what questions you have that are unanswered by the Video Case Study. In what ways did Mrs. Granato support the child’s literacy development.
SESSION 5	September 28 DUE: Internet Case Study Paper
In-Class Agenda	Target children compare/contrast activity. HAND IN THINK SHEET Interest Inventory More on Running Records and Retelling View Mrs. Granato: Teaching segments on Guided Reading: assessment, leveled books, book bins, small group instruction, Writing Workshop
Preparation for Next Class	Read Rog Chapter 5, Miller Chapter 9 and view PowerPoint presentation samples on Cyberlesson
SESSION 6	October 5th Class at Marcus White PC Lab
In-Class Agenda	Introduce Cyberlesson Method Framework, Before, During, After and Beyond GUIDED READING FRAMEWORK Before, During and After and Beyond Reading Strategies
Preparation for Next Class	Read Rog 6 and 7 visit http://teams.lacoe.edu/reading/assessments/assessments.html Scroll down to Concepts About Print. What are the concepts about print being assessed?
SESSION 7	October 12
In-Class Agenda	Emergent and Early Readers Identifying target students in videocase studies
Preparation for Next Class	Prepare for Midterm Responsible for Chapters 1-7, Power Points and In-class areas of focus
SESSION 8	October 19
In-Class Agenda	Midterm: Short answer, fill in blank, essay
Preparation for Next Class	Read Rog Chapter 8 & 9
SESSION 9	October 26
In-Class Agenda	Developing and Fluent Readers Identifying developing and fluent case study readers
Preparation for Next Class	Chapter Rog 10 and 11 View: http://teams.lacoe.edu/reading/assessments/assessments.html At the site sample some Phonemic Awareness Assessment tools to get an understanding of what phonemic awareness entails. View the Phonics Inventory to see how this assessment works. Try to get an understanding of what phonics entails based on this assessment. What is the difference between phonological, phonemic awareness and phonics? Bring these ideas with you to discuss in class.
SESSION 10	November 2 Consider attending/volunteering CRA- Nov. 4^th and 5^th
In-Class Agenda	Phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary and high frequency words
Preparation for Next Class	Read Rog Chapter 12, Miller Chapter 5
SESSION 11	November 9 DUE: Interest Inventory/Running Records/Retelling
In-Class Agenda	Schema and comprehension strategies
Preparation for Next Class	Read Miller Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 QAR EXTRA CREDIT: Select a text, read it, write a brief summary and then generate QAR’s for Before, During, After and Beyond, Tell expected response in order to designate what kind of QAR it is
SESSION 12	November 16
In-Class Agenda	Mental Images and Digging Deeper
Preparation for Next Class	Read Miller Chapter 8 and Chapter 9
SESSION 13	November 23 DUE: Children's Literature RRJ
In-Class Agenda	Inferring and Asking Questions
Preparation for Next Class	Read Miller Chapter 10, Rog Chapter 14
SESSION 14	November 30
In-Class Agenda	Teaching Nonfiction
Preparation for Next Class	Complete final Cyberlesson
SESSION 15	December 7 DUE: Cyberlesson
In-Class Agenda	Share Cyber lesson Post Assessments Preparation for Final Exam
FINALS	December 13-17 Date and time TBA

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Grading

CT Teaching Competencies

Chapter Rog 10 and 11

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