October ELA Update

Beginning in the 22-23 school year we will begin screening Kindergarten through 3rd grade students to identify a risk of Characteristics of Dyslexia. Pam Plumley and I will be visiting with every site, in person, to review this new requirement. All supporting documents and explanations are stored on the ELA Website and can be found by clicking here. You must be logged in to view full content on the ELA Website.

Update as of 9/29/2022 - To be considered "At Risk" of characteristics of Dyslexia, 1st - 3rd graders must be below benchmark on STAR EL, and below benchmark on BOTH of their CBM measures. This has changed since the zoom on the 28th. No change was made to Kindergarten.

Updated Screening Guidance

I have merged the RTI and RSA web pages into one page. Hopefully this helps you find what you need.

A new resource you will love is the Tier II Intervention Resources OneNote. Be sure to look for it by following the link below.

RSA and RTI Information Page

The Oklahoma State Dept. of Ed has released new Item Specs for 22-23. The ELA assessment will still be over the 2016 version of the ELA standards, but they have added some new released items to the grade level "Blueprint and Item Specs" document. You can find the updated documents with the link below.

If you are new to the world of state testing, have changed grades, or just need a review, these documents are your roadmap to the state test. PD opportunities reviewing these documents will be available in November-December. A schedule will be in next months newsletter.

Updated State Testing Blueprints and Item Specs - Make sure you are logged into the district website.

This is our initial implementation year for Into Reading. This is a 6 year adoption so your students MyBooks and Know it, Show It workbooks will be replaced each year. Each month I will try to highlight a feature or two. This month I want to show you three things you may find helpful.

Read and Respond Journal - This video shows you where to find it and how to use it. Don't worry, it's only 3 minutes :) You can also find it under "Differentiation and Intervention" in your All Resources section.

Create and Edit Assessments - Did you know your tests are fully editable? You can edit any assessment or merge two assessments into one in just a few steps.

Using My Stuff to Organize Lessons - Are you feeling overwhelmed with all of your resources? Try this tip to put all you need for the week in one location.

Resources shared last month:

• ELA Website Page: Into Reading Textbook Page, Curriculum Materials, Resources, and PD This page is your resource for packing guides, novel lists, and PD options.
• ELA Website Page: Into Reading Textbook Information This page is specific to using the Into Reading resources. This is where you will find how to videos.
• FaceBook Groups: There are multiple FaceBook groups for Into Reading. Their core page is called: Teachers Corner from HMH. I also recommend searching for grade level specific groups, there are many helpful resources in these groups. ex. HMH Into Reading 3rd Grade

We will be partnering with OWP this year to offer writing professional development. All sessions will be held in the Oakridge Elementary Library from 4:30-5:30. Please see below for more details. The information below is also be on the ELA website. Grade bands are recommendations, please attend anything you will find helpful. The mentor text sessions are set up as two parts, please try to attend both if possible. All attendees will receive a stipend for attending.

• October 11th - Modes of Writing: 4th - 6th Grade
  
• November 15th - Using Mentor Texts in Writing Part 1: K-3rd
• January 10th - Using Mentor Texts in Writing Part 2: K-3rd
• February 7th - Using Writing Samples to Meet Proficiency on the OSTP: 3rd - 6th
• March 7 - Sentence and Paragraph Writing: 3rd - 6th

Register Here Please use your MPS email address so that sign up genius emails and reminders will be easier to find. If you need to cancel your registration, you do that from the sign up genius emails.

The connection between Into Reading and you canvas is set and ready to go. You can find it under the Plug In feature on the edit page of your Canvas pages. It is called the HMH ED Linking Tool. This Link has an easy to follow video provided by HMH. Your friendly neighborhood EdTech specialist is also ready and eager to help you get started!

If you haven't already checked it out, EdTEch has a great Canvas page with tons of easy to use directions and videos. For quick reference, here is the link.

Students can use this template to create PowerPoint Book Reports. Thank you for sharing this template with us Cynthia Riedl. :) If you haven't utilized Canva yet, reach out to EdTech, the love to teach teachers and students all the ways to incorporate this great tool.

Book Report Template

Have you been looking for a way to integrate Phoneme Grapheme Mapping into your Spelling test? Thank you Megan Schmidt for sharing your Spelling Test form with us.

Phoneme Grapheme Mapping Template

I can't say enough good things about this website. It has great book suggestions for kids and adults!

https://everyday-reading.com/

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