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=Day 5: Using Online Assessment Data to Inform Literacy Instruction=

Below are brief descriptions of the morning and afternoon sessions. Click on the documents to read in-depth lesson plans for each session.

NOTE: Teachers meet for Day 5 in October after using the action plans created during Day 4 of the training. At this point, K-2 students have taken the first round of the Discovery Education Reading and Math Assessments.

Morning:



Participants will bring their students’ Discovery Education Reading Data. Within grade-level teams, teachers will talk about areas of the test in which students struggled. I will demonstrate a lesson using my interactive white board, Discovery Streaming, and an interactive chart to re-teach a concept with which my students struggled on the first test. Teachers will work together to create at least one lesson with which students across classes struggled. Groups will share their plans. Before this session ends, participants will write down any questions they still have about integrating technology into literacy instruction.

Afternoon:



Teachers will receive copies of the action plans they created during the first four days. In groups, teachers will share how they think they did in terms of technology integration and following the action plans they created for themselves. We will have a conversation about success stories in terms of integrating technology, as well as challenges we have faced when trying to use technology. Teachers will brainstorm suggestions for the challenges others faced. Grade-level teams will meet to discuss technology integration for the current/next unit of reading, writing, and word study. Teachers will use planning documents to record how they will integrate IWBs, iPads, and online resources into the different components of the literacy block. The session will end with an evaluation of the entire workshop.