Technology to Enhance the

Implementation of CCSS

Content Literacy Standards

Laurie Norris

Kris Krautkremer

What are we learning?This presentation will center on five literacy strategies:

• Golden Lines

• Marginalia

• Think alouds

• Read alouds

• Anticipation Guides

In what context?

Specific ways to use the iPads to implement these literacy strategies will be modeled through two lessons:

• 5th grade Ecology lesson

• Biology 1 Genetics lesson

Why use iPads?

The emphasis is using iPads to engage students in:

• providing evidence from text

• demonstrating fluency and comprehension

• and assisting with content-specific reading strategies.

What’s changed?

“Science educators must understand the

expectations set by the CCSS in regard to

science. These standards are not asking

science teachers to become ELA teachers;

however, we are being challenged to

apprentice students in the kinds of writing

with which scientists are engaged.”

http://ifl.lrdc.pitt.edu/ifl/index.php/blog/index/

the_ccss_and_science_writing_what_science_teachers_should_care_about

http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf

http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_C.pdf

Teachers have questions…..

• I don’t know any literacy strategies. Help!

• Where can I find the text to read with students?

• What’s the best way to go about this?

• I DON’T HAVE TIME TO TEACH READING AND WRITING!!

• I need some VERY specific things to do but I don’t know what they are!

Literacy Strategies

All the research regarding scientific literacy lines up with what

science teachers already know.

NRC 2007 NRC 2011 Board on Science

Education (BOSE) 1996

Start with the strategies that are MOST

similar to their work.

Anticipation Guides

Pre-reading strategy that helps

students:

•Prepare to read a text

•Activate prior knowledge

•Create a sense of anticipation

•Connect background

knowledge to new content

http://adolescentliteracyconsiderationpacket.pbworks.com/f/

Anticipation_Guide_Template.pdf

http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/english-language-arts/reading/comprehension/before-

reading/activating-background-knowledge/

http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/system/assets/uploads/files/95/

sample_anticipation_guide.pdf

http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/system/assets/uploads/files/95/

anticipation_guide_steps.pdf

Golden Lines

Helps students:

•Practice identifying the

most important ideas

•Make connections

•Visualize or create non-

linguistic representations

http://files.solution-tree.com/pdfs/Reproducibles_PTAL/Golden_Lines_Template.pdf

http://www.learner.org/

libraries/

engagingliterature/

support/bkmarks.pdf

http://www.learner.org/

libraries/engagingliterature/

sharing/index.html

Marginalia

Students interact with the text by:

• Inserting written notes

• Drawings

• Charts

• Alerts, thoughts and ideas in the margin

Oldest and most

common strategy.

Yet still one of the

most effective

methods to build

comprehension.

http://www.sccresa.org/toolsforschools/commoncore/ Michigan

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/UnderstandingbyDesign_219619_7.pdf

Read-AloudsA Read-Aloud is a planned oral reading of a book, article or excerpt from a text.

Read-Alouds:

• Prepare students for success on the SAT and ACT through increased exposure to rich language and academic vocabulary used in context

• Develop background knowledge

• Introduce new concepts

• Model fluency

• Activate close listening skills

• Expose students to text that may not be accessible to them otherwise

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/5

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/SL/5

http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/english-language-arts/reading/comprehension/during-

reading/read-aloud/

Think-Aloud for ComprehensionThink-Alouds are used to orally describe

what is going on inside the reader’s head to

make sense of the text.

They make the reader’s thinking visible when

combined with Marginalia.

During this time, teachers model use of

comprehension strategies and over time, these

become a natural part of a reader’s “inner voice” for

thinking.

http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf

http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/english-language-arts/reading/comprehension/

during-reading/videos-think-alouds-in-action/

BreakWe will transition into two groups after a 5 minute break.

We will have two 15 minute rotations.

Groups will rotate through:

•A 15 minute mini-lesson from 5th grade science on

rainforests

•A 15 minute mini-lesson from Biology 1A on genetics

Everyone will have the opportunity to experience both mini-

lessons.

Group 1- 5th

grade rainforest mini-lesson

Group 2- Biology 1A genetics mini-

lesson

Integrating Technology: Annotation - Storage and Sharing

Dropbox

Totes m'

Notes

Box

Notability

DocAs

Explain

Everything

Annotation:

• Notability (.99)

• DocAs (4.99)

• Explain Everything (2.99)

Easy to use apps for all levels. Import PDF documents to annotate, save and share.

Notability:

Students can upload a PDF document from a Dropbox (or like) account

OR from a QR code.

Notability:

Students can

annotate on the

document in Notability by

typing, writing, and highlighting right on it.

Notability:

Students can also add a photo or

record on the document.

Notability:

Students can upload their completed

document to any of these destinations.

Notability:

Teachers can make

comments in the same way and

send them back to the students.

Notability:

Students can likewise use these techniques among each other for powerful collaboration with forward-thinking technology - creating discussions not only with one class or one

school but with a global edge.

DocAs:

Students can upload a PDF document from a Dropbox (or like) account

OR from a QR code.

DocAs:

Students can annotate

on the document in

DocAs by typing, writing,

highlighting, adding a photo

or recording right on it.

DocAs:

Students can export

by mail or to a storage

cloud.

DocAs:

Teachers can create comments in a variety of ways and send back to

students.

DocAs:

The recording feature allows

for several recordings and

they can be moved

anywhere on the page.

DocAs:

Students can easily write or

draw. The magnification tool makes it

easy to see what you are doing

and allows you to place your writing

or drawing anywhere on the

page.

DocAs:

There are several types of papers and templates to choose from and

all your pages can be the same or

different.

Explain Everything:

Students can upload a PDF

document from any of these

storage clouds or from a QR

code.

Explain Everything:

Students can type, write,

highlight, add a photo and

record.

Explain Everything:

The main difference between Explain Everything and Notability

and DocAs is that EE captures each annotation, drawing and

recording in order. This makes for a dynamic interactive

lesson, activity or tutorial. EE offers more of a presentation or explanation style document.

Explain Everything:

Students can clearly view folders

when importing and exporting to

and from a Dropbox account

in Explain Everything.

Sharing and Storing:

• Totes m’ Notes (Free)

• Dropbox (Free)

• Box (Free)

Easy and free apps for saving and sharing documents.

Totes m' Notes:

The best feature of Totes is that you can have an

unlimited number of folders and each student can customize their own.

Totes m' Notes:

Students can customize their folder covers and

save them on the shelf.

Totes m' Notes:

The inside of the folder displays a

"table of contents" on the left and new pages to select on

the right.

Totes m' Notes:

Once inside their new page, students can type, write and

customize their notes. There are even widgets to access for easy computations.

Totes m' Notes:

You can only share by email but a simple screen shot will place student work in photos and make an easy upload to

Dropbox.

Dropbox:

Dropbox allows for

easy organization of student work for

storing and sharing.

2 GB Free

(3 more easy to get)

Dropbox:

With Dropbox, you can have an unlimited number of folders.

Each folder can have sub folders. This

makes for extreme organization with multiple students

sharing one device.

Box:

Box is much like Dropbox, with

folders, sub folders, easy uploading, etc.

10 GB Free

Testing Out Apps: Annotation - Storage and Sharing

Dropbox

Totes m'

Notes

Box

Notability

DocAs

Explain

Everything