1. FINDS Takes a Partner: READS! If you didn’t want them to think, you shouldn’t have given them library cards. –Getting Straight, 1970 film
2. Shouldn’t Range of essential services Guiding readers Support classroom instruction Planning and collaboration Direct teaching Lesson plans Collection development Advocacy elements
3. New AASL Resources Position Statement on the School Librarian's Role in Reading Reading is a foundational skill for 21st-century learners. Reading skills involve thinking skills. 21st-century learners must become adept at determining authority and accuracy of information, and analyzing and evaluating that information to synthesize new knowledge from multiple resources. School Library Media Specialist’s Role in Reading Toolkit http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/positionstatements/roleinreading.cfm
23. READS Component Additional information Ideas Teaching strategies Photos and clipart Learning configuration: Individuals, small groups, entire class LMS strengths: Knowledge of collection and student learning styles, collection development, expertise in using technology LMS Support activities: Displays, bookmarks, brochures LMS Instructional activities: Technology integration: Webliographies, ebooks Scenario: Teachers send individuals and/or small groups of students to check out appropriate resources for independent reading.
24. 1.1-2 Read as a personal activity – Students select resources Learning configuration: Individual reading guidance LMS strengths: Reads current literature (knows collection), purchases suggested/student-centered materials, understands students’ needs/interests LMS Support activities: Displays, bookmarks, brochures Technology integration: Webliographies, ebooks Scenario: Teachers send individuals and/or small groups of students to check out appropriate resources for independent reading.
25. 1.1-2 Read as a personal activity – Students select resources Learning configuration: Small groups and entire classes reading guidance LMS strengths: Reads current literature (knows collection), purchases suggested/student-centered materials, understands students’ needs/interests, collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum LMS Support activities: Displays, bookmarks, brochures, book talks, reading aloud LMS Instructional activities: Book talks, reading aloud Technology integration: Webliographies, ebooks, book trailers, website posters or displays, shelfari Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC to check out appropriate resources for independent reading.
26. 1.1-2 Read as a personal activity – Students select resources Learning configuration: Small groups and entire classes reading guidance LMS strengths: Reads current literature (knows collection), purchases suggested/student-centered materials, understands students’ needs/interests, collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum LMS Support activities: Displays, bookmarks, brochures LMS Instructional activities: Book talks, reading aloud Technology integration: Webliographies, ebooks, book trailers, digital book talks, website posters or displays, shelfari Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC to check out appropriate resources for independent reading.
37. 2.1 Explore characteristics, history, and awards – Analyze literary and media themes and genres Learning configuration: Entire classes LMS strengths: Collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum, writes or uses prepared lesson plans LMS Support activities: Displays, bulletin boards LMS Instructional activities: Lessons on genres Technology integration: LMC website links to public libraries or other local community resources, webquests, virtual fieldtrips Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC for instruction that supports classroom curriculum and standards.
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39. 2.1 Explore characteristics, history, and awards – Analyze literary and media themes and genres Genre suggestions: Booktalks State reading programs Curriculum-related Science fiction or nonfiction Historical fiction or biographies Student involvement Group promotions Genre sorts Learning configuration: Entire classes LMS strengths: Collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum, writes or uses prepared lesson plans LMS Support activities: Displays, bulletin boards, flyers, brochures, bookmarks LMS Instructional activities: Lessons on genres, including all formats Technology integration: Digital booktalks Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC for lessons and/or activities on genres.
40. Genre: Reading Ladder The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian Woods Runner Bear Walker The Birchbark House The Sign of the Beaver Salty Pie
86. The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. (Uglies by Scott Westerfield)
87. I am fifteen years old and I’m driving a stolen car. (Stolen Car by Patrick Jones
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89. 3.1 Analyze structure and aesthetic features – Analyze creator’s purpose and style Learning configuration: Entire classes LMS strengths: Collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum, writes or uses prepared lesson plans LMS Support activities: Displays of author studies projects, lists of titles LMS Instructional activities: Lessons on researching an author and constructing an original project Technology integration: Digital author study projects, digital pathfinder with links to author sites and related sites Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC for lessons and/or activities focused on studying selected authors. Author studies ideas Provide access to variety of resources Graphic organizers Digital pathfinders with links to author’s sites and related sites Bibliographies or links to book lists
90. 3.2 Analyze structure and aesthetic features – Understand literary techniques and complexities Learning configuration: Entire classes LMS strengths: Collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum, writes or uses prepared lesson plans LMS Support activities: Displays of books with similar settings, characters, etc., bibliographies LMS Instructional activities: Lessons on story elements; reader’s theater segments; literature circles Technology integration: Digital images , ebooks Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC for lessons and/or activities on story elements (e.g., historical fiction for social studies classes).
91. 4.1 Develop a literary-based product – Create and share original product using appropriate format Student production suggestions: Book trailers Podcasts Posters Blogs Comics Bookmarks Original books Flip camera essays or book PSAs Learning configuration: Entire classes LMS strengths: Collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum and technology LMS Support activities: Displays of student products LMS Instructional activities: Lessons on producing products using various techniques and media Technology integration: Technology presentation and production tools Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC for lessons and/or activities on student-produced products.
92. Learning “libratories” Space repurposed Project space Design studio Presentation and meeting space Research development lab Instruction ideas Copyright ethics and legal issues Scenarios, role playing, examination of copyright law Bibliographic format Copyright checklists Production checklists 4.1 Develop a literary-based product – Knowledge of legal and ethical usage Learning configuration: Entire classes LMS strengths: Collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum and technology LMS Support activities: Displays of student products LMS Instructional activities: Lessons on fair use of media resources Technology integration: Technology presentation and production tools Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC for lessons and/or activities on ethical and legal uses of copyrighted materials.
93. 5.1 Score reading progress – Participation in reading motivation programs Learning configuration: Individual students, small groups, entire classes LMS strengths: Collaborates with teachers, knowledgeable about curriculum and technology, proponent for intellectual freedom issues LMS Support activities: Displays, brochures, flyers, booktalks LMS Instructional activities: Lessons on reading celebrations and independent reading programs. Technology integration: LMC Internet site with links, webliographies, student blogs, podcasts, online voting Scenario: Teachers bring classes into the LMC for lessons and/or activities on reading celebrations and related events.
The basic requirements of a school library media program remain the same: provide resources and services, promote reading, and teach information literacy skills. Florida’s school librarians are fortunate to have formal documents setting the standards for excellence in these major area.
The ExC3EL Evaluation Rubric details program responsibilities for LMSs. FINDS is a research model for students, patterned after state curriculum standards for language arts and other content areas. READS is a companion work to FINDS and provides a continuum of reading skills for each grade level. Published in 2008, READS completes the triad of frameworks which were designed to facilitate the creation of excellent library media programs for Florida’s students.Reading sores continue to lag. Various causes for lack of reading skills improvement have been explored in the professional literature ranging from disengage students, increasing populations of second language learners, to the “digital generation” theory. Consequently, the work of LMSs with reading promotion is even more critical!
Guiding learners to become engaged and effective users of ideas and information and to appreciate literature requires that they develop as strategic readers who can comprehend, analyze, and evaluate text in both print and digital formats. Learners must also have opportunities to read for enjoyment as well as for information. The extent to which students use information depends upon their ability to understand what they read, to integrate their understandings with what they already know, and to realize their unanswered questions. To this end, school librarians model and collaboratively teach reading comprehension strategies: assess and use background knowledge, pose and answer questions that are appropriate to the task, make predictions and inferences, determine main ideas, and monitor reading comprehension as well as the learning process.
EVOLUTION of READS guidelines: When SSS Reading/LA curriculum was revised in 2007, a need emerged for a means to connect the traditional reading promotion role of LMSs to state lang. arts standards. This curriculum merged reading process skills with literary analysis and response; writing; listening/speaking; and information and media literacy. …and, so, work began on a library media grade-by-grade document to provide an infrastructure for the traditional literature appreciation and reading comprehension skills needed by students.In addition to the Sunshine State Reading and Language Arts Standards, several national documents influenced the development of READS including: AASL’sStandards for the 21st-Century Learner (reflecting both inquiry/information literacy and literature appreciation) Those standards also integrated multiple literacies, including digital, visual, textual, and technological, and stressed the need for students to learn how to work in groups. The workforce requirements first described in the SCANS report and refined in the 21st Century Skills from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills were also imbedded in READS AND … Finally, the National Education Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Students from the International Society for Technology in Education were integrated to ensure that the document would reflect the constant changes in information technologies.
For the last several years across the state of Florida and within our district, Library Media Specialists and classroom teachers have been using the FINDS model – Florida Research process model to teach critical thinking and research skills. The FINDS model is aligned to SSS and will be updated to align with the Common Core Standards. Now FINDS has a companion teaching model… READS. While FINDS focused on heavily on informational text and research, READS focuses on literary analysis. The Florida READS model, which will be use throughout the state by library media specialists and classroom teachers, incorporates 5 areas of literary instruction: 1) Read as a personal activity 2) Explore characteristics, history, and award of creative works 3) Analyze structure and aesthetic features of creative works 4) Develop a literary-based product 5) Score reading progress.
USE of READS: The skills in READS are ideal for use in LMSs’ lesson plans. The skills are written from a student’s point of view and are straight-forward, providing a clear understanding to anyone reading the plans. The use of the READS skills can provide an express lane to developing credibility with administrators and staff members. The skills are expressed in familiar language and help to demystify the work of the school LMS. In a sense, the use of defined curriculum documents validates the claims of LMSs that they are valuable teaching partners and that their efforts make significant contributions to the academic preparation of students.READS & FINDS guidelines also provide a common language for embedding library goals and activities into the culture of the school and the School Improvement Plan (SIP), the ultimate goal of LMSs. READS and FINDS support vertical articulation between grades and school levels. The use of the READS continuum of skills can also bring balance to the library media program planned and implemented in a school. Students benefit from a mix of fiction and nonfiction; vocabulary work and discussion of story elements; award-winning books and current online sources; production activities and reflection on reading progress.Through involvement in the blend and balance of activities described for each grade level in the READS document, students progress developmentally in the use of library media resources, acquisition of reading skills, and appreciation of literature and creative works.
The five components of the document are Read as a Personal Activity; Explore Characteristics, History, and Awards of Creative Works; Analyze Structure and Aesthetic Features of Creative Works; Develop a Literary-based Product; and Score Reading Progress. Each skill has been correlated to AASL Standards (and, now, in draft, the Common Core State Standards for Reading/Language Arts. Each component of READS begins with “the student will” paralleling the structure of the Common Core State Standards.READS formalizes, qualifies, and quantifies the valuable contributions of LMSs to the education of students. The selection of the five components is grounded in both the traditional work and current best practices of the library media profession which includes these activities: Sharing stories, introducing & exploring award winning books/media; discussing genres and history of literature and media; focusing attention on the various formats of fiction and nonfiction; analyzing literature and media to develop understanding; providing opportunities for students to react to literature and media as well as to express their creativity; introducing valuable learning resources in the community (e.g., public libraries, museums, parks); creating teachable opportunities focused on responsible use of ideas or information (e.g., intellectual property rights and legal use of information); and coordinating assessment strategies with READS and Common Core State Standards (a task LRIM is currently engaged).
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