Teach For America

Philippe Ernewein

Literacy Specialist (Middle School/High School)

Teach For America Atlanta Institute

Where is Philippe?	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
Monday	Price	Price	Coan	Douglass	Campus
Tuesday	Price	Coan	Douglass	Price	Coan
Wednesday	Douglass	Price	Price	Coan	Price
Thursday	Douglass Office Hours: 8:30 - 10:30	Douglass Office Hours: 8:30 - 10:30	Douglass Office Hours: 8:30 - 10:30	Douglass Office Hours: 8:30 - 10:30	Douglass Closing Cermony
Friday	Coan	Coan	Price	Price	Coan

Golden Resources: Download these PDFs to your desktop

Elementary Literacy Text: complete edition available here

Secondary Literacy Text: complete edition available here

Vision Statement

I believe that all students can learn. My time and energy is invested in continually finding ways and creating opportunities to achieve this goal. My actions, lessons and language aim to be respectful of every individual.
I believe that writing is a form of discovery and it is my mission as a teacher (and eternal Corps Member) to model this mantra through best practices and authentic, meaningful experiences.

Office Hours: Thursday 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm in Resource Room

Email for conferences & campus/classroom check-ins.

Bloom's Taxonomy: First Draft of the Bloom-A-Rang

As discussed during our session on informal writing, here is the background information on Bloom's Taxonomy that lists specific verbs and questions that can be asked for each level. I plan to develop this document further so that it can be easily utilized as a graphic organizer for teachers to write scaffolded assessments. Please feel free to develop this idea further.

Differentiated Session Resources
During our Differentiated Literacy sessions, along with all group presentation and discussion, we'll have time to explore and examine a variety of graphic organizers that help our students to better understand and deconstruct information presented in textbooks. Please feel free to email me graphic organizers or other forms of text mapping that you have found successful in the classroom.

1. Strategies for Reading Non-Fiction Texts
Background Notes and Additional Resources

2. Textbook Examples
History Textbook Example
Science Textbook Example
Sceince Textbook Example (With Text Clues)

3. Graphic Organizers: The Frayer Series
Frayer Model (Example #1)
Frayer Model (Example #2: Folded Example)
Frayer Model (Example #3)

4. Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizer Sampler
For Character Traits
The World's Greatest Textbook Deconstruction Tool: THRILD About Reading

5. Review/During Reading Organizers: A-Z
ABC Review (A - T)
ABC Review (U-Z)

Article Highlighting Text-To-Text/Text-To-World/Text-To-Self Examples: Music As Literacy

Written in response to a question a student asked me on my first day of teaching, incorporating music into classes I have taught across a variety of content areas has proven to be beneficial for investing students, promoting comprehension and helping with the structure and management. This article discusses the concept of "Music of the Week," as well as the specific application of musical connections to learning objectives. Excellent web resource for classroom support and lesson application: Learning From Lyrics

Resource for Elementary & Middle School Teachers

Here you'll find examples of Read Aloud & Shared Reading lessons, along with other resources that will help you plan and execute your lessons. The log in is tal/talrubric.

Teach For America Literacy Hub

Documents and Related Resources to Literacy Sessions

The Apprentice - Teaching Reading Comprehension Lessons

Hand-out: Vision-Setting Process for Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans

SLIT 1: Texts Demand, Teachers Plan

SLIT 5: Teaching Vocabulary

SLIT 2: House Hand-Out

SLIT 2: Challenging Biology Text

SLIT 2: Challenging Statistics Text

Before Reading: Comprehension Strategies

During Reading: Comprehension Strategies

After Reading: Comprehension Strategies