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ELA 6th-8th Grade Curriculum Day

ELA 6th-8th Grade Curriculum Day. Regina Propst and Jo-Nell Isenhour February 17, 2014 Catawba County Schools. Today’s Agenda. Morning Analyze test questions on released EOGs Delve into unpacking documents and standards to create a notes chart

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ELA 6th-8th Grade Curriculum Day

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  1. ELA6th-8th Grade Curriculum Day Regina Propst and Jo-Nell Isenhour February 17, 2014 Catawba County Schools

  2. Today’s Agenda Morning • Analyze test questions on released EOGs • Delve into unpacking documents and standards to create a notes chart • Stations: Close Reading, Co-Teaching Strategies, Annotating, ELA Livebinder, Alignment Project Afternoon • Work with Tech Facilitators to explore digital resources • CCS webpage

  3. Learning Targets • PWBAT analyze test questions for alignment the ELA standards. • PWBAT determine key words in the standards and strategies to meet the standards. • PWBAT locate resources that are aligned to standards.

  4. Released Test Items http://dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/releasedforms

  5. Analyze a sample question • Which statement summarizes the theme of the selection? • In the sentence below, what does the word shabbily mean? • Which describes the speaker’s point of view about being a butterfly? ***Assume that the passage was fictional.

  6. Matching Standards to Questions You will need: • Released Test (click link in Symbaloo) • Standards (click link in Symbaloo or use ringed papers in table bin) • Question Sheet (folder) With your group: • Label each question with the standard it addresses.

  7. Standards in all 3 released tests RL 1, 2, 3, 4 RI 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 L 4a, 5a

  8. Unpack the Standards • Look at the Unpacking Document • Key Words of Standards • Strategies to Teach these Standards

  9. Standard Key Words: Strategies/ Instructional ideas:

  10. Pacing Guides Please add to the charts for your grade level. This information will be used to update our 6-8 pacing guides.

  11. 5 Stations Sally Pitofsky: Close Reading (Flowers) Robin McConnell: Teach Annotating (Mickey Ears) Carrie Pratt: Co-Teaching Strategies (Tiger) Jo-Nell Isenhour: ELA wiki/ livebinder (Penguin) Regina Propst: Alignment Project (Hat)

  12. Just a bit of Housekeeping: • We are to teach the standards, not programs. Novels, ReadWorks, the textbook, etc. are tools. • ClassScape is a formative assessment piece. It is not intended for grades. Formative Assessment guides our instruction. ClassScape is used to inform us of where to go next. • How will your formative assessment guide your instruction?

  13. Exploring Resources with Tech Facilitators Numbered groups will meet with a tech facilitator to learn about online resources that align to the standards. Add resources to the Google Doc.

  14. Resources ELA Webpage Symbaloo 40 Ways Cards Share Sessions

  15. Exit Ticket and Door Prize! One thing I learned ____________. One thing I will try in my classroom ___. One thing I would like to know more about __________.

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