1. Welcome Back! SJSD ELA PD - August 14, 2014

2. New Teachers & Department Chairs

3. Thanks for sharing! ELA Teachers as Writers

4. Curriculum Revisions SJSD Curriculum

5. Assessment Calendar SJSD Assessment

6. Not your grandma’s multiple choice!

7. Our Process

8. Go to the SJSD homepage Click on the Academics tab Open Communication Arts On the left side, open Professional Development Click on 2014 – 2015 Click on the link for SBAC Training TestsSBAC Training Tests

9. Scroll down and click on the Practice Test box Click that you’re NOT a California student and then click Sign In Select your grade and then click Yes

10. Please select either the ELA Grades 6-8 Training Test OR the ELA HS Training Test

11. Click Select on the Settings page Click Yes, Start My Test

12. You MUST click the sound icon before answering yes! You are now ready to begin your Training Test

13. AFTER you’ve answered all 6 training questions, you need to End the Test Then be sure to click NO, so you can respond to the analysis questions

14. Use the toggle buttons at the top to go back to question 1 and individually respond to the following questions on the chart: What do students need to be able to do to respond to this item? What struggles do you think your students will experience with this item? How will these struggles influence your instruction?

15. your chart responses with your table. Think – Pair - Share

16. Falling in Love with Reading Again

17. Common Core Reading Strategies

18. LUNCH! 11:00 – 12:00

19. Vicky Bryan Using TED Talks

20. http://www.ted.com/talks/shane_koyczan_to_this_ day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful To This Day…for the bullied and the beautiful

21. Work time for your grade level group Writing TED Talks into Unit 1 Lessons

22. TED Talk Plans will be turned in to department chairs

23. November 10, 2014 at TMC Next ELA PD