ELA Newsletters

ALL Current Updates are now posted in the Secondary ELA Schoology Group.

2019-2020 ELA Updates (Smore Newsletters)

Secondary ELA UpdateToday's Agenda Morning: Content Sessions Lunch: 11:45-1:00Afternoon: Differentiated Block Sessions ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?

Secondary ELA UpdateMark Your Calendar September 17: College FairSeptember 19: IRT meeting September 20: Professional Development (no school for...

Secondary ELA UpdateMark Your Calendar September 25: Novel Review Committee MeetingOctober 4: Window closes to administer diagnostic assessments/end of...

Secondary ELA UpdateMark Your Calendar October 14: Parent Conference DayOctober 15: Interim DistributionOctober 16: PSAT AdministrationOctober 18: 2 hour...

Secondary ELA UpdateMark Your Calendar November 1: Final day to administer Unit 1 PBA November 5: Collaborative Scoring for Unit 1 PBA (only teachers who...

Secondary ELA UpdateMark Your Calendar February 20: Novel Review Committee Meeting March 4: Calvert County libraries will be hosting a night with author...

Secondary ELA UpdateMark Your Calendar November 22nd: PBA scores due in Unify (note the deadline extension)

Secondary ELA UpdateImportant Updates This final SMORE for the year includes updates on the following: Schoology LMSNovel Approval for Fall 2020Curriculum...

Secondary ELA UpdateImportant Updates From Heather Wysokinski: We spend a lot of money for ebooks, and not many staff are aware of how to access them. See...

Secondary ELA UpdateImportant Updates 1. The Secondary ELA Schoology Group is available for you to join. To do so: log in to your Schoology account (see the...

Secondary ELA UpdateMark Your Calendar January 13: Assessment window opens for all Mid-Year Reading assessmentsJanuary 16: Novel Review forms due (for...

Secondary ELA UpdateImportant Updates Grade-level Schoology training wrapped up this week. If you were not able to attend a session, or you just want to...

2018-2019 ELA Updates (Smore Newsletters)

Secondary ELACurriculum and Assessment News A few assessments have been updated because of errors identified on the diagnostics. Please refer to the...

Secondary ELACurriculum and Assessment Updates Reading MCCRS Diagnostics: Because it is not possible to provide partial credit on an answer key only...

Secondary ELACurriculum and Assessment (& PD) Updates Pearson has several resources for differentiating instruction in terms of student readiness...

Secondary ELABecause Everyone Wants to Belong The system focus topic for 2nd marking period is belonging. Try this practice to create a more caring...

Secondary ELA2nd Quarter PBA & Classroom Instruction CPCS students in Brittanie Baker's 8th grade ELA class participated in Read Around Groups with...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up March 10: Daylight Savings Time transitionMarch 12: Interim DistributionMarch 15: Deadline to enter SY 19-20 high school...

Secondary ELAAs we inch closer to the end of the year, what can we learn from our students? In her blog "5 Reasons You Should Seek Your OWN Student...

Secondary ELAReminder of Scoring Due Dates With the exception of 6th grade, all of the scoring windows for 2nd quarter PBAs are active. Please make...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up March 26: Standards-Based Grading Action Research Group Meeting (BOE, 3:30-5:30) March 27: System-wide SAT...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up May 21: Interim distribution May 24: Deadline for ACC/PAP/AP teachers to update summer lettersJune 5: Novel Review...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up February 14: Deadline to score 10th grade PBAFebruary 18: Deadline to score 6th grade PBAFebruary 22: ALL required...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up June 4: Final re-screening for Pre-AP 9June 5: Novel Review Committee Meeting (4:00, Purple Conference Room) June 6: ELA...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up March 26: Standards-Based Grading Action Research Group Meeting (BOE, 3:30-5:30) March 27: System-wide SAT...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up Monday, February 25: Matrix data will be shared for high school course recommendationsWednesday, February 27: 8/9...

Secondary ELAWhat We Can Learn From Our Students In her blog "5 Reasons You Should Seek Your OWN Student Feedback" Jennifer Gonzales states: "If...

Secondary ELAWhat's Coming Up June 20: Bridge Scoring (purple conference room) June 21: Literacy Grant Group Planning Meeting (GMHS, 9-noon)August 15:...

2017-2018 ELA Updates (Smore Newsletters)

Welcome Back!New Textbooks for 2017-2018 The big news for this upcoming school year is that everyone has new textbooks and access to amazing online...

Secondary ELA UpdateProfessional Development: Upcoming Dates September 21: AP Readiness PLC Meeting #1September 22: Turnitin Revision Assistant...

Secondary ELA UpdateComing up this month October 5th: Turnitin Feedback Studio TrainingOctober 6th: IRT MeetingOctober 12th: Novel Review Committee...

Secondary ELA UpdateNew texts approved by the committee On October 12, the novel review committee added the following titles to the approved reading list:...

Secondary ELA UpdateAssessment Updates All 2nd Quarter PBAs will be administered and completed in Unify. The assessments will open on December 5th and close...

Secondary ELA Update #62nd Quarter PBAs As you are beginning to administer 2nd quarter PBAs and thinking ahead to the mid-year reading assessments, don't forget...

Secondary ELA Update #7Upcoming Events in 2018 January 2: Schools reopen for studentsJanuary 10: Interim distributionJanuary 11: Introduction to Composition and...

Secondary ELA Update #8SMCPS Assessements One last reminder of the Secondary ELA assessment windows:2nd Quarter PBA: Administer by January 31st and score the...

Secondary ELA Update #9We gave the assessments...now what? Because the PCR response items on the PBAs are set up for blind scoring, you can not use the online...

Secondary ELA Update #10Mid-Year Assessment Updates Click here to provide feedback on any assessment given this year (required or optional). Don't forget to...

Secondary ELA Update #11TAC will open on March 1 and close March 16 for teachers to enter their recommendations Last Friday and over the weekend, I shared data-...

Secondary ELA Update #123rd Quarter PBAs (Literary Analysis Tasks) Just a reminder as you prepare to administer and/or score 3rd quarter PBAs, don't forget to...

Secondary ELA Update #133rd Quarter Literary Analysis PBAs UNIFY admin dates for students: 1/29/18-4/13/18UNIFY admin dates for scoring: 1/29/18-4/20/18 PCRs...

Secondary ELA Update #14Upcoming Events April 13: Last day to administer 3rd quarter PBAApril 16-June 15: PARCC testingApril 17: AP Readiness PLC Meeting...

Secondary ELA Update #15SpringBoard Community Teacher Resources Did you know that the SpringBoard Community has real-time resources that support each unit? The...

Secondary ELA Update #16Assessment Plan for 2018-2019 Thank you for your feedback. Click here for an overview of required and recommended assessments planned for...

Secondary ELA Update #17Looking Ahead: Summer PD The major focus for summer professional development will be collaborative planning, with a focus on the Pearson...

Secondary ELA Update #18Sign Up for Summer PD The major focus for summer professional development will be collaborative planning, with a focus on the Pearson...

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