2013-14+Kickoff

** 2014-15 ELA Kickoff **
 * Standards, Evidence, and Instruction for Middle School ELA **

Rogers-Herr Middle School July 10, 2013 Brogden Middle School August 20, 2013

What we need to ** __K__NOW… **
 * Where to find new curriculum documents, Progressions, Rubrics, Writing Plan and Blueprints.
 * Each standard has a progression that helps us to illuminate what’s new and reiterate what came before.
 * Understanding by Design, Teaching and Assessment Framework, Backward Design are all different names for the same great teaching practice.
 * RACER Rubric is for short, constructed response paragraphs. Focus on Reading Standards.
 * 6 Traits Rubric is for longer, multi-paragraph essays. Focused on Writing Standards.
 * Progression of standards is reflected in the levels of the rubrics.

What we need to **__U__NDERSTAND**…
 * We must determine essential KUDos and Evidence of Mastery of standards before we can plan instruction.
 * Assessment design comes BEFORE Instructional activities in solid UbD practice.
 * Development of Common Formative Assessments at the beginning of the planning process helps strengthen PLCs and student performance.
 * CCSS and New Literacy Framework require a focus on writing unlike anything we have seen in a very long time.

What we need to be able to **__DO__**…
 * Today:
 * Access and refer to curriculum documents on dps68ela.wikispaces.com.
 * Articulate links between CCSS and rubric levels.
 * Plan a Unit 1 constructed response CFA that will be evaluated using the RACER Rubric.
 * From this day forward:
 * o [Remind/Cajole/Guide/Force] your content area colleagues to refer to their literacy blueprints and writing requirements for all courses.
 * o Use rubrics with students to guide performance, give feedback and analyze student progress.
 * o Unpack standards and determine acceptable evidence BEFORE planning what book, essay, or activity will be done in class.
 * o Use roadmaps, blueprints, progressions to plan instruction.
 * o Use rubrics to gather data about what how students are progressing.
 * o Use data from rubrics to guide your instruction – formulating groups, identifying students’ needs, determining topics for re-teaching.

**EVIDENCE** that will let us know we’ve got it:
 * We can find what we are looking for on the wiki.
 * We can interpret the rubrics and analyze the language of the descriptors.
 * We can write a solid CFA with the members of our PLC (at the beginning of our unit planning!)
 * We plan standards-based lessons using the tools available to us.
 * We collect and refer to rubric data in our PLC meetings.
 * We modify our instruction based on what the rubric data tells us.

What **INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES** are we going to use to help us get there? 1. Wiki Scavenger Hunt ( http://dps68ela.wikispaces.com ) 2. A Closer Look at the [|ELA Standards Progression], [|Writing Requirements] and [|Blueprints] 3. Fun With Rubrics 4. Let’s Write a Constructed Response Task! 5. Planning Unit 1 6. Time to Peruse CA 1
 * [|6th Grade Sample]
 * [|7th Grade Sample]
 * [|8th Grade Sample]

**Please bring your laptop or other wireless device that allows you to download and access Google documents.**