Reading Stamina Course Outline

• Part 1: Course Overview
  • Course introduction
  • Course structure
• Part 2: What is Reading Stamina?
  • Purpose and audience
  • Other independent reading models
  • What is Reading Stamina?
  • Benefits
  • Texts types
  • Differences to other reading models
• Part 3: Setting a Purpose
  • Setting the classroom environment
  • Movement of students
  • Setting a purpose and a procedure
  • Anchor charts
  • Action plan
• Part 4: The First Lesson
  • Discussion: What is Reading Stamina?
  • Developing an anchor chart
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Feedback and reflections
  • Initial troubleshooting
  • Action plan
• Part 5: Selecting Suitable Texts
  • What texts are suitable?
  • The Teachers role in text selection
  • Text variety
  • Text difficulty
  • Text self selection
  • Action plan
• Part 6: Building Independence (application & coaching)
  • Gradual release of responsibility
  • The Teacher's role during reading
  • Group work alongside Reading Stamina
  • Timetabling for optimal benefit
  • Feedback, coaching and trouble shooting
  • Action plan
• Part 7: The Critical Role of Trouble Shooting
  • When and what to trouble shoot
  • Trouble shooting may involve...
  • Feedback and reinforce procedures
  • Students' role in finding solutions
  • Action plan
• Part 8: Reading Stamina & Mastery Learning
  • Integrating other tasks with Reading Stamina
  • Identifying teaching opportunities
  • The teaching/learning cycle
  • Action plan
• Part 9: Frequently Asked Questions and Summing Up
  • Student engagement
  • Addressing the questions around implementing Reading Stamina.
  • Summarising the main ideas we've covered in this course to reinforce the key learnings of Reading Stamina Online.

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