mCLASS®: Reading 3D
mCLASS®: Reading 3D™ Amplify Atlas™ Edition Close Reading and the Common Core
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Objectives By the end of the session participants will be able to: •
Explain the differences between STEP and Atlas
•
Identify how mCLASS®:Reading 3D™ Amplify Atlas™ Edition supports the Common Core Standards for ELA
•
Use close reading strategies to address the demands of the Common Core
2
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
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Expectations Listen & Take Turns Minimize Repeats
Share & Interact
4
Atlas Overview •
Native to the Common Core
•
76 field-tested books
•
Guided-reading levels A to Z
•
Timothy Shanahan, PhD, Elfrieda Hiebert, PhD, and Diane Deford, PhD, guided Atlas Development based on early literacy research
5
Multiple Genres Fables, folktales, poetry, realistic fiction and nonfiction texts
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Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
7
Comparing STEP and Atlas
p.58
Activity 1.1 1. Turn to the Venn Diagram in your Participant Notebook. 2. Identify five similarities between STEP and Atlas and five differences. 3. Use specific evidence from the Atlas materials to support your answer.
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Analyze 1. What are the similarities you noticed between STEP and Atlas? 2. What are the differences you noticed between STEP and Atlas? 3. What are the implications for classroom instruction?
9
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
10
How Atlas is Different STEP 32 texts 24 fiction and 8 nonfiction
Atlas 76 texts 43 fiction and 33 nonfiction
Comprehension items based on STEP Comprehension items based on the design criteria Common Core standards Originally based on “Steps” of development
Cut points based on grade-level expectations of the Common Core standards
Written comprehension questions begin at Level M.
Optional written comprehension questions begin at Level F
Skips levels
Includes every level, A-Z
11
New Cut Points
p.59
12
TRC Retell/Recall (Levels A-E)
Tap Retell to access.
13
TRC Oral Comprehension (Levels D - Z)
Tap Oral Comp to access questions (Benchmark) or rubric (Progress Monitoring).
14
TRC Oral Comprehension Benchmark
Tap Correct or Incorrect to record answers to questions provided.
Progress Monitoring
Assign a score of 1-4.
15
TRC Written Comprehension (Optional: Levels F - Z)
Tap Written Comp to access the rubric.
16
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
17
CCSS Instructional Shifts
p.60
Activity 1.3
1. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language. 2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational. 3. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction.
http://www.achievethecore.org 18
Instruction Shift 1 Regular Practice with Complex Text and Its Academic Language
Glossary Historical Documents
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Instructional Shift 2 Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in Evidence from Text
20
Written Comprehension Writing Grounded in Evidence from the Text
21
Instructional Shift 3 Building Knowledge through Content-Rich Nonfiction
Support integration of language and disciplinary content.
22
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
23
Now It’s Your Turn
p.61
Activity 1.4: Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt 1. Turn to the instructional shift organizer in your Participant Notebook. 2. Work with the people at your table to find as many examples of each instructional shift as you can.
3. Use specific evidence from the Atlas materials to support your answer.
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Check for Understanding 1. Please share an example of each CCSS instructional shift in Atlas. 2. How will data from Atlas impact the implementation of CCSS instructional shifts in your classroom?
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Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
26
…students who meet the standards readily undertake the close, attentive reading that is at the heart of understanding and enjoying complex works of literature. - CCSS for ELA, page 3
A Useful Technique Read with a pencil Underline important details Circle important, unusual, or unknown vocabulary
Star central ideas Note questions Save quotations Write margin notes
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What is Close Reading?
• An interaction between reader and text • Making careful observations about a text and interpreting those observations
• Reading and rereading • Part read aloud, part read along, part independent reading
29
Close reading does not… •
Discount background knowledge
•
Limit reading to finding specific facts
•
Prevent critical analysis of argument
30
Why Close Reading? • Supports students who struggle with grade-level complex text • Helps strong readers slow down and rely less on prior knowledge
31
Close Reading in Atlas
p.64
Activity 1.6 • Read “Take Care of Your Teeth,” reading level G, literary.
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Close Reading in Atlas Which skills would a student need to answer these questions?
33
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
34
In the First Reading… •
Infer the central idea of a text and clarify the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary
35
In Subsequent Readings… Focus observations through one close-reading lens: •
Word choice
•
Structure
•
Point of view
•
Purpose
•
Textual Evidence
•
Reading Across Texts
36
Simple Close Reading Schema Step 1 Central Idea
Second read
Step 2 Unfamiliar Vocabulary
Step 6 Validate
Step 5 Analyze Connections and Patterns
First read
Step 3 a. Lens b. Filter Step 4 Find Connections and Patterns 37
Step 1 and Step 2 Unfamiliar Vocabulary and Understanding the Central Idea
38
Helping Out a Friend
p.71
Handout 1.7 •
Please locate Handout 1.7, “Helping Out a Friend,” in your Participant Notebook.
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Template for Close Reading
p.73
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Step 3a: Lens and Step 3b: Filters
41
Textual Evidence
42
Step 4: Patterns and Step 5: Analyze
43
Step 4: Patterns and Step 5: Analyze
44
Step 6: Validate
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Now It’s Your Turn!
p.74
Activity 1.9: Close Reading Lenses •
Select another close reading lens for “Helping Out a Friend.”
•
Which filters would fit that lens?
•
Complete Step 3a and Step 3b on the template.
46
Sharing the Lenses and Filters Choose a spokesperson to share your group’s work
47
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
48
Reflection 3 things I will implement
p.75
2 things I will modify and use
1 thing I still need information on
49
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
50
Online Support
51
Access Online Support
52
Help Window
53
Live Chat Available Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. ET
54
Online Training Resources
Training Icon
Evaluation
55
Additional Support
Email Contact [email protected] any time. Phone Call toll-free at (800) 823-1969, Option 3 Monday–Friday 7:00a.m.-7:00p.m. ET
56
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Objectives By the end of the session participants will be able to: •
Explain the differences between STEP and Atlas
•
Identify how mCLASS®:Reading 3D™ Amplify Atlas™ Edition supports the Common Core Standards for ELA
•
Use close reading strategies to address the demands of the Common Core
2
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
3
Expectations Listen & Take Turns Minimize Repeats
Share & Interact
4
Atlas Overview •
Native to the Common Core
•
76 field-tested books
•
Guided-reading levels A to Z
•
Timothy Shanahan, PhD, Elfrieda Hiebert, PhD, and Diane Deford, PhD, guided Atlas Development based on early literacy research
5
Multiple Genres Fables, folktales, poetry, realistic fiction and nonfiction texts
6
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
7
Comparing STEP and Atlas
p.58
Activity 1.1 1. Turn to the Venn Diagram in your Participant Notebook. 2. Identify five similarities between STEP and Atlas and five differences. 3. Use specific evidence from the Atlas materials to support your answer.
8
Analyze 1. What are the similarities you noticed between STEP and Atlas? 2. What are the differences you noticed between STEP and Atlas? 3. What are the implications for classroom instruction?
9
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
10
How Atlas is Different STEP 32 texts 24 fiction and 8 nonfiction
Atlas 76 texts 43 fiction and 33 nonfiction
Comprehension items based on STEP Comprehension items based on the design criteria Common Core standards Originally based on “Steps” of development
Cut points based on grade-level expectations of the Common Core standards
Written comprehension questions begin at Level M.
Optional written comprehension questions begin at Level F
Skips levels
Includes every level, A-Z
11
New Cut Points
p.59
12
TRC Retell/Recall (Levels A-E)
Tap Retell to access.
13
TRC Oral Comprehension (Levels D - Z)
Tap Oral Comp to access questions (Benchmark) or rubric (Progress Monitoring).
14
TRC Oral Comprehension Benchmark
Tap Correct or Incorrect to record answers to questions provided.
Progress Monitoring
Assign a score of 1-4.
15
TRC Written Comprehension (Optional: Levels F - Z)
Tap Written Comp to access the rubric.
16
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
17
CCSS Instructional Shifts
p.60
Activity 1.3
1. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language. 2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational. 3. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction.
http://www.achievethecore.org 18
Instruction Shift 1 Regular Practice with Complex Text and Its Academic Language
Glossary Historical Documents
19
Instructional Shift 2 Reading, Writing, and Speaking Grounded in Evidence from Text
20
Written Comprehension Writing Grounded in Evidence from the Text
21
Instructional Shift 3 Building Knowledge through Content-Rich Nonfiction
Support integration of language and disciplinary content.
22
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
23
Now It’s Your Turn
p.61
Activity 1.4: Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt 1. Turn to the instructional shift organizer in your Participant Notebook. 2. Work with the people at your table to find as many examples of each instructional shift as you can.
3. Use specific evidence from the Atlas materials to support your answer.
24
Check for Understanding 1. Please share an example of each CCSS instructional shift in Atlas. 2. How will data from Atlas impact the implementation of CCSS instructional shifts in your classroom?
25
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
26
…students who meet the standards readily undertake the close, attentive reading that is at the heart of understanding and enjoying complex works of literature. - CCSS for ELA, page 3
A Useful Technique Read with a pencil Underline important details Circle important, unusual, or unknown vocabulary
Star central ideas Note questions Save quotations Write margin notes
28
28
What is Close Reading?
• An interaction between reader and text • Making careful observations about a text and interpreting those observations
• Reading and rereading • Part read aloud, part read along, part independent reading
29
Close reading does not… •
Discount background knowledge
•
Limit reading to finding specific facts
•
Prevent critical analysis of argument
30
Why Close Reading? • Supports students who struggle with grade-level complex text • Helps strong readers slow down and rely less on prior knowledge
31
Close Reading in Atlas
p.64
Activity 1.6 • Read “Take Care of Your Teeth,” reading level G, literary.
32
Close Reading in Atlas Which skills would a student need to answer these questions?
33
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
34
In the First Reading… •
Infer the central idea of a text and clarify the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary
35
In Subsequent Readings… Focus observations through one close-reading lens: •
Word choice
•
Structure
•
Point of view
•
Purpose
•
Textual Evidence
•
Reading Across Texts
36
Simple Close Reading Schema Step 1 Central Idea
Second read
Step 2 Unfamiliar Vocabulary
Step 6 Validate
Step 5 Analyze Connections and Patterns
First read
Step 3 a. Lens b. Filter Step 4 Find Connections and Patterns 37
Step 1 and Step 2 Unfamiliar Vocabulary and Understanding the Central Idea
38
Helping Out a Friend
p.71
Handout 1.7 •
Please locate Handout 1.7, “Helping Out a Friend,” in your Participant Notebook.
39
Template for Close Reading
p.73
40
Step 3a: Lens and Step 3b: Filters
41
Textual Evidence
42
Step 4: Patterns and Step 5: Analyze
43
Step 4: Patterns and Step 5: Analyze
44
Step 6: Validate
45
Now It’s Your Turn!
p.74
Activity 1.9: Close Reading Lenses •
Select another close reading lens for “Helping Out a Friend.”
•
Which filters would fit that lens?
•
Complete Step 3a and Step 3b on the template.
46
Sharing the Lenses and Filters Choose a spokesperson to share your group’s work
47
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast Atlas with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
48
Reflection 3 things I will implement
p.75
2 things I will modify and use
1 thing I still need information on
49
Agenda 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Welcome and Overview Explore Atlas Compare and Contrast with STEP Key Features of Atlas Supporting CCSS Instructional Shift Scavenger Hunt Close Reading Overview Close Reading Teaching Strategies Reflection Support
50
Online Support
51
Access Online Support
52
Help Window
53
Live Chat Available Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. ET
54
Online Training Resources
Training Icon
Evaluation
55
Additional Support
Email Contact [email protected] any time. Phone Call toll-free at (800) 823-1969, Option 3 Monday–Friday 7:00a.m.-7:00p.m. ET
56
