May 14, May 21, or June 4
Lisa Arneson, Literacy Curriculum Specialist
Julee Dredske, Curriculum Specialist/Title III
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Guided Practice Activity:
the structural elements
of Curriculum Companion
 Understanding
SM
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Increasing Sophistication
Overarching
Enduring
Understanding #1
Inquiry
Module
2 to 4 Sequenced
Modules per OEU
Each Module
designed for 2 to
4 weeks of
instruction
Overarching
Enduring
Understanding #2
Module
Title
Module
Overview
Module
Essential
Questions
Overarching
Enduring
Understanding #3
Module
Focus
Standards
Module
Reading
Foundation
Standards
(K-5)
Module
Transfer/
Application
Standards
Standards
Unpacked
Overarching
Enduring
Understanding #4
Sample
Module
Performance
Task
Performance
Task
Template &
Criteria
Sequenced
Lesson Plan
Focal Points
(for minilessons &
focus
lessons)
ELA Lesson
Plan
Templates
for K-5 and
6-12
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OEU #1
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (2 min.)
• What elements of the ELA discipline do you see in the OEU?
• What are the connections to college and career readiness anchor standards?
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Task: Investigating Inquiry Module A
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (2 min.)
•What habits, routines, and systems are established so students work successfully during
the entire year?
•How do these habits, routines, and systems move students toward independent learning?
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Task: Investigating Inquiry Module Overview (IM)
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (2 min.)
• What do you notice about the module approximate length of time?
• How does the module overview describe the expected learning (reading, writing,
speaking, listening, and language)?
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Task: Investigating Essential Questions (EQ)
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (2 min.)
• Why do you think these questions for students are essential to the learning?
• How do you think students will answer the essential questions by the end of the
module?
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Task: Investigating ELA Strands
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (2 min.)
• How might this information be useful to teachers for understanding and planning?
• How do the Strands reflect the concept of ELA as an integrated discipline?
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Navigation: Click on Common Core Standards
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Task: Investigating ELA Focus Standards
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (5 min.)
• What do students need to know and be able to do in this module?
• How does the unpacking of these standards inform instruction and learning?
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Task: Investigating ELA Reading Foundational Standards
• Note: K-5 only
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Task: Investigating ELA Transfer/Application Standards
• Review definition
• What is the purpose of Transfer/Application Standards?
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Task: Investigating Other Standards
• Empty text box to customize
• What other standards might be added to this section?
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Task: Investigating Performance Tasks
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (5 min.)
• What is the purpose of Performance Tasks? (Educator’s Guide, pp. 17-20)
• In what ways, can teachers utilize Performance Tasks?
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Task: Investigating Lesson Tools (Educator’s Guide, pp. 20-29)
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (5 min.)
• In what ways, will the teaching points inform instructional planning?
• When will lesson teaching points be used in the instructional framework?
• In what way will the instructional framework templates help with instructional
planning and classroom implementation?
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Investigating Lesson Teaching Points. . .
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Task: Investigating Assessment
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (5 min.)
• What role does each of these assessment types fit into a Common Core ELA
classroom?
• In what ways, will facilitators and local educators play an important role in working
together to build a balanced assessment system for ELA?
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Task: Investigating Resources
Guiding Questions: Turn and Talk! (5 min.)
• What role do “resources” play in the instructional life of an ELA teacher?
• In what ways will resources be selected for the Inquiry Modules?
• How can facilitators work to assist teachers in understanding the shifts in needed resources for
the Curriculum Companion℠?
• What role does the text complexity model play in the mapping of resources across the
curriculum?
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Workshop Model
Gradual Release of Responsibility
Balanced Literacy
Inquiry Framework
Glossary in Resource Section of Binder
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Log-in to Companion using your access code
http://companion.dev01.earthit.com
Username: CESA5Admin
Password: cesa5
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With your small group, investigate the OEUs for the 8th
grade.
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Summarize the learning for the assigned OEU.
Discuss the challenges and opportunities for students
and teachers.
Rate your OEU for the “SEA CHANGE” effect using
the ELA shifts document.
Report your discussions to the large group.
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Walkthrough an lesson plan (instructional plan) for a
given module.
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Curriculum Elements
Local Customization Options
Overarching Enduring Understandings
Other Standards
Inquiry Module Overview
Performance Tasks
Essential Questions
Assessments (Formative, Benchmark,
Summative)
ELA Strands
Lesson Tools: Instructional Planning
Template
Focus Standards
Resources
Reading Foundational Standards
Transfer/Application Standards
Unpacked Standards
Sample Performance Tasks
Performance Task Templates
Performance Task Criteria
Lesson Tools: Lesson Tools: Teaching Points
Lesson Tools: Gradual Release of Responsibility
Instructional Planning Template
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Performance Task Template/Criteria
Lesson Plan Template – K-5 and 6-12
Assessments (Link, Attach, Add Content)
Resources (Link, Attach, Add Content)
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