Des Moines Public Schools AmeriCorps Orientation

1. Des Moines Public SchoolsAmeriCorps Orientation September 5, 2013

2. Agenda • The Iowa Common Core Standards • 2013-2014 Literacy Curriculum Guides • Resources to Support Literacy Instruction • DMPS Website • Think Central • Effective Small Group Instruction • Using the Journeys Materials for Small Group Instruction

4. Overview of the Common Core Standards http://elementaryliteracy.dmschools.org/icc-standards.html

5. Iowa’s Adoption of the Common Core Standards • The Common Core State Standards in Literacy and Mathematics were integrated into the Iowa Core by Iowa State Board of Education action in 2010. • All school districts and accredited nonpublic schools are required to fully implement the Iowa Core in grades 9-12 by July 1, 2012 and grades K-8 by the 2014-2015 school year.

6. LiteracyCurriculum Guides 2013 – 2014

7. The Overview Page

8. How to use this curriculum guide… • The Iowa Core Standards and the learner objectives listed on this district curriculum guide articulate our English Language Arts curriculum. These guides articulate what students need to know and be able to do during each unit of study at each grade level. • The Journeys materials will be used as our primary tool to support instruction and enhance student’s mastery of the Iowa CC Standards.

9. Page 1

11. What does Pg. 1 provide? • 5 lessons = 6 weeks of instruction • 6 day weeks • 1 week for extension and reteaching • Big Idea and Essential Questions • Skill and Concepts for instruction • Being a Writer Unit • Science / Social Studies and Health Concepts One Stop Shop!

12. Page 2

14. What Do You Use to Teach Pg. 2? Journeys! • Whole Group Tab • Read Aloud • Introduce Comprehension • Main Selection • Deepening Comprehension • Small Group Tab • Leveled Readers • Leveled Practice • Extending the Common Core Booklet (ECC)

15. A Look at the Journeys Materials Main Selection Introduce Comprehension (Projectable)

16. Literature Vocabulary Readers Leveled Readers Grade Level Anthology and Student Magazine

17. Weekly Leveled Readers

18. Page 3

20. What Do You Use to Teach Pg. 3?

21. Page 4

23. What Do You Use to Teach Pg. 4? Journeys! • Whole Group Tab • Opening Routines: PA, Phonics, Sight Words • Phonemic Awareness Lessons (K) • Phonics Lessons • Fluency Lessons • Word Study Spiral

24. What Do You Use to Teach Pg. 4? Speaking and Listening Standards: • Extending the Common Core (ECC) • Integrated into Comprehension and Writing ECC

25. Resources to Support your Work

26. DMPS Literacy Website

27. Accessing the Websites www.dmschools.org

28. Accessing the Websites

29. Accessing the Websites www.elementaryliteracy.dmschools.org www.elementarymath.dmschools.org

30. Literacy Website • Curriculum Guides • Health, Social Studies, & Science Resources • Assessments • SHARED teacher-created resources (more, please!) • Video Lessons (coming soon…)

31. Think Central

32. What will you find on Think Central? • Teacher’s Manuals • Leveled Readers • With a Read Aloud Function • Can be Printed in Booklet Form • Practice Book • Projectables • Grab and Go • All Things Journeys…

33. Logging into Think Central State: Iowa District: Des Moines Public School Dist School: Adams Elementary User Name: americorps Password: americorps All hints: americorps

34. How do I get Help? Help Support!

35. Resources There are two places you can click to access Resources

36. Narrowing by Grade Level & Content Area

38. Click the printer icon to print this instructional page. • Click the “page” icon to access the table of contents (helpful when you’d like to skip right to a specific lesson)

40. When you select a level, the next page will provide you with a list of the titles by lesson.

41. You can play the audio of the leveled text by selecting the microphone. ** If your audio feature does not work, please be sure that you have the most updated version of flash player and that there is not a yellow bar at the top of the screen that requests you to “trust this site”. You can print or save the leveled readers by using these icons.

44. ** These are your “Words to Know” Click on the “page icon” to see a list of all of the words. Click on a specific word and that card will come up. Click on the printer icon the print the front or back of the card.

46. ** These are your “Words to Know” Click on the “page icon” to see each lesson listed by unit. Click on the printer icon to print each page.

48. ** These are your Phonics Word Sort Cards Click on the “page icon” to see each lesson listed by unit. Click on the printer icon to print each page.