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Re-Imagining ELA: Day 2 Afternoon Session

Blogger: Noriko

After lunch, we made our way into breakout sessions. I'm in the ELA session with Ms. Barbeau, Mr. Escajeda, and Ms. Graham. 

We start off reviewing the charge for these two days and then eliciting needs from the group after yesterday's session. 

There is some general anxiety about how the textbook resources will be rolled out and that anxiety is expressed from teachers from all the adoption groups. 

We looked at how one standard progresses from grades 6-8. 

We looked at what Academic Moves follow each standard. Here is a link to the online resources for the book. (the last word is business). 

https://studysites.corwin.com/secure/burkeacademicmoves/chapter.htm

We then took a few minutes to skim the introduction. 

It's been an long two days of looking at lots of words. 

Re-Imagining ELA/ELD PD at LACES: Day 2 Morning Session

BLOGGER: Noriko

We started the morning by signing in at the cafeteria. Then, we made our way over to the dance room to meet with the HMC Collections.

So, yesterday we ended the day with Lily's blog sadly deleting, Lawrence posting a couple of very helpful posts, learning there is nothing like AR in this program, and picking up our chrome books. The chrome books are nice, and we are already considering how to make use of them.

We then discussed what enriches and inhibits learning. Then we all got logged on and explored some of the resources.

Because of the many tech engagements, she went over "Rules of Engagement"
RED: lids down (laptops closed), guided instruction
YELLOW: collaborative work 
GREEN: individualized work. 

I explored some of the teacher dashboard and

student resources:



Explore these pages to learn all about these resources...

HMH California Collections Unpacked for Special Education Teachers Part II

WRITING/SPEAKING&LISTENING

A. Interactive Lessons

The Interactive Lessons on Teacher Resources are a great resource for doing direct mini-lessons on performance standards in writing and speaking and Listening.

I like that it gives presentations visually and aurally, with accompanying assessment and rubric. These are standards that need to be taught explicitly and do not just happen without the benefit of thoughtful instruction.


B. Graphic Organizers

The Graphic Organizers are not editable, but allows you to type in on a downloadable organizer and print. Great for whole group instruction.

HMH California Collections Unpacked for the Special Education Teachers Part I

HMH California Collections Unpacked for Special Education Teachers
Blogger: Lawrence Ramos

Log in and it will take you to your dashboard. Select your grade level on the upper right tab, then click on Teacher Resources. This will take you to the page with a mustard yellow left tab.

FLUENCY

HMH CA Collections has intensive reading instructional materials through Decoding Power, where you can get fluency passages for those still working on high frequency words and focused sound patterns.

It also has diagnostic, screening, intervention, and progress monitoring assessments with its Journeys component, especially for our struggling readers that need reinforcement with blending practice. We have identified a few among our Special Day students and this will really be helpful if given as a supplementary homework and when they work with our aides.

LANGUAGE

This is a 5-day instructional guide that includes either a written or spoken product. It provides instructional focus on both semantics and pragmatics as there are lessons on making text connections and interpretations, as well as putting these words in practice through scripting and structured/scaffolded collaboration. 

Re-Imagining ELA/ELD: Afternoon session with textbook publishers

and here it is.

And here we are in the after-lunch textbook intro for Collections.

As Noriko is my witness, I took and organized very good notes.

They're gone.

So sorry.

I guess I closed page before I "updated."  I'll get this, promise!

Re-Imagining ELA/ELD Instruction: late morning

Blogger: Tiki -

Academic Moves should be imbedded in a task. The standard we are being asked to assess is Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. This is the New Blooms Taxonomy.

 

blogged out!

Sitting with my team, waiting for lunch, wishing for coffee, learning about addressing English learners. Wow, I'm tired.

Blogger: Noriko

This book has some great resources we can use/adapt for so many assignments: Essential Academic Words, moves and rubrics. Good stuff!

She then connected the ELD standards to how we can implementing these moves with different levels.