ISS Middle School ELA News
February 10, 2017
Teaching the Core: The ELA & Literacy Instructional Practice
The Standards and Key Shifts in ELA/Literacy
1.Regular practice with complex text and its academic language
2.Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational
3.Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction
Three Factors of Text Complexity
- Quantitative measures – readability and other scores of text complexity often best measured by computer software.
- Qualitative measures – levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands often best measured by an attentive human reader.
- Reader and Task considerations – background knowledge of reader, motivation, interests, and complexity generated by tasks assigned often best made by educators employing their professional judgment. What the instructor does with this text to help students read and understand it.
Quantitative Scale
Don't Forget Our Quality State Resources
Resources
Civil Rights Movement Lessons for Black History Month
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
PD Opportunities
14352 - Digital Citizenship
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14356 - Middle Grades ELA: Teaching Beyond the EOG
This program will examine the knowledge and skills necessary to transition successfully from elementary to high school. Teachers will engage in and then craft their own language arts activities that engage both the child and the budding adult in each of their students.
14386 - Move It! The Physically Active Academic Classroom
Teachers will learn a variety of strategies for integrating instruction with physical activity, but not at the expense of intellectual rigor. Armed with a collection of techniques you can use immediately, design and create your own physically and mentally active lessons.
Jane Austen Wants Teachers!
The 2017 Jane Austen Summer Program, “200 Years of Persuasion,” will be held June 15-18, 2017, at the Hampton Inn in Carrboro, NC. Earn 3 CEU credits and gain valuable insights into teaching Jane Austen in your classroom! Scholarships are available.
To apply for a scholarship, visit http://janeaustensummer.org/scholarships/scholarships/ and complete the application form. The deadline for scholarship applications is March 13 and the winners will be announced by April 10. For more information, visit http://janeaustensummer.org/.
Please Contact Us If You Have Any Questions
Pamela Bumgarner pbumgarner@iss.k12.nc.us
Traci Fox tmfox@iss.k12.nc.us
Toni Ingram tingram@iss.k12.nc.us