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Lenses
Lenses
Lenses can change how we look at things. They can bring things into focus, make things bigger. They can change the tint of an image, changing the mood.
There are different lenses, focuses or ways of thinking, that we can use when designing instruction. Each lens gives us a different perspective. Below are some fundamental lenses, or ways of thinking, that are important to the activities in this website.
Lens 1: ELA Instructional Shifts
The instructional shifts in the ELA Florida Standards provide the foundation for supporting speaking, listening, reading, writing, and complex language across subject areas. Below is a handout of the instructional shifts (page 3 of the ELA Implementation Guide).
On page 1 of the handouts booklet.
ELA Shifts highlighted.pdfLens 2: Simple View of Reading
The Simple View of Reading highlights decoding (word recognition) and language comprehension as the critical components of reading. If you know a student's word recognition skills and language comprehension skills then you can predict their reading comprehension.
On page 2 of the handouts booklet.
Additional Resource
Page 3 of the handout booklet includes ideas and strategies for supporting language comprehension. Review these in preparation for the uPAR activity below.
02 simple view of reading Increasing Language Comprehension.pdfLens 3: Learning Media Assessments
Learning media assessment show what learning media (text, audio, ect.) students are most fluent with. This provides data on a student's word recognition skills and language comprehension skills (and language complexity skills), which in turn can provide guidance on how to scaffold complex text across the curriculum for struggling readers. Below are some tools that can help with word recognition, print fluency, and language comprehension.
San Diego Quick Assessment of Reading Ability
This is a simple and quick screening tool that provides a very basic sense of a student's work recognition skills based on grade level.
San Diego Quick Assessment.pdfAEM Explorer
The AEM Explorer is a free simulation that combines grade-leveled digital text with access features common to most text readers and other supported reading software. Magnification, custom text and background colors, text-to-speech (synthetic and human), text highlighting, and layout options are presented in a logical sequence to help struggling readers decide which of these supports might help them to access and understand text.
AEM Explorer - http://aem.cast.org/navigating/aim-explorer.html#.W-u0fZNKhPY
The PAR and uPAR
The uPAR (universal protocol for accommodations in reading) assesses student comprehension on printed text, computer read text, and human read text. The PAR is a free version that can be downloaded and used in the classroom. The uPAR has a cost but includes the feature of providing online assessments and generates student reports automatically.
uPAR - http://donjohnston.com/uPAR/
upar-handout.pdfActivity
Activity
Pages 4-7 of the handout booklet include four different data reports from the uPAR. For each data report/page:
- Think about what supports, strategies, and/or instruction can be used to increase the print fluency/word recognition and the language complexity. Write some ideas on each form.
upar data analysis worksheet.pdf
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