Training+Materials

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**//__Understanding & Utilizing Lexiles in the Classroom - Fall 2011__//**

Today's Information Packet -

**Fall 2011 Testing - Late October**

//**How do I use this information in my classroom?**//
 * SRI Reports - Distributed when we break
 * Identify YOUR students and know where they fall on the Lexile Chart
 * Are my students reading below, on, or above level?
 * A note on student motivation & ability level


 * Weekly Literacy Activities
 * Differentiate using www.Twurdy.com and Bloom's Leveled Sentence Starters
 * Quick, easy, leveled, STUDENT-DRIVEN learning. Teacher as "guide on the side", not "sage on the stage"


 * //**See the information packet for information on incorporating novels into your curriculum and tips for having students analyze the reading level of their writing.**//

Department Specific Break-Out Sessions --
 * Discuss literacy, plan activities, add to the conversation via the //Literacy Backchannel//, provide questions, comments, concerns about implementation, etc.