Welcome to English Language Arts 20-21!
EL Module 2, Week 1 Resources
ELA EL Curriculum teachers of grades 3-5 have access to curriculum lesson plan slides for the first 5 days of Module 2B, beginning December 7. Slides are available for both First and Second Editions of EL. These resources are meant to support teachers who are facilitating EL in a remote or hybrid setting by providing the curriculum with fidelity, with the expectation that teachers will adjust activities to support the needs of their students in either the slides or Nearpod formats.
Please contact Stacie Withington swithington@bostonpublicschools.org with any questions.
Pacing Guides
Full Year Arc of Units
Scope & Sequence
EL Flex Curriculum
The included recommendations were developed for implementation of the EL Education Grades K-8 Language Arts Curriculum for the 2020-2021 school year and are being incorporated into remote learning resources for the curriculum created by EL Education.
These resources, adaptations of the existing curriculum, will support students whether they are experiencing remote learning, a hybrid approach, or are full-time in the classroom.
Professional Development Opportunities
Calibrating and Planning A Grade Level, Standards Based Close Reading Lesson
Within this slide presentation, participants have the opportunity to calibrate regarding close reading practices within a secondary level ELA classroom. Participants then are asked to create a grade level, Standards based close reading lesson using a selected novel excerpt.
★ Slides
Asynchronous ELA 6-12: Equitable ELA- Authentic Text Selections and Close Reading
In this ELA 6-12 asynchronous PD session, teachers will review why authentic and historically responsive text choices for the classrooms are so important as well as how and why to apply close reading strategies to grade level, complex texts embedded within BPS ELA curricula.
★ Slides
Asynchronous ELA 6-12: Equitable ELA - Close Reading, Reciprocal Teaching, and Foundational Skills Structured Work Session
In this ELA 9-12 asynchronous pd session, teachers will be engaged in structured work sessions to draft/revise and receive feedback or role-play upcoming ELA 9-12 lessons for one of the following research-based pedagogical strategies: close reading, reciprocal teaching, or developing fluency.
★ Slides
ELA 9-12 - 1/4/21
Equitable ELA -Addressing Unfinished Learning using High Impact Pedagogy for Teachers
In this pd session, teachers will receive strategies for high impact pedagogical practices that can be implemented in a hybrid setting to address unfinished learning in ELA. Teachers will choose from foundational reading skills, accessing complex texts, or building and activating background knowledge as strategies to incorporate within upcoming grade level, Standards based ELA lessons.
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Studysync in Remote/Hybrid Learning
In this ELA 6-8 Studysync pd session, teachers will learn strategies for pairing down Studysync units to match the Achieve the Core Priority Standards and accommodate a remote/hybrid setting as well as how to redesign lessons to match a synchronous and asynchronous teaching/learning schedule.
ELA 3-5 (1/4/2021)
Science of Reading
In this pd, teachers will develop their knowledge and skills in regard to the Science of Reading. Teachers will learn how and why to shift their classroom practices from leveled reading groups to more equitable, strategic small reading groups based on the science of reading for all students in a Tier 1 remote/hybrid setting. Loom link embedded within slides presentation.
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Building Community through Text
Participants will have an opportunity to brainstorm, and construct lesson ideas within grade bands to promote standards based, engaging, community building pedagogy.
★ Video
Launching Focus Remotely
This session will guide educators through the revised Arc of Learning for Unit 1 of the Focus grade level curricula and offer support to launch the remote/hybrid year with culturally and linguistically sustaining best practices for young learners.
★ Slides
Imagine Learning ELA
Imagine Learning ELA is an Adaptive/individualized path that meets the students at their level, identifies student strengths and areas of need & creates a customized experience for each.
★ Video [coming soon]
Expeditionary Learning Flex Curriculum with a Critical Consumption Lens
Educators will learn how to critically consume the new EL Flex Curriculum for remote and hybrid learning through an overview of tools and resources and a deep dive into module one.
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Contact: Christine Landry, Asst. Superintendent of Academics
Stacie Withington, Program Director - swithington@bostonpublicschools.org & Sharon Abraham, Program Director, sabraham@bostonpublicschools.org