Central+York+School+District

[|Lauri Brady] – K-6 Instructional Technology Coach [|Matt Miller] – Principal, Roundtown Elementary [|Jami Zimmerman] – 3rd Grade Teacher, Hayshire Elementary [|Katie Hartman] – 4th Grade Teacher, Sinking Springs Elementary [|Kristen Wertz] – 5th Grade Teacher, North Hills Elementary

The [|**Central York School District**] covers the Borough of North York and Manchester Township and the greater part of Springettsbury Township in York County, Pennsylvania. The district operates Central York High School (9th-12th), Central York Middle School (7th-8th), Hayshire Elementary School (K-3rd), North Hills Elementary School (4th-6th), Roundtown Elementary School (K-3rd), Sinking Springs Elementary School (4th-6th) and Stony Brook Elementary School (K-3rd). The district was founded more than 50 years ago and currently serves more than 5,000 students.

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// Walt Disney once said, "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." The question is, how do we hook kids in the quest to find that treasure? The purpose of the "Inspiring Connected Readers" project is to improve student comprehension and metacognition through increased independent reading, reading response blogs, and collaboration between classrooms and across grade levels. Teachers involved in the project designed assessments and lessons that would help students explore a variety of genres and media, broaden & increase their independent reading selections, and encourage higher-order thinking and strategy use. Participating students used 21st century literacy skills to connect and engage in authentic book discussions and demonstrate their ability to be thoughtful and independent readers! // =====

//__Objectives__://

 * 1) //Increase the amount of time spent reading independently.//
 * 2) // Participate in collaborative book discussions using online tools. //
 * 3) // Demonstrate higher level thinking about materials read and strategies used for reading. //

//__Assessment__://
 * //Pre/Post-survey of reading interests and attitudes//
 * //Chart or Graph of materials read weekly (collected via a [|Google form])//
 * //Reading response logs in discussion [|forums/blogs]//
 * //[|Content analysis/rubric]---How do we assess thoughtful and independent?//

**Implementation Plan**
//**Week 1: Feb. 22 - 25** //
 * //Give survey //
 * //Students make recordings //
 * //Lauri visits to introduce different types of media/Intel ranking //
 * //Lauri–Put Wordle on Wiki based on survey responses //

//**Week 2: Feb. 28 - Mar. 4** //
 * ** //Classroom jars should be set up to record material read // **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">** //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher does follow-up lesson about genre/Intel ranking // **

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Week 3: Mar 7 - 10** //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday: PLP Webinar #4 & planning for Thursday’s videoconference //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Start class blogs/Moodle for reading accountability //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Week 4: Mar. 14 - 18** //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Group videoconference to introduce our collaborating classrooms. //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduction of class //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Five things you should know about us, Reading is... (finish the sentence), Questions to ask each other //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use the Flip camera to record parts of the videoconference //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Week 5-6: March 21-April 1** //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PSSA testing – Teachers will set up and add users to class blogs. //**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plan out measurement strategy for thoughtful & independent (see rubric linked above) //**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Design & share rubric for responses with students //**

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Week 7: April 4-April 8** //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduce blogs to students (writing a response, commenting & replying) – Some started previous week //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue gathering weekly numbers for media reading //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Week 8: April 11-15** //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PLP webinar & group face-to-face meeting //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue blogging & gathering weekly totals //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Weeks 9-11** //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue blogging & gathering weekly totals //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Resurvey students //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Document progress in pictures!! :) //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Record changes in reading attitudes with Flip Cam in final week //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prepare our wiki for presentation (Lauri) //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Upload video to PLP YouTube //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pull student examples of before/after thoughtful & independent responses w/rubric //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teacher paragraph for board about final thoughts/reaction //

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//Please visit our [|planning document] and project wiki for more information and resources used in our project.// =====