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WCCUSD Elementary ELA Planning for 2014-15

WCCUSD Elementary ELA Planning for 2014-15. Areas of Focus a nd Resources for Success! July 31, 2014. Word Warm-up. Try the Word Puzzle – How Many “Time” words can you make? What phonological skills and strategies did you use to complete the puzzle?

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WCCUSD Elementary ELA Planning for 2014-15

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  1. WCCUSDElementary ELAPlanning for 2014-15 Areas of Focus and Resources for Success! July 31, 2014

  2. Word Warm-up Try the Word Puzzle – How Many “Time” words can you make? • What phonological skills and strategies did you use to complete the puzzle? • Did the Puzzle get easier or harder as you found more words?

  3. Our Goals for Today • Set up expectations/Areas of Focus For 2014-15 • Develop, refine and reinforce capacity in areas of focus • Build agendas/have tools and draft plan of action for August 12 and 13

  4. Key Areas of Focus for 2014-15 • Using more informational reading and writing and citing evidence from text to develop students’ competencies in critical thinking, reading, and writing • Increasing student discourse (collaborative conversations) and academic vocabulary to support more engaged learning • Using genuine formative assessments to guide instruction

  5. Getting Ready for the Work Activity: CCSS Word Hunt • Find a partner (or two) • Select only 1 (one) of these Standards • RI: Reading Standards for Informational Text K – 5 • W: Writing Standards K – 5 • SL: Speaking and Listening Standards K – 5 • Re–read your selected standard and find 5 Key words that embody the essence of the standard • Add your favorite word(s) to the Linoit page sometime during our work today (see green directions sheet)

  6. Close Reading: What and Why • Let’s read – “Jump In” • Let’s think: • What’s the stated purpose of the first reading? • What’s the stated purpose of the second reading? • Let’s talk – tell your partner

  7. Purpose of Multiple Readings • The first reading is about figuring out what the text says. • The second reading is about figuring out how the text works.

  8. CONNOTATION AND WORD CHOICE illiterate or untaught? old or antique? unwise or foolish? mocked or imitated? energetic or fidgety?

  9. Close Reading: What and Why (cont) • Authors’ Word Choice – A powerful decision in the construction of effective text • Let’s read again • Why did Shanahan use the word “gleaned” in the fourth paragraph • Why did Shanahan begin the fifth paragraph with the word “Thus”? • Let’s talk – tell your partner

  10. Close Reading – Making it work for our students – A Bookmark Tool

  11. Student Discourse – A Tool

  12. Student Discourse – What and How “Why Talk is Important in Classrooms” - Douglas Fisher Purposeful Student Talk includes: • Teacher Modeling • Guided Instruction • Collaborative Tasks • Independent Tasks Tasks: • Read third page of article for more details • Discuss using 1 “Think and Discuss” and 1 “Listen and Respond” sentence stem from Bookmark Tool

  13. What do these Standards look like in action: A Tool…. The Instructional Practice Guide: • Helps to distill salient features of standards • Is a communication tool for teachers with teachers about what CCSS practices include • Is a communication tool for Principals with teachers to support use of CCSS practices • Is NOT an evaluation tool….

  14. What do these Standards looklike in action: Let’s watch • Find someone with a “similar symbol” • Watch classroom video here • Talk: What connections can you make between • the articles we’ve read today, • the Instructional Practice Guide AND • the classroom video?

  15. Formative Assessments - Critical Opportunity! • Illuminate provides options for teacher- created “Quick Check” mini tests • District CCSS-based Benchmark assessments • Teacher daily observation

  16. Informational Reading, Student Discourse and Assessment:The Connection to Treasures • Lots of informational text • Vocabulary support and resources • Multiple readings – leading to deep questioning • Built in Student collaboration • Writing tasks include Author – Reader Focus • Quick check and formative assessments with “If……Then……” support • CCSS Teacher Resource Book – Activities for Close Reading, Collaborative Conversations, Writing and More!!

  17. Resources, Resources…. Materials from today are on main Ed Services page at: http://www.wccusd.net/Page/4584 Lots of other support materials are on the ELA –Elementary page at: http://www.wccusd.net/Page/3847 “Ticklers and Teasers” are in the left hand pocket of your folder

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