Michigan Learning Channel Update

As we end the year, we want to extend our thanks for your interest in learning about the work of the Literacy Essentials and MAISA's partnership with Michigan Learning Channel (MLC). This work helps to bring the Literacy Essentials to life through the MLC/PBS literacy broadcast series, Read, Write, ROAR!

Read more about the Literacy Essentials here!

If you have any questions about this content, please contact Annie Spear, MAISA Project Director, Michigan Learning Channel (aspear@gomaisa.org).

Thank you, Katy Clark (KRESA Literacy Consultant/Instructional Coach) and Dr. Melissa Usiak (LRESA Assistant Superintendent/MSU Associate Professor), for inviting Annie to join colleagues from Kalamazoo and Livingston to talk about Michigan Learning Channel and Read, Write, ROAR! In both settings, we discussed ways it can support coaches in their day-to-day work.

At Kalamazoo's December Coaching Collaborative, we had a chance to do an overview of resources and also dig into how the Grades 4-5 resources used to plan the series and the resulting lessons could support teachers with tools to teach multisyllabic decoding lessons.

At Livingston ESA's meeting with 35(a) funded coaches, there was an informal, choose-your-own-adventure style presentation to spread the word about MLC. In particular, we looked at "snapshots" of the different Read, Write, ROAR! series and did some exploration to discover lessons to share with educators.

Thanks for this opportunity to share these no-cost resources that are aligned to our #MichiganLiteracy PreK to Grade 5 Essential Instructional Practices! Please reach out if you would like Annie's support for your group! (aspear@gomaisa.org)

To determine whether the DPBS model and the Michigan Learning Channel series, Read, Write, ROAR! PreK to Grade 3, was making an impact, HighScope Educational Research Foundation (HighScope) worked in partnership with Detroit PBS to conduct a "mixed-method evaluation to learn more about the implementation and early outcomes of the Neighborhood Model from August 2023 to August 2024. Because of Detroit PBS's established engagement with the Brightmoor community, efforts were made during all phases of the evaluation process to capture the perspectives of caregivers living in the Brightmoor community."

This study provides valuable information about what is working for families and some guidance for how to provide future support for to make implementing Read, Write, ROAR! more successful.

🔼🔼🔼Click on the HighScope picture to see the full slide deck about this research evaluation.

Caregivers were interviewed and surveyed as a part of the HighScope evaluation. While we work to continue to demonstrate how Read, Write, ROAR! can be used at home and in community settings, we can rest assured that the content is solid due to it being connected to Prekindergarten and Grades K to 3 Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy. We can also feel confident that PBS (and, in turn, Michigan Learning Channel) are trusted resources!

Production for Read, Write, ROAR! Upper Elementary (Grades 4-5) is wrapping up! The new series offers several segments within one episode and aligns to Literacy Essentials practices.

• Find the latest full episodes on PBS (26:46 minutes)
• YouTube Playlist - now with 41 segments! (each segment ranges from 2:00 - 6.5 minutes)

Check out Read, Write, ROAR! Restore is a series of segments made by the Michigan Learning Channel designed to help kids and families get active in easy ways. These segments appear in full episodes of Read, Write, ROAR! Upper Elementary. Read, Write, ROAR! Restore is made in partnership with Inpact at Home https://inpactathome.umich.edu/ Find more content here: https://www.michiganlearning.org/show... Learn more about the Michigan Learning Channel here: https://www.michiganlearning.org/

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The newly-released Lesson Plan Guides for the Grades K to 3 Read, Write, ROAR! series were designed during the filming phase (2021-2022) and utilized by the coaches and teachers from the K to 3 series to scope and guide the work. MAISA contracted support to get the Lesson Plan Guides aligned across the grade levels and reviewed/revised across for full alignment and accuracy. Our Lesson Plan Guides linked to Read, Write, ROAR! episodes can help save the day! This one page document, holds links for 16 different Lesson Plan Guide documents!

Feedback from educators is telling us these modules are supporting them to learn more about the Literacy Essentials, Read, Write, ROAR!, and ways to use these lessons in their classrooms!

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Please reach out to Annie Spear, MAISA, Project Director, Michigan Learning Channel: aspear@gomaisa.org.

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