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✓ Charting the Research form (see Appendix)
✓ Learning log
✓ IRA’s position statement Family–School Partnerships: Essential
Elements of Literacy Instruction in the United States (optional; available
at www.reading.org)
For you:
✓ Chart paper and markers
Session Activities
Initiating learning
With the Think-Pair-Share strategy (Lyman, 1981), learners discuss
new ideas and have the opportunity to put them in the context of
prior learning and to clarify misunderstandings. It’s an activity that
requires response—and therefore keeps participants on task.
1. Prompt participants to think about their early reading
experiences.
2. Next, they discuss their early experiences with an elbow
partner.
3. Finally, during a group share, record reflections on factors that
contribute to successes and struggles in learning to read.
Interactive group design
In table groups, participants should explore targeted research studies
presented in Chapter 3 and capture key findings on the Charting the
Research graphic organizer.
Learning logs: Reflection and application
In their learning logs, participants should reflect on how a deeper
understanding of research supporting family literacy might help them
bring home and school literacy together for parents and students.
Extended Learning
Participants, working independently or with a partner, should choose
one of the following and be prepared to share their findings with the
group at the next session.
From the Professional Development Edition of What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction
(3rd ed.), © 2009 International Reading Association.
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