MCLP Presents…THE RIGHT FIT: Selecting Literacy Strategies to Support the Literacy Demands of Unit Lessons
What? This three-session course will offer DEEP area educators an opportunity to review and revise their units to incorporate literacy and learning support strategies. During each of the sessions, teachers will work on a unit they are already using in their classes. They will have the chance to reflect on the literacy demands and the thinking required in each unit lesson, identify specific literacy and learning strategies to help students meet those demands, and practice modeling the strategies using the Gradual Release of Responsibility. Student motivation and engagement will be addressed through a discussion about collaborative routines.
When? March 31, April 1, April 7
Where? Ellsworth High School, Melissa Davis’s Room
Time? 3:45 to 5:30
Audience? High School and Middle School Teachers
Contact Hours: 5 contact hours awarded.
Cost: None
Materials to bring to the first session:
1.A unit that you would like to work on, plus any texts (books, articles, manuals, etc.)and films that you use in lessons during this unit.
2.Copies of literacy strategies that you might have in your possession already.