Greenwood: ELAR Support Day #3
Region 18 Support Date: 3/23/16
Welcome!
Here's what to expect today:
- Check in: where are we? where do we need to be?
- Recap strategies, sites, and ideas
- DIscuss best practices to target writing
- Create classroom plans to prepare for our upcoming test and engaging students
Reminder: Face to Face Training Round 3
Here's the link to Face to Face Training, Round 3 in January:
Reminder: Face to Face Training Round 2
Here's the link to Face to Face Training, Round 2 in October:
Reminder: Face to Face Training Round 1
Here's the link to Face to Face Training, Round 1 in August: go.esc18.net/RDIelar1
Austin's Butterfly: Modeling & Drafting
Austin's Butterfly: Building Excellence in Student Work - Models, Critique, and Descriptive Feedback
Other TIps from Kelly Gallagher We Discussed
- Using Interesting infographics (response: what do you see? what DON'T you see? [eg: what questions do you still have?])
- Writing every day AND modeling as a "butterfly" your OWN writing and thinking
- embedding 1-2 min of revising and editing with writing AND modeling your own
- using "butterfly" mentor texts for writing (eg: poem, dialogue examples to emphasize punctuation rules)
- providing passages from pieces already read to practice grammar application
Check out these resources for Literacy & ELL support!
Writing: Following A Logical Progression of Thought
TEA: All things STAAR
Fall update from TEA for 2016 4 and 7 STAAR Writing Test: here
- Find released tests here
- Find all things writing (rubrics, sample comp boxes, student samples, etc.) here
- Find updated writing grade 7 STAAR redesign here (10/5/15)
- Find updated grade 7 Performance Level Descriptors here (10/5/15)
- See 2015-2016 Testing Calendar here
- See the updated testing Dictionary Policy here
Resources Recall:
Resources Recall: [utilize the discussion questions built in!]
- Recall CommonLit for thematic paired passages & making connections; update: new search feature!
- Don't forget Newsela for differentiated news articles by lexile level; update: new texts sets for other content areas & improved search feature [Paired Text Selections]
Tool Review: ImageThink Notes
http://www.imagethink.net/
- Visual Notetaking & Summarizing
- Classroom Application Ideas?
- Here are a few of our own!
Kahoot!
Engage your students with an interactive and competitive review!
- Use Kahoot! to review and interact with your students.
- Ideas: review concepts, vocabulary, test prep, classroom rules
- Enrich: have students create their own Kahoots! to play as a class
- Let's play! Go to kahoot.it
- Ready to create your own? getkahoot.com
- Utilize the repository of already created kahoots online
- Flip the learning: have students create kahoot questions to play/review as a class
Data Review: Asking Five Times Why
- Review data (six week exams, final exams, formative assessments, etc.)
- Analyze where we are: why, why, why, why, why
- Create a data driven plan from here
What Do You See in These Data?
Upcoming Training Opportunities:
Summer Literacy Academy
2nd Annual Future Ready Technology Conference
When: Monday, June 6th
Where: Midland College
Cost: $100
Website: go.esc18.net/futureready
Register here!
Laura Kile
Don't hesitate to contact me with follow up questions, requests for resources, and to share the great things that are happening in your classes!
Email: lkile@esc18.net
Website: http://www.esc18.net/site/default.aspx?PageID=1
Location: Region 18 Education Service Center, La Force Boulevard, Midland, TX, United States
Phone: 432.561.4319
Twitter: @mslkile