Structure of the Professional Development

Participants- 4 Second Grade Teachers, 1 ELL Teacher, 1 Reading Specialist, 1 Special Education
Teacher
Time- 35-40 minutes per session
Frequency- 1 time a week for 12 weeks
Each week, the second grade team and teachers that service second grade students meet in a
Professional Learning Community. Over the twelve weeks, we will go through three different sets of
four sessions each. The first session of each set will involve a discussion over a relevant article. Then,
we will dive into our practice and workshops. Below is what would be covered in each set.

Set One- Building Background

Session Title
Activities
1
The Needs of -Discuss Article
Our School
-Assess Data For Trends

Materials
-Note taking Template
-Goldberg Article
-Scores from the
following assessments:
ACCESS, MAP,
AimsWeb, Journeys
Comprehension
Overview of -Go through the SIOP PowerPoint
-PowerPoint
SIOP
-Talk about and review SIOP Lesson Template
-SIOP Lesson Template
-Practice Writing Language Objectives using our
-SIOP Takeaways
Journeys Book
Worksheet
-SIOP Videos
-SIOP Book
-Writing Objectives
Worksheet
-Journeys Teacher
Manuals
Strategy-Read the following website as a group
-Multicultural Trade
Introducing
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/introducing- Books
Text Before
text-reading
-SIOP Lesson Template
Reading
-Discuss our practices and their alignment
-Journeys Teacher
-Practice planning an introductory activity to link
Manuel
background knowledge using SIOP Template and
-Link Introducing Text
trade books
-Video
-SIOP Worksheets
Strategy-Read the following website as a group
-Multicultural Trade
Teaching
http://www.colorincolorado.org/blog/teachingBooks
Informational informational-text-ells
-SIOP Lesson Template
Text to ELLs
-Reflect on current informational text and activities -Journeys Teacher
-Practice planning a lesson around a multi-cultural Manuel
informational text (biography)
-Link Informational Text-SIOP Worksheets

Set Two- Adapting Our Curriculum

Session Title
5
Making Our
Curriculum
Culturally
Responsive

Activities
-Discuss Article
-Go over Multicultural Trade Books
-Select texts from Journeys to

Materials
-Note taking Template
-Teale Article
-Multicultural Trade
Books
-Journeys Teacher
Manual

Creating
Model
Lessons

-Review how to create lessons with SIOP

-Create a lesson using the trade book, SIOP, and
the Journeys teacher manual
-Brief Overview of Teacher Time-Outs and Video
Clubs (select which form we will use)

-Multicultural Trade
Book
-Journeys Teacher
Manual
-SIOP Lesson Template
-SIOP Takeaways
Worksheet
-SIOP Book

Video Club
or Teacher
Time Out

Longer Session
-Discuss the purpose of Video Clubs/Teacher Time
Outs
-Create Norms
-Participate in Video Club/ Teacher Time Out
-Debrief and revise lesson

-Multicultural Trade
Book
-Journeys Teacher
Manual
-SIOP Lesson Template
-SIOP Takeaways
Worksheet
-SIOP Book
-Model Lessons
-Note Taking Worksheet
-Norms Worksheet

Additional
Analysis

-Finish up loose ends from previous session.

-Analyze another video of a lesson created by
coach/literacy leader
-Discuss ways to improve lessons and Video Club/
Teacher Time Out format

-Multicultural Trade
Book
-Journeys Teacher
Manual
-SIOP Lesson Template
-SIOP Takeaways
Worksheet
-SIOP Book
-Model Lessons
-Note Taking Worksheet
-Norms Worksheet

Set Three- Creating a Culturally Responsive Unit

Session Title
9
Selecting our
New Unit

Activities
-Discuss Article
-Pair and Select fairytales
-One European Fairytale paired with a similar
version from another culture (i.e. Little Red Riding
Hood --- Lon Po Po)
-Select two fairytales to work with
-Review how to create lessons with SIOP
-Create a lesson using the trade book, SIOP, and
the Journeys teacher manual
-Create a weeks worth of lessons about the
fairytales

10

Creating
Model
Lessons

11

Creating
Model
Lessons

-Select two fairytales to work with

-Review how to create lessons with SIOP
-Create a lesson using the trade book, SIOP, and
the Journeys teacher manual
-Create a weeks worth of lessons about the
fairytales
-Decide whether we will use Video Clubs or
Teacher Time Outs

12

Video Club
or Teacher
Time Out

Longer Session
-Discuss the purpose of Video Clubs/Teacher Time
Outs
-Create Norms
-Participate in Video Club/ Teacher Time Out
-Debrief and revise lesson

Materials
-Note Taking Template
-Palincsar &
Schleppegrell Article
-Selection of Fairytales
-Multicultural Trade
Book
-Journeys Teacher
Manual
-SIOP Lesson Template
-SIOP Takeaways
Worksheet
-SIOP Book
-Model Lessons
-Note Taking Worksheet
-Norms Worksheet
-Multicultural Trade
Book
-Journeys Teacher
Manual
-SIOP Lesson Template
-SIOP Takeaways
Worksheet
-SIOP Book
-Model Lessons
-Note Taking Worksheet
-Norms Worksheet
-Multicultural Trade
Book
-Journeys Teacher
Manual
-SIOP Lesson Template
-SIOP Takeaways
Worksheet
-SIOP Book
-Model Lessons
-Note Taking Worksheet
-Norms Worksheet