TIMELINE

INSTRUCTIONAL TOPICS

July 20, Day 0
(Thursday)

Participants arriving all day. Sandwich ingredients for lunch and dinner are available in the Read-On Common Kitchen.

July 21, Day 1 (Friday)

Workshop Room: Stein 118B; Breaks in Stein 423.

9:00-9:15 - Welcome from Dr. Margaret Freije, Provost of the College of the Holy Cross

9:15-10:05 - Overview of the "Read-On" Startalk Program: history, goals for 2017, integration of assigned readings, final project, daily schedule, role of team leaders and leadership staff, meals, evenings, QUESTIONS? (Claudia and Meng)

10:05-10:15 - Complete Startalk consent form (Claudia) 10:15-10:30 - Break

10:30-11:00- "Get to know you" activity

11:00-11:45 Acquisition of reading comprehension skills (discussion of Perfetti 2005) (Claudia)

11:45-1:00 - Lunch: Barbecue at Hogan Campus Center

1:00-2:15 - Lower-level literacy skills: Recognizing character components, building word recognition, the importance of automaticity in character and word recognition, activities for (Discussion of Shen 2013; Perfetti 2013) (Yaching Hsu and Sara Chao)

2:15-3:30 - Higher-level skills: skimming, scanning, comprehending literal meaning; reading speed and depth of comprehension (Brooke Cheng and Ke Peng)

3:30-3:45 break

3:45-5:00 Read-On 2017 Enduring Understanding and Essential Questions; Grade-level team brainstorming of EU and EQ for final projects. (Meng)

Evening

6:00 -7:30 Dinner (depart Figge 6 PM)

7:30 meet with your team leader

July 22, Day 2 (Saturday)

Workshop Room: Stein 118B. Lunch in Stein 526. Breaks on Stein 4.
Full-Day guest expert workshop with Dr. Michael Everson - “An Overview of Literacy Development for Students of Chinese as a Foreign Language”
9:00-10:00 -  An Introduction to Reading Comprehension
10:00-10:45 - Chinese Characters: The Building Blocks of Word Recognition and Reading
10:45-11:00 - Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 -  We Read for Different Purposes
12:00-1:00 -  Lunch (Stein 526)
1:00-1:45 -  What Constitutes Reading Fluency?
1:45-2:45 -  Understanding Text Structure
2:45-3:00  Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 - Making Our Students Strategic Readers
4:00-5:00  - The What, How, and Why of Inferencing
6:00 - 7:30 - Dinner (depart Figge 6 PM)

July 23, Day 3 (Sunday)

Workshop Room: Stein 118B. Lunch in Stein 526. Breaks on Stein 4.

Inferential Reading
9:00-9:30 - Discussion of Dr. Everson’s workshop
9:30-10:15 - Discussion of Cain and Oakhill 1999 and van den Broek et al. 2015. (Claudia)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 - Guiding students to read for inferences, Part I. Update on the Word Frequency Dictionary Project.  (Claudia)
12:00-1:00 lunch
1:00-3:00 - Guiding students to read for inferences, Part II. (Meng)
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-4:30 - Guiding students to read for inferences, continued (Meng)
4:30-5:00 - Questions, discussion, conclusions of the day’s session.
6:00 - 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
8:30 - On-line conversation with Pauline Shuen (Level Chinese) - Let us know if you are interested in participating

July 24, Day 4 (Monday)

Workshop Room: Stein 118B. Lunch and breaks in Stein 423.

9:00-9:30: Whole group meeting in Stein 118B to discuss modification and use of authentic materials in the final modules and other issues.
9:30-10:15 - Grade-level groups begin work on final modules
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-12:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-4:00- Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
3:00-3:15 - Break
4:00-5:00 - Grade-level groups share progress with whole group
6:00- 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)

Evening
Continue group-level work on modules. Individual meetings with team leaders to assess learning and discuss progress

July 25, Day 5 (Tuesday)

9-10:15- Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-12:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-4:00- Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
3:00-3:15 - Break
4:00-5:00 - Grade-level groups share progress with whole group
6:00- 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue group-level work on modules. Individual meetings with team leaders to assess learning and discuss progress
Complete in-progress program assessment

July 26, Day 6  (Wednesday)

Workshop Room: Stein 118B. Lunch and breaks in Stein 423.

9-10:15- Grade-level groups work on final modules.
10:15-10:30 - Break
10:30-12:00 - Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-1:30 - Group photographs - Gather outside of Stein 118B.
1:30-3:00- Grade-level groups continue working on final modules.
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-4:00 - continue work on final modules
4:00-5:00 - Grade-level groups share progress with whole group
6:00- 7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue group-level work on modules. Individual meetings with team leaders to assess learning and discuss progress

July 27, Day 7 (Thursday)
SITE VISIT

SITE VISIT
Workshop Room: Stein 118B. Lunch and breaks in Stein 423.

9:00 -10:00 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on modules.
9:45- Take your own break between 9:45 and 10
10:00-11:00 - Site visit team interviews participations in grade-level teams
11:00-12:00 - Microteaching: HIgh School team presentation of module-in-progress
12:00-12:30  - Whole group evaluation of High School Team presentation using TELL Full Class Observation form (focus on Section C Learning Activities and Section D Feedback) (Meng leads discussion)
12:30-1:15 - Lunch
1:15-2:15 -Microteaching: Middle School team presentation of module-in-progress
2:15-2:45 - Whole group evaluation of Middle School team presentation using TELL Full Class Observation form (focus on Section C Learning Activities and Section D Feedback) (Meng leads discussion)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-5:00 Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.
6:00-7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.
Complete on-line in-progress program assessment.

July 28, Day 8
(Friday)

Whole Group Meeting Room: Stein 118B. Breaks on Stein 4. Barbecue lunch in Hogan Center.

9:00-12:00 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on modules
10:15-10:30 - Break
12:00-1:00: Lunch (Barbecue, Hogan Center - weather permitting)
1:00-2:00 Microteaching:  Immersion team presentation of module
2:00-2:30 Whole group evaluation Immersion team presentation
2:30-2:45 - Break
2:45-3:45 - Microteaching: College team presentation of module
3:45-4:15 - Whole group evaluation of College team presentation
4:15-5:00 - Continue working on modules
6:00-7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.

July 29, Day 9 (Saturday)

9:00-12:00 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on modules.
Workshop Room: Stein 118B. Lunch in Stein 526. Breaks on Stein 4.

10:15-10:30 - Break
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:00 Microteaching:  Middle School team presentation of module
2:00-2:30 Whole group evaluation Middle School team presentation
2:30-2:45 - Break
2:45-3:45 - Microteaching: High School team presentation of module
3:45-4:15 - Whole group evaluation of High School team presentation
4:15-5:00 - Continue working on modules
6:00-7:30 - Dinner (Depart Figge 6 PM)
Evening
Continue work on modules in grade-level teams.

July 30, Day 10 (Sunday)

Workshop Room: Stein 118B. Lunch in Stein 526. Breaks on Stein 4.

9:00 -10:30 - Breakout sessions by grade-level teams to continue working on second task
10:30-11:30 - Microteaching: Immersion team presentation of module
11:30-12:00 - Group evaluation of Immersion team presentation.
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-2:00 - Breakout session by grade level teams to continue working on modules
2:00-3:00 Microteaching: College team presentation of module
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-3:45 - Group evaluation of College team presentation.
3:45-5:00 - Various program evaluations

6:00-8:00 - Final banquet - Depart 6 PM for Sole Proprietor

July 31 (Monday)

Participants depart