March+9,+2010

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=**Agenda**=
 * ~ Time ||~ Topic ||~ Facilitator ||~ Method ||~ Outcomes ||~ Materials ||
 * minutes || Name topic here || Who will facilitate? || What protocol or activity will be used? || What are the intended outcomes? || What materials are required? ||

=**Meeting Notes**=

Notes from Activities:
On March 9, 2010, the Literacy Support Network met from 1:00-4:00 in the Board Auditorium of the Hattie Mae White ESC. **The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Arpil 13 from 1:00-4:00 in the Board Auditorium of the Hattie Mae ESC. (Please note that the March 23 site visit has been cancelled). ** NORTH: Brown, Sheila (MC Williams), Caldwell, George (McReynolds) SOUTH: Thornton, Sonya (Hartman), Fowler, Jennifer (Sharpstown FP), Johnson, Jennifer (TH Rogers) EAST: Boze, Lisa (Ortiz), Carter, Shera (Rusk), Davis, Melody (Project Chrysalis), McMillan, Kathy (Jackson), Palacios, Patricia (Furr FP), Raymond, Roberta (Austin FP) WEST: McBride, Allison (Westside FP), Ussin, Vernitra (Long) CENTRAL: Collins, Sheila (Gregory-Lincoln), Frerking, Carolyn (Hogg), Ridley, Mary (Ryan), Thompson, Tanya (Rice) ALTERNATIVE: The focus of the meeting was implementation of the 6-step process of //**Language! **//the district's middle school Tier III reading intervention program. Project-manager, Tammi Docket-Wilson facilitated the work. Part I consisted of Tammi reviewing the key components of each of the steps. Part II consisted of coaches viewing video vignettes of teachers in each of the six steps and in practicing the use of the observation script form (see attached). Below is a list of key points that were made: **Word Recognition and Spelling ** **Vocabulary and Morphology ** **Grammar and Usage ** **Listening/Reading and Speaking/Writing **
 * Absent members: **
 * Phonemic Awareness and Phonics **
 * Nothing is written
 * Pocket charts are used
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">10 minutes in length
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Use of interactive text (this means an interaction between teacher and student NOT to be used as a workbook)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">student use of linguistic terminology
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">essential/high frequency words are not sounded out
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">bonus words are for students who have progressed and need extension--not for all
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">10 minutes in length
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students begin to use text and dictionaries
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students are sounding out words and discussing word parts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">concepts learned in earlier lessons will be reiterated as part of the //**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Language! **//program
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">student use of "build it" and "bank it" cards (stored in baggies)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students begin to see that words can have more than one meaning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students can be heard "chiming in"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">graphic organizers are used (can be utilized via a Smart Board also)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students work together
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">very few components can be left out of this segment--it is that crucial to the //**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Language! **//system
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">15 minutes in length
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">this step builds on the knowledge gained in step three
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">masterpiece sentences are used to help students build sentences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">diagramming helps to make the abstract grammatical concepts concrete
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">15 minutes in length
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">these steps are an application of all that students have learned in steps 1-4 (this is why it is crucial in //**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Language! **//not to skip a step
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students work in partners
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">all work does not have to be graded (note that Content Mastery tests must be graded)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Challenge Text must NOT be used on day one--this text requires a day of its own
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">20 minutes in length
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students are seen to use graphic organizers and be involved in a variety of writing assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">students are heard discussing because teacher is asking questions before students begin their writing assignments