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NEW!! Carol Jago’s Suggestions for Your Classroom Library
Welcome to my list of suggestions for your classroom library. It is not meant in any way to be a perfect list. Only you know what titles will be most appealing to your students and which books might be problematic in your school community. I have compiled here a list of books that I believe can open up the world to middle and high school readers. Some of these stories include scenes of violence and/or language that might offend. That said, I have read every one of these books and believe the scenes and language contribute importantly to the authors' intent and message. Thanks for all you do to bring books into your students’ lives. Reading helps us be more fully human.
IRA Research Panel calls for Interdisciplinary Model Units
IRA Planning Curriculum to Meet CCSS - D. Strickland
MDE MMC ELA Unit Framework (Revised to Address CCSS) - Chart
MMC ELA Unit Framework Common Components with CCSS - Chart
Overview of the Michigan High School Content Expectations and CCCS Alignment -
Post Secondary Success and Overarching Expectations
Unit Development Flip Chart
ELA Model Units Developed to meet HSCE
Jim Burke's Academic Essentials Matrix
For the last ten years I have examined what skills and abilities kids need to succeed in academic classes. The result of this research has been the "Academic Essentials," which I have summarized in the Academic Essentials Matrix. The "Essentials" guide my thinking about instructional design.
Model Middle School Unit from the Understanding Language Initiative
Persuasion Across Time and Space:
Analyzing and Producing Complex Texts
Introduction to Readers
The goal of this unit is to provide exemplars illustrating how English Language Arts Common Core Standards in Reading Informational Text and Writing Arguments can be used to deepen and accelerate the learning and instruction of English Language Learners (ELLs), especially at the middle school level. It is based on the notion that ELLs develop conceptual and academic understandings as well as the linguistic resources to express them simultaneously, through participation in rigorous activity that is well scaffolded. Practices focus student attention and activity on key concepts -which are presented and discussed in their interrelatedness- with invitations for students to engage in higher order thinking throughout. These practices, and the intentional support offered to students throughout the unit, are designed to constitute an apprenticeship for students that over time builds their agency and autonomy.
Aligning Standards, Questions, and Picture Books
Nancy Boyles' Handout from MRA Summer Lit 2014
14 Questions to Guide Your Curriculum Mapping and Lesson (Unit) Design
Grant Wiggins (2012 Blog)
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
EQuIP Rubric for Lessons & Units: ELA/Literacy (Grades 3-5) and ELA (Grades 6-12)
Student Achievement Partners' Guide for Developing Digital Resources that Support CCSS
New! Narrative Pathways to Inquiry: Using Narrative to Initiate an Inquiry Sequence
http://hydeparkeducationgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Handout-2014.pdf
NCTE 2014 Handout
How High School Reading Has Changed Since 1907 - Renaissance Learning Report
Primary Grades Science Unit addresses CCSS Literacy Standards - IRA Lesley Morrow
Welcome to my list of suggestions for your classroom library. It is not meant in any way to be a perfect list. Only you know what titles will be most appealing to your students and which books might be problematic in your school community. I have compiled here a list of books that I believe can open up the world to middle and high school readers. Some of these stories include scenes of violence and/or language that might offend. That said, I have read every one of these books and believe the scenes and language contribute importantly to the authors' intent and message. Thanks for all you do to bring books into your students’ lives. Reading helps us be more fully human.
IRA Research Panel calls for Interdisciplinary Model Units
IRA Planning Curriculum to Meet CCSS - D. Strickland
MDE MMC ELA Unit Framework (Revised to Address CCSS) - Chart
MMC ELA Unit Framework Common Components with CCSS - Chart
Overview of the Michigan High School Content Expectations and CCCS Alignment -
Post Secondary Success and Overarching Expectations
Unit Development Flip Chart
ELA Model Units Developed to meet HSCE
Jim Burke's Academic Essentials Matrix
For the last ten years I have examined what skills and abilities kids need to succeed in academic classes. The result of this research has been the "Academic Essentials," which I have summarized in the Academic Essentials Matrix. The "Essentials" guide my thinking about instructional design.
Model Middle School Unit from the Understanding Language Initiative
Persuasion Across Time and Space:
Analyzing and Producing Complex Texts
Introduction to Readers
The goal of this unit is to provide exemplars illustrating how English Language Arts Common Core Standards in Reading Informational Text and Writing Arguments can be used to deepen and accelerate the learning and instruction of English Language Learners (ELLs), especially at the middle school level. It is based on the notion that ELLs develop conceptual and academic understandings as well as the linguistic resources to express them simultaneously, through participation in rigorous activity that is well scaffolded. Practices focus student attention and activity on key concepts -which are presented and discussed in their interrelatedness- with invitations for students to engage in higher order thinking throughout. These practices, and the intentional support offered to students throughout the unit, are designed to constitute an apprenticeship for students that over time builds their agency and autonomy.
Aligning Standards, Questions, and Picture Books
Nancy Boyles' Handout from MRA Summer Lit 2014
14 Questions to Guide Your Curriculum Mapping and Lesson (Unit) Design
Grant Wiggins (2012 Blog)
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
EQuIP Rubric for Lessons & Units: ELA/Literacy (Grades 3-5) and ELA (Grades 6-12)
Student Achievement Partners' Guide for Developing Digital Resources that Support CCSS
New! Narrative Pathways to Inquiry: Using Narrative to Initiate an Inquiry Sequence
http://hydeparkeducationgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Handout-2014.pdf
NCTE 2014 Handout
How High School Reading Has Changed Since 1907 - Renaissance Learning Report
Primary Grades Science Unit addresses CCSS Literacy Standards - IRA Lesley Morrow