There are ________ critical questions about students' work time.
What is four?
At least once a week, you will have this to meet with students where you will get feedback, get questions answered, and discuss how the unit is going for the student.
What is a video or phone conference?
Agreements developed by the community for the community to detail how everyone will feel safe, cared for, and able to work their best in the online environment.
What are community agreement and norms?
1) Connect
2) Research
3) Compliment
4) Teach
5) Coach
6) Link
What is the structure for conferring online?
-Connection (1-2 minutes)
-Teach (2-3 minutes)
-Active Engagement (2-3 minutes)
-Link (30 seconds)
*Total time 10 minutes
What is a Synchronous/Live Minilesson (10minutes)?
Used as an alternative when schools and public libraries closed for COVID.
What is an e-book?
A helpful support as students work independently.
What is a Partnership or Writing Clubs?
Meeting with the whole class, small groups, or individuals, gives students a chance to connect with friends and classmates in real time.
What is videoconferencing?
1) Research
2) Compliment and Teach
3) Link
What is the structure of an "Asynchronous almost-conference"?
-Connection (30 seconds)
-Teach (1-2 minutes)
-Active Engagement (30 Seconds)
-Link (30 seconds)
*Total Time (2-3minutes)
What is an asynchronous/recorded microlesson (2-3 minutes)
Students should meet this amount of times in partnerships or book clubs to discuss the book they are reading, read together, and share updates.
What is once or twice a week?
-Booklets have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
-Paper and pen do not require internet access.
-With screens closed, composing is free of digital distractions.
-Students can sketch on paper to plan out writing.
What are some advantages of composing on paper?
Typically starts with a demonstration that lasts a few minutes, followed by a chanced for children to practice while you listen in and provide feedback and support.
What is a minilesson?
A conversation in writing.
What is a "written conversation"?
-Swap and share
-Little Free Libraries
-Book Drives
-Baggies by Bus
-Deliveries
-Book Drives
How can you give students access to paper books?
-Stop and sketch the who, what, and where.
-Sketch a picture of each character in your reader's notebook.
-Pause your audiobook to quickly picture the setting.
What is modifications for Audiobooks and/or Podcasts?
-You and writing partners can offer feedback with ease in shared documents.
-Students can coauthor writing by sharing texts with friends and writing partners.
-Instant tools such as spell-check and grammar-check are available.
What are some advantages of composing on-screen?
-Be animated.
-Use home-made visuals.
-Avoid rerecording
-Resist the urge to make elaborate slides.
-Teach students how to do vs. what to do.
What are microlesson tips?
1) Praise
2) Wonder
3) Polish
*Engage Writing Partnerships and Clubs
What is the structure the students should follow for giving feedback?
Does not mean ALWAYS working alone?
What is Independent Practice?
-Choose books with your Identity in Mind
-Chapter-End Stop Signs.
-Paraphrase chunks, then put it together.
What are From the Reading Strategies Book?
As much as possible, this is best if it is manageable for your students?
What is off-screen?
Encourages students to notice and name writing craft that they might try out on their own writing.
What is a Mentor Text?
Small-group structure where you are scaffolding students' reading development across a series of increasingly complex texts.
What is Guided Reading Online?
Encourages a higher volume, better quality of writing, and more choices for the students.
What is a blank paper?