Oak Ridge PLC Protocol

PLC Agenda #3 Part 2a: Focus: Word Study Within

Writing About Reading

Grade ______

Date ______________

Common Agreements/ Norms

Facilitator:
Recorder:
Timekeeper:
Team Members Present:

Check In: Review Norms/Share Celebrations (3

minutes)

Notes:

Share: Share artifacts (video, writing samples,

running records, data)

Notes:

Share Your Artifacts : Share your artifacts and stories

from your Morning Messages.
New Learning: Learn something new (videos,
articles, tools, etc.)

Watch video and discuss teaching decisions

made during the conference

Notes:

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Read p. 400 in Continuum and discuss the

principles and how we can use them when
working with students throughout the day.

Discuss the data that will inform our instruction

for this work.

Apply: Agree on application and artifacts to share

application and student learning.

Notes:

Look at writing about reading samples

from a child. How did your conferring

session lift their thinking?
Action Research question: How does

intentional word study during morning

message, teaching the tools of problem
solving, help the children apply those
moves in writing about reading?
Reflect (2 minutes)
Reflect on one thing that worked well in todays
meeting.
Share one thing that could be improved on in
future meetings.
Preview focus for next meeting.

Notes:

Sharing for next time:

Share Your Artifacts :
Share your artifacts and stories from your Writing about Reading Conferences.

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Tell the story of working with the student.

Show the writing sample you were coaching around.

Talk about the shift in the students written comprehending and ability to compose a message that is
read-able and makes sense. Share the way you taught the student to use a word solving action in
word study.

Share about sharing and how the child solidified learning while teaching the class.