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Lesson 4.8: Profile of Reading Instructional Practices

Focus: Use the Profile of Reading Instructional Practices, K-3, in this lesson to observe and provide feedback to a colleague.

Prior to the Collaboration Group Meeting

1. Reflection Journal

Write in your reflection journal prior to the Collaboration Group meeting. You are to respond weekly in your journal, reflecting on your learning, observation, questions, and personal connections. Your reflections need to be at least 250 words. You may choose how to format your journal, though you may want to consider the following as you write:

    • What are some new understandings you made this week as a result of the work for this lesson and your work with your students?
    • How has this new understanding influenced your current practice?

Bring your reflection journal to the weekly Collaboration Group meeting, and prepare to share your entries.

2. Readings

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  1. Read Profile of Reading Instructional Practices, K-3 in this lesson.
  2. Complete the self-reflection column in Snapshot Profile of Reading Instructional Practices in this lesson.
  3. Arrange with another participant to conduct classroom observations of each other. If you do not have a classroom, find a teacher who is willing to allow you to work in his/her classroom or partner with another participant who does have a classroom.

3. Classroom Application

    • Observe another participant for approximately 2.5 hours or an entire lesson.
    • Complete Expanded Profile of Reading Instructional Practices in this lesson, for this participant.
    • After the observation, arrange for a time to review the observation with your peer. After the discussion give him/her Expanded Profile to keep in a file. By the end of the course, he/she will have a profile for modules 4-7.
    • Using the Expanded Profile from your observer, complete the peer check column in Snapshot Profile. Bring both profiles to the Collaboration Group meeting.
    • By the end of Module 7 a summary of the progress made according to Profile of Reading Instructional Practices, K-3, progress will be requested.

During the Collaboration Group Meeting

  1. Share your reflection journal entries, using the questions in step one to guide your discussion.
  2. Share your observations and profiles and discuss the following questions:
    • What did you learn about your own teaching as a result of working with your observer?
    • What did you learn about your students?
    • What did you find most helpful about working with your observer?
  3. Determine the facilitator, recorder, timekeeper, date, time, and location for the next Collaboration Group meeting.

After the Collaboration Group Meeting

  1. Email the instructor a copy of your Snapshot Profile of Reading Instructional Practices. Send your assignment(s) to the instructor as an attachment to an email message. Be sure to include your name, date, location, and title on the document. Also, include your name and lesson title in the file name, for example, moses_snapshot_profile.
  2. The recorder emails the Collaboration Group notes to the instructor.
  3. The timekeeper emails the attendance to the instructor.