Wink: ELAR Support Day #4
Region 18 Support Date: 4/12/16
Welcome!
Here's what to expect today:
- Check in: how are things? (re: STAAR, lesson planning, tri-weekly assessments, implementing the "whole cookie" strategy)
- Resource share
- Plan the world!
Reminder: Face to Face Training Round 3
Here's the link to Face to Face Training, Round 3 in January:
Austin's Butterfly: Modeling & Drafting
Austin's Butterfly: Building Excellence in Student Work - Models, Critique, and Descriptive Feedback
Gallagher Gems:
KILE'S FAVE TAKE AWAYS:
- Using "butterfly" mentor texts for writing (eg: poem, dialogue examples to emphasize punctuation rules)
- 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
- Providing passages from pieces already read to practice grammar application
Writing: Following A Logical Progression of Thought
Resources Recall:
Resources Recall:
- Recall CommonLit for thematic paired passages & making connections; update: new search feature AND awesome paired passages and media clips
- 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]
We Live in the Future!
Expeditions: Take your students to places a school bus can't
Google Cardboard Plastic
Other Awesome & Random Resources:
Zaption - Don't just watch. Learn.
Links to Previous Support Days:
Organize Your Life
Clean up your inbox from all of the emails! Unroll.me
Upcoming Training Opportunities:
GT RoundUp Sessions in August
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! Keep in touch!
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