ELA Curriculum

D. Kullis

M. Wagner

Why Use New Standards?

Designed to ensure all students are

College & Career ready.

Standards ≠ Curriculum

Standards are the most important part of a

curriculum!

• Checklist of standards is

inefficient.

• We must build our

curriculum around the

standards.

What Do I Need To Do With The

Standards? • Read Them

• Determine Vocabulary

• Determine what students need to DO.

»Lower Level

»Remember

»Understand

»Higher Level

»Apply

»Analyze

»Evaluate

»Create

(Anderson & Krathow, 2001)

Curriculum Components

Subject Areas • Theme / Unit

• Focus Standards (CCSS)

• Objectives (teacher/student friendly)

• Essential Questions

• Key Vocabulary

• Summative Assessments

• Formative Assessments

• Resources / Materials

Why reinvent the wheel?

The Wheel Online Wheel

Designing Units

Grade

Title Essential Questions

Objectives

Teacher

Choice

Teacher

Choice

Sample Rubric

Elk Grove

Writing

Snapshot of each grade’s

Writing standards.

Writing & Language Conventions Chart

Why don’t they know that yet?

Writing Rubrics

Teacher Friendly Rubric

Used to design Writing

Assignments

Student Copy

Grade

Title Essential Questions

Objectives

Teacher

Choice

Teacher

Choice

Designing Units