Wayzata Language Arts Nancy McCoy, LA Resource Teacher Requirements? Choices? Help? For today’s session, follow these links: Staff Intranet Departments Curriculum & Instruction Elementary Your Grade Level Grade Level Language Arts

Remember to teach for the love of reading and writing Balance Remember to teach for the love of reading and writing

1.What should students learn? 5 important QUESTIONS … 1.What should students learn? 2.With what do I teach? 3. How do I teach? 4. How will we know we are successful? 5. Who will help?

What should students learn?

What should students learn?

With what do I teach? Use for Reading: Scott Foresman Reading Street Use for Writing: Lucy Calkins Units of Study Why is using a district chosen curriculum important? Meeting Standards Consistency in academic vocabulary from grade to grade. A scope and sequence of skills. Exposure to multiple genres. Exposure to multicultural and diverse groups while reading.

Provide tons of reading within a student’s day… Shared Reading (Whole group--Differentiated by support)—Textbook Guided Reading (Small group—Differentiated by Instructional level)—Leveled readers, Booksets Independent Reading (Self-selected)—Media Centers Teacher Read Aloud Content Area Reading

Overview, Smartboard Lessons, PearsonSuccessnet

Choices Reading Smartboard Unit Lessons

What should students learn? Teach These: Tested Skills Author’s Purpose/Genre Cause/Effect Compare/Contrast Main Idea/Details Draw Conclusions Fact/Opinion Generalize Graphic Sources Sequence Literary Elements: Character Plot Setting Theme Vocabulary Context Cues Word Structure What should students learn? Teach if needed: Strategies (Useful ways of thinking or useful ways to gain meaning from text. ) For example: Summarize Visualize Infer Etc.

Writing Smartboard Lessons Link

Example Times for 45 minute Writing Block: 10 minute Whole Group Lesson 30 minutes Student Writing 5 minutes Sharing

The teacher is the key. How do I teach? “Programs don’t teach children, teachers do.” Youngs, S. (2008)

Daily 5 (Some Schools/Teams) Develop Routines Reading Time Allocation Good Teacher Most Effective Teacher Whole Group Instruction, Other Activities Whole Group Instruction Student Reading Student Reading Other Activities Daily 5 (Some Schools/Teams)

How and with what do I measure and report How and with what do I measure and report? Data Management System: Performance Matters Kindergarten: Illinois Snapshots of Early Literacy subtests: Fall, Winter (report card), Spring First Grade: Observation Survey subtests: Fall, Winter, Spring Second Grade: Local summer screener Testing Links on Grade Level Webpage

Unit Benchmark Tests (Grades 2-5) Grade 2: The first unit test may be used as instruction for how to take a unit test. Four Common District Reading Assessments (Required) Tests are available at the District Website (Copies of tests may have been saved from last year to be re-used) Students use District Scan Sheets or “clickers. Scan sheets will be sent by Joni Larson according to testing calendar unless the PLC chooses “clickers” Writing—3 prompts -- Pre & Post tests but only report Post Instruction Testing Links on Webpage

Progress Reports Feb. & May Conferences in Nov. (some schools do them earlier) and March/April Grades K-2 continuum scoring tools Know what’s reported so you can collect data Progress Report Resources

Who will help? Vision 21 (gifted and talented) Literacy Specialists (under-performing K-5) Reading Recovery @ Gr. 1 ELL teachers Special Education teachers Instructional Paraprofessionals Literacy Volunteers (Gr. 3-5) Peer coaches Achievement Interventionist Reading Office Assistant Resource teacher

District Help Performance Matters Questions Materials Needs, Bookset Requests, Unit Tests Reading office assistant Joni.Larson@wayzata.k12.mn.us 763-745-6119 Assessment (MCA, MAP) Questions Stacey Lachner, Director of Research & Evaluation 763-745-5065 Performance Matters Questions Amanda Padjen 763-745-6077 Language Arts Curriculum and Instruction Questions Nancy.McCoy@wayzata.k12.mn.us 763-745-6142