CKLA Skills StrandGrade 1

Units 2 and 3Leah Kedley

K-2 Instructional CoachLeah.kedley@rcsdk12.org

Agenda

Successes Vertical teaming

What is going on in K and 2 Unit/Standards Alignment “Look Fors” Assessments Planning Guide and Work Session Next Steps-January Session Q & A

Successes

What is going well in your classroom? Specific lesson types that are going

well? Stories of Student learning successes?

Vertical Teaming

Kindergarten› Sound Pronunciation-foundation for

students learning sounds to begin blending and then eventually becoming ready for decodable readers

Second › Writing-Much more writing incorporated

into lessons. Literacy/GRIAR Centers, Spelling Trees and activities used to reinforce writing and skills.

Units and Standards Alignment

Engageny.org Core Knowledge Handout-Standards addressed in Unit 2

and Unit 3-Student Learning Targets designed around these standards

“Look Fors”

Unit by unit-what are some key components to recognize in Unit 2?› Lesson types? (Tricky word) › Assessments? Formative and Summative› Pausing Points?› Activities (Chaining, word sort, Wiggle

cards pg 123)› School-Home Connections

“Look Fors”

Unit by unit-what are some key components to recognize in Unit 3?› Lesson types (Tricky Words, Tricky Spelling)› Assessments? Formatives and Summative› Pausing Points› Activities (Writing-Fictional narrative,

Chaining, Wiggle Cards-pg 141)› School-Home Connections

Assessments

What assessments are in these units? Unit 2:

› Word Recognition Assessment-WS 18.1 Unit 3:

› Spelling Assessment, lesson 5,-WS 5.1› Spelling Assessment, lesson 10,-WS 10.1› Spelling Assessment, lesson 15-WS 15.1› Word Recognition, lesson 19-WS 19.1

Pausing Points

Unit 2 GRIAR Time, interventions, CKLA Centers

› Pg 109-111. › Directions where to find information for identified

deficit areas and opportunities to reteach material Unit 3 GRIAR Time, interventions, CKLA Centers

› Pg 132-134. › Directions where to find information for identified

deficit areas and opportunities to reteach material

Planning Guide

How do you plan for your lessons?› Different lesson plan formats› Team planning?

Work Session

Work with each other to plan out some lessons› See connections from one lesson to the

next› Split the work and share out with group› Make resources needed for lessons (ie.

wiggle cards)

Next Steps

Session in January› What would you like to see differently?

More of?› Any suggestions, recommendations?

Q &A

Any questions you have regarding Skills Strand?› If I do not know it, I will write it down and ask

our directors of ELA and get the answers to you.

CKLA Office hours-one hour once a month, webinar offered from representative from Core Knowledge on updates and answering any questions you have about the Skills and Listening an Learning Strand.

THANK YOU

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday season!