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The Continuum of Literacy Learning

Submitted by: Faith Hunter

Tomorrow’s faculty meeting is a Department Meeting that will include our learning specialists. We will meet in Elizabeth and Maria’s room promptly at 3:30.
If you are up for a little bit of foundational reading we have attached an article. It would be helpful if you can read even just the first and last two pages prior to the meeting. We will have copies at our meetings and can spend the first 10 minutes debriefing.
Topic:
This meeting is the first in a series of meetings on the topic of Coherence that the curriculum coordinators and I have planned together.
  • We will begin with a focus on literacy.
  • We will examine a description of competencies of effective readers and writers from four year olds to fourth graders.
  • We will introduce a particular tool, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, to ensure consistency and coherence in our approach.
  • We will consider how this tool can help us meet the differentiated needs of our students while ensuring a consistent experience.

We look forward to a productive meeting.

Warm regards,

Beth, Sarah, Charissa, and Faith

 

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Lower School SeeSaw Pilot

Submitted by: Faith Hunter

Seesaw Study Group

Here is the email Celeste sent:

We are looking for a few volunteers to form as a “study group” and to “re-pilot” this online resource called Seesaw with your students. Seesaw is an application that documents students’ learning and understanding and we think that it could be a useful tool for documenting students’ work. In short, it’s like a portfolio, but a digital version.
We would work closely together to learn and explore the various ways it could be used (including the option to a visit to a neighboring school that is using Seesaw) and then after a trial period, come together to see if this is something we could use with our students as they move through Lower School and into Middle School.
Here are two videos (one from Seesaw, the other from a teacher who uses Seesaw) describing it more.
Please reply directly to me here if you would like to learn more and thank YOU for considering!