Literacy Support at Fair Oaks

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Literacy Support at Fair Oaks

• Jan Krass, Teacher-Librarian
• May 1, 2008

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Reading and Evaluating Internet Information

• RADCAB
• Karen Christensson, Edina, MN
• Commercial items through Highsmith

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Collaboration

• Classroom teachers
• Literacy coach
• Common vocabulary--with colleagues and students

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Value-added Cataloging

• Models for reading strategies
• Models for writing (Six Traits 1)
• Audiencein MARC, not on books

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Reading strategy search
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Strategy search results list
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Reading strategy details
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Six Traits search
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Six Traits search results
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Six Traits notation and more
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Student/staff search for GRL
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GRL search results
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GRL search results for specific title
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Adding value

• Set up specs with jobbers
• May have to batch process (w to www)
• Manually enter
• Experiment with a few titles
• Ask for reactions before continuing

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Tools for adding value

• Various online book catalogs
• The BookSource Leveled Reading catalog
  http//www.booksource.com/catalogrequest.aspx
• Using Picture Books to Teach Writing with the
  Traits by Ruth Culham

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More Tools
Guided Reading Levels http//home.comcast.net/ngi
ansante/index.html Picture books for modeling
schema (text-to-text connections,
etc.) http//www.buffalolib.org/programs/readingli
sts2007/Amherst_Central.pdf Picture books for
modeling (making connections, sensory images,
questioning, etc.) http//www.readinglady.com/mosa
ic/tools/PictureBookListforModelingStrategyInstruc
tionfromKerry.pdf
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Entering GRL in MARC
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Options 521(audience), 526 (study program)
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May have several 521 or 526 tags.
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Student view of multiple 521 tags.
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Notes for teachers and students

• Use local notes (590) for strategies
• Use consistent language
• Teach them the search strategy with the language
  you used

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Latest collaborationnonfiction text features

• Teaching reading in the content areas
• Documents posted on my Sharepoint page
• URL in your handout