Philadelphia Writing Project
Early Literacy
Invitational Summer Institute 2021
Day 6
Monday, July 19, 2021
What can we learn from research on Reading Recovery and support for young readers?
9:00
Welcome & Introduction
Dr. Helen-Anderson Clark. Learning from Reading Recovery
9:05 - 10:00
Dr. Helen-Anderson Clark. Learning from Reading Recovery
10:00 - 10:15
Break
10:15 - 10:35
Group Questions, Discussions & Take-aways
Think back to the earliest times you realized you had a racial identity.
What did this experience teach you to think about your own race? Thinking about this earliest time you realized you had a racial identity, write about the feelings you had as you remember this experience? How do you feel about it now?
10:35 - 11:05
Writing Groups
What new questions/ ideas do you have about early literacy?
Group 1: Tamala, Jaclyn, Erica
Group 2: Stephanie, Danielle, Lisa H, Linda
Group 3: Lisa L, Hannah, Nadia, Kristyn
11:05
Cross-Talk/ Thinking about early writing and reading
What question do you have now?
How might these questions inform your final project?
Closure
Day 7 Preparation
Early Literacy ISI 2021 Parking Lot & Shared Resources
Read Chapter 4, Toward the Pursuit of Skills, pp. 82-99, in Cultivating Genius
Chapter 8, Inquiry Groups, pp. 119-133, in Teaching Writing in Small Groups
Ballenger, C. (2009). Introduction. In Puzzling moments, teachable moments: Practicing teacher research in urban classrooms (excerpts). Teachers College Press.
Continue to work on your final project.
Agenda
Dr. Helen-Anderson Clark's Agenda
Journal Writing Groups
Group Discussion, Shares & Take-aways
Closure