One idea I had to meet my Portfolio requirements is to collaborate with two classroom teachers on literacy integrated lessons. I chose a 6th grade language arts teacher and a 7th grade social studies teacher to develop a lesson with. Due to Spring Break, we collaborated via email and texting as well as Google Drive. In both collaboration efforts, they were the content experts while I provided literacy resources.
The 6th grade language arts teacher is working on identifying stages of plot with her students. Together, we decided to use a familiar story, The Three Little Pigs using two versions of the story. Working in small groups, students use one of the two stories to illustrate in a comic strip the stages of the plot. The assessment was co-created using an exit slip and a Friday quiz. Here is the lesson plan:
My other collaborative partner is a 7th grade social studies teacher. She is teaching a unit on Ancient Greece but wants to include some sort of literacy strategy. I considered how important the development of plays and drama were to this culture. I found a Reader's Theater on the founding of Athens. courtesy of World Book Online teacher resources. Students each took a character role in this Reader's Theater. The assessment was done in a form of an exit slip on identifying cultural elements of Greece within this play.
I really enjoyed the true sense of collaboration in developing these two lessons. We worked well together and developed lessons that allowed students to use a variety of literacy strategies and resources. Librarians should consistently collaborate with other school professionals, creating a sense of necessity of their positions in a learning climate. In my future position as a LMS, I hope to collaborate with a wider variety of teachers and lessons.
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