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New! Enroll in Stanford's Free Online Course (Oct. 2014 - Jan 2015)
Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for College and Career Readiness
Instructors: Kenji Hakuta, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University
Jeff Zwiers, Senior Researcher, Stanford University
Sara Rutherford-Quach, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University and the Understanding Language Initiative
Please follow the links below to register:
Fall 2014 Constructive Classroom Conversations (Elementary)
Fall 2014 Constructive Classroom Conversations (Secondary)
Grammar
Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing - Grammar in Writing Series
A joint PD series through West Shore ESD (Jen Orton) and Muskegon Area ISD (Erin Brown)
Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing: A multi-year joint effort through West Shore ESD (Jen Orton) and Muskegon Area ISD (Erin Brown)
Vocabulary
Link to Vocabulary Instruction Page (Literacy Tools)
Link to Literacy in Action (Module 3 - Vocabulary)
Dr. Elaine Weber Macomb ISD - CCSS Vocabulary Presentation
Robert Marzano - Vocabulary for CCSS (ELA and MA; Tiers 2 and 3)
- Basic Vocabulary TermsVocabulary for the Common Core
Reproducibles
Websites
Online-Only Material
Vocabulary at the Center by Amy Benjamin
Chapter 1 - Excerpt
Amy Benjamin - Podcast
TextProject
Teaching Vocabulary - J Wilhelm
Oral Language
Dr. Rasinski - Oral Language and Fluency
Developing Oral Language and Reading Fluency -- Music in Science
Collection of Science Songs for Teaching -- Wayne RESA
2013 MSDSTA Science Songs Handout - D. Bydlowski's presentation
New! CCSSO Framework for English Language Proficiency Development Standards corresponding to CCSS and NGSS
Understanding Language Initiative - Language, Literacy, and Learning in the Content Areas (Stanford)
Understanding Language aims to heighten educator awareness of the critical role that language plays in the new Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. The long-term goal of the initiative is to increase recognition that learning the language of each academic discipline is essential to learning content. Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information; articulating and building on ideas; constructing explanations; engaging in argument from evidence—such language-rich performance expectations permeate the new Standards.
5 Key Strategies for ELL Instruction Rebecca Greene's Blog Post, October 25, 2013 12:23 pm
Includes videos from ELA, ELL Unit - Persuasion Across Time and Place
- Scaffolding Understanding (Interacting with Complex Texts -- Scaffolding Reading)
- Purposeful Grouping (Persuasion Across Time and Place -- ELA, ELL Unit)
- Background Knowledge (Preparing Learners -- Activating Prior Knowledge)
- Extended Discussion (Extending Understanding - Vocabulary Development)
- Valuing Linguistic Differences
Language and the CCSS - Three different ways language is involved in the CCSS
Realizing Opportunities for ELLs in the Common Core English Language Arts and Disciplinary Literacy Stadards
What does text complexity mean for English learners and language minority students? CCSS implications for ELLs
Language Demands and Opportunities in Relation to NGSS for ELLs
Academic English Mastery -- LA Unified
Spelling
Spelling Counts Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey Engaging the Adolescent Learner
Spelling correctly is a focus of the CCSS for students at all grade levels. By focusing on word acquisition, retention, and automaticity, Fisher and Frey give practical ideas for blending spelling instruction into everyday tasks by focusing on word patterns, Latin and Greek root words, affixes, high-frequency words, and commonly misspelled words.
Article available free of charge to IRA members; available for purchase by nonmembers.
Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for College and Career Readiness
Instructors: Kenji Hakuta, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University
Jeff Zwiers, Senior Researcher, Stanford University
Sara Rutherford-Quach, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University and the Understanding Language Initiative
Please follow the links below to register:
Fall 2014 Constructive Classroom Conversations (Elementary)
Fall 2014 Constructive Classroom Conversations (Secondary)
Grammar
Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing - Grammar in Writing Series
A joint PD series through West Shore ESD (Jen Orton) and Muskegon Area ISD (Erin Brown)
Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing: A multi-year joint effort through West Shore ESD (Jen Orton) and Muskegon Area ISD (Erin Brown)
Vocabulary
Link to Vocabulary Instruction Page (Literacy Tools)
Link to Literacy in Action (Module 3 - Vocabulary)
Dr. Elaine Weber Macomb ISD - CCSS Vocabulary Presentation
Robert Marzano - Vocabulary for CCSS (ELA and MA; Tiers 2 and 3)
- Basic Vocabulary TermsVocabulary for the Common Core
Reproducibles
Websites
Online-Only Material
- Basic Vocabulary Terms
- Number of Cognitive Verbs in Each Tier 2 Category
- Number of Terms at Each Grade Level for Each ELA Measurement Topic
- Number of Terms at Each Grade Level for Each Mathematics Measurement Topic
- Source List for Terms
Vocabulary at the Center by Amy Benjamin
Chapter 1 - Excerpt
Amy Benjamin - Podcast
TextProject
Teaching Vocabulary - J Wilhelm
Oral Language
Dr. Rasinski - Oral Language and Fluency
Developing Oral Language and Reading Fluency -- Music in Science
Collection of Science Songs for Teaching -- Wayne RESA
2013 MSDSTA Science Songs Handout - D. Bydlowski's presentation
New! CCSSO Framework for English Language Proficiency Development Standards corresponding to CCSS and NGSS
Understanding Language Initiative - Language, Literacy, and Learning in the Content Areas (Stanford)
Understanding Language aims to heighten educator awareness of the critical role that language plays in the new Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. The long-term goal of the initiative is to increase recognition that learning the language of each academic discipline is essential to learning content. Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information; articulating and building on ideas; constructing explanations; engaging in argument from evidence—such language-rich performance expectations permeate the new Standards.
5 Key Strategies for ELL Instruction Rebecca Greene's Blog Post, October 25, 2013 12:23 pm
Includes videos from ELA, ELL Unit - Persuasion Across Time and Place
- Scaffolding Understanding (Interacting with Complex Texts -- Scaffolding Reading)
- Purposeful Grouping (Persuasion Across Time and Place -- ELA, ELL Unit)
- Background Knowledge (Preparing Learners -- Activating Prior Knowledge)
- Extended Discussion (Extending Understanding - Vocabulary Development)
- Valuing Linguistic Differences
Language and the CCSS - Three different ways language is involved in the CCSS
Realizing Opportunities for ELLs in the Common Core English Language Arts and Disciplinary Literacy Stadards
What does text complexity mean for English learners and language minority students? CCSS implications for ELLs
Language Demands and Opportunities in Relation to NGSS for ELLs
Academic English Mastery -- LA Unified
Spelling
Spelling Counts Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey Engaging the Adolescent Learner
Spelling correctly is a focus of the CCSS for students at all grade levels. By focusing on word acquisition, retention, and automaticity, Fisher and Frey give practical ideas for blending spelling instruction into everyday tasks by focusing on word patterns, Latin and Greek root words, affixes, high-frequency words, and commonly misspelled words.
Article available free of charge to IRA members; available for purchase by nonmembers.