This course consist of 30 hours of online assignments and activities. Educators will receive 3.0 CEUs after the completion of this course. CEUs are issued by The Education Consortium. We can deliver this course online or onsite**. The cost for the online delivery is $65.
Workshop Description: When it comes to improving reading comprehension in middle school, students are often more open to creative exercises. By middle school many of them should be good readers, but reading comprehension should be the catalyst. Reading comprehension must be improved and enhanced as they prepare for high school and college settings. Reading comprehension as well as general comprehension abilities are foundational in how successful a student will be in the educational process, and ultimately out in the workplace. The National Reading Panel has stated that comprehension is an active process requiring a thoughtful and intentional interaction between both the reader and the text being read. Improving reading comprehension middle school students will be much better prepared to take on the more challenging curriculum in high school and college.There are a number of ways that teachers can help improve the reading comprehension of middle schoolers. -education.cu-portland.edu This workshop requires educators to implement new or improve current strategies in their education setting. All teachers will participant in peer classroom observations for learning and improving current practices. A district, school and teachers have to find the right balance for their environment. You will need a mentor or administrator to complete some parts of this workshop. This workshop includes activities for creating your own S.M.A.R.T. goals. Teachers are strongly encouraged to participate in this activity as part of workshop. Discussions and chats are available for all educators to further engage in this activity. We also provide a PLC tool for teachers to use in their school. The PLC and the S.M.A.R.T goal tool is available for use after the completion of this workshop. Each workshop has teacher workload information and activity. This discusses the need for balance of teacher workload. It is meant for teacher encouragement and accountability. The workloads of teachers is something that can be addressed through consistent team collaboration. Team collaboration is strongly encouraged in all workshops. The coursework involves reading assignments that aides in thoroughly understanding the learning objective. Teachers are required to submit a lesson snippet of the learning objective. This is for the implementing the learning objective in real time. The workshop provides a peer observation activity to further ensure the learning objective is being used. It is the intent that all the activities, discussion and assessments help the educator achieve the needed outcome(s). This workshop will focus on the following areas:
UNIT/WEEK 1 Learning Objective: Developing and implementing proven strategic reading activities | (1) Share some creative ideas on how you use Skim and Scan? (2) In your grade level, did your students already understand the concept? (3) Can skimming and scanning can be problematic for students? (4) Share your pros or cons?
UNIT/WEEK2
Learning Objective: Infuse and promote constant comprehension with your students | (1) Describe how you assist students in tackling the deeper meaning of text for comprehension? (2) Do find ways to help them connect new information with personal experience? (3) Share some of your strategies.UNIT/WEEK3
Learning Objective: Building a strong vocabulary for your students | (1) How are you developing a vocabulary in your subject area? (2) If you are a English Language Arts teacher...how you working with other subject areas? (3) What is the most challenging issue you face with building vocabulary? (4) How do most students respond? (5) Please share some successes!UNIT/WEEK4
Learning Objective: Implement ways of increasing the fluency of student reading: Speed, Accuracy, Expression | (1) Based on the readings... what strategies do you use and how do you use them? (2) What are some challenges to implementing these strategies? (3) How do you plan for exceptional education students? (4) How do you collaborate with specialist?Extended Activities Create Plan of Action using one of the following: S.M.A.R.T. Goals Authentic Task Approach
Extended Activities Components of Action Plan: Identify task Gather data Develop strategies Implement plan
Some References:
- Mack, Dinah (2009, November 09). Skimming and Scanning: Using The Times to Develop Reading Skills. Retrieved from https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/skimming-and-scanning-using-the-times-to-develop-reading-skills/?_r=0
- (2013, November 14). How to Teach Students the Skill of Preview Skimming for Improved Reading Comprehension. Retrieved from http://www.marzanocenter.com/blog/article/how-to-teach-students-the-skill-of-preview-skimming-for-improved-reading-co/
- (2014, January 19). Skimming: The Overlooked Close Reading Skill. Retrieved from http://www.middleweb.com/12133/skimming-overlooked-close-reading-skill/
- Thole, Abah (2009, June). Improving Reading Skills through Skimming and Scanning. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/9024913/Improving_Reading_Skills_through_Skimming_and_Scanning_Techniques_at_a_Public_School_Action_Research
- Klemm, Bill (2009, May 14). 8 Tips To Remember What You Read. Retrieved from https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2009/05/14/8-tips-to-remember-what-you-read/
- Bafile, Cara (2016, December, 15). Vocabulary and Spelling: Do Your Students Say ‘Boring’? Retrieved from http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson241.shtml
- Alber, Rebecca (2014, January 16). Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber
- Wessling, Sarah (2014, January 16). Video Playlist: 5 Vocabulary Strategies. Retrieved from https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/08/29/5-vocabulary-strategies/
- Stancliffe, George (1999, October). Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself. Retrieved from http://www.backwoodshome.com/teach-speed-reading-to-your-children-even-if-you-cant-speed-read-yourself/
- Kiehl, Kasey (2013, August 11). 5 STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE READING FLUENCY. Retrieved from http://middleschoolteachertoliteracycoach.blogspot.com/2013/08/5-strategies-to-improve-reading-fluency.html
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