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Think about what you have learned about classroom organization and grouping routines from Professor Paratore’s comments and the classroom examples. Write a summary of what you have learned. Use the following questions to guide your thinking. When you have finished, save your written summary to submit as an assignment and, if you are taking this workshop for credit, include it in your Literacy Practices Portfolio.
If you are taking this workshop for credit, the final project begins here. As you complete each session, you will be putting together a portfolio of ideas and strategies to enhance your practice. When you have finished, save your written summary to submit as an assignment. Your portfolio for this workshop will include the following:
Use the questions below to guide your thinking as you document your current practices, as well as changes you would like to make.
Include your written response from What Do You Do? Also, describe the current organization of your classroom.
Include your written response from What Did You Learn? Then:
Choose one instructional change from your list that you will implement now. What is your thinking behind making this change? Describe the change in detail and explain how it will be implemented (e.g., an instructional practice, a lesson plan, a plan for modeling a strategy, etc.). What are the expected outcomes for student learning?
Write a brief reflection about what worked when you implemented this change and what you will change the next time you teach this lesson. (If you are taking this workshop during the summer, describe the learning goals and expected outcomes of this change.)
In this section of your portfolio, you will include samples of student work that reflect the changes you made. How did the students become better readers, writers, thinkers, and communicators as a result of the change you made? You may want to include some of the following pieces of evidence: