1. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #1 EPGY Stanford Language Arts & Writing Professional Development EPGY Stanford Language Arts & Writing Professional Development EPGY Stanford

2. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #2 What is LA&W  Stanford’s Language Arts and Writing Program is a web-based computer course that allows students to work on an individualized basis.  LA&W uses the same website and the same usernames and passwords that are currently being used with Stanford Math. This makes the transition relatively seamless for students.

3. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #3 Who Will Use It? Students needing Language Arts intervention, in grades 2 and up. Students who have been identified by either formative assessment data (TCAP) or by their Classroom teacher as a Tier II or Tier III student.

4. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #4 Priority of Use Dr. Ss Grades 2-6  Tier II  Tier III  All Students

5. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide # Recommended Use 2 – 3 Sessions Per Week Each session is set at 20 minutes just like on Stanford Math. Example: 2 sessions per week on the LA&W program would equal 40 minutes of total usage per week. This is not to take away from the 90 minutes a week in Math. 5

6. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #6 Curriculum Overview The course is intended for students who are reading at grade level in grades 2-6 Peer tutoring will come in handy if you have a student who is not reading on at least a 2nd grade level. By default all students begin 1 grade level below their actual grade level. (Except 2 nd grade) Grade Levels can be adjusted.

7. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #7 Each New Concept begins with an Audio Lecture

8. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #8 Course Motion Students demonstrating proficiency of a concept move through the sets at a faster pace than those demonstrating a need for additional practice. Students see fewer exercises when they answer exercises correctly on either of their first two attempts. When students answer exercises incorrectly, the program presents them again at a later time. This repetition is intentional.

9. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #9 Course Strands Grades 2-5 Parts of Speech - grammatical categories of English Sentence Structure – properties of English sentence structure and written language conventions. (Complete Thoughts) Sentence Composition - guided sentence writing practice incorporating parts of speech, sentence structure, and mechanics Paragraphs - paragraph structure and effective writing for different types of paragraphs Grade 6 Word Usage & Literary Devices - concepts of etymology (including prefixes, suffixes, and word roots); plot structure, setting, mood, and figurative language Mechanics – application of correct use of capitalization, commas, hyphen, colons, semicolons, dashes, parentheses and quotation marks

10. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #10 Sample Exercise in Parts of Speech Strand

11. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #11 Sample Exercise in Paragraphs Strand

12. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #12 Exercise in Sentence Structure Strand

13. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #13 Sample Exercise in Sentence Composition Strand

14. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #14 The Review Segment At the beginning of each session, the program determines whether or not the student needs review. The Review segment consists of exercises the student missed in the previous exercise sets. This reinforcement allows additional practice on concepts of difficulty.

15. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #15 Common Types of Exercises Identification Multiple Choice Simple Fill-in Complex Fill-in Spelling Sequence of Events Sentence Composition

16. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #16 Example of Complex Fill-In Exercise

17. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #17 Example of a Sequence-of-Events Exercise

18. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #18 Progress Summary Report

19. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #19 Session Calendar Report

20. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #20 Cumulative Session and Individual Session Summary

21. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #21 Concepts Summary Report

22. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #22 Creative Ideas for Using Language Arts & Writing Mini-lessons on problematic concepts. Center Activity Enrichment Opportunities Peer Tutoring Group Activities

23. © Copyright 2009 EPGYSlide #23 Conclusion  We hope that you will encourage your teachers to use both of our.  Please feel free to call on us for any support you may need whether it is technical, or instructional