Los Angeles Unified School District
Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and School Support
Elementary Professional Development and End-of-the-Year Updates
Content Area
Topic
Grade 5
History/Social Reading Like
Science
a Historian
PD
Dates
June 8 – 11
Notes
The Reading Like a Historian (RLH) curriculum embodies
the instructional shifts required by the Common Core
State Standards. RLH makes disciplinary, historical inquiry
accessible to diverse groups of learners. A disciplinary
approach to history instruction engages students in the
creation of historical knowledge. With this approach,
students read closely, evaluate, and interpret historical
sources in order to use text-based evidence to reach a
conclusion. In a series of one – day trainings, teachers will
receive training on the use of these materials. To register
for one of these days go to https://lz.lausd.net/lz/ and search
class offerings for “Grade 5 Reading Like a Historian”
New
Textbook
Summer PD
June 8 – 12
June 15 – 19
(More dates
may be added,
based on
enrollment)
Enrollment is at 50%! Training is located in each ESC. ESC
West is at 39% enrollment.
Please encourage teachers to sign up on Learning Zone by
the deadline of May 29. Search Key words: Elementary
Math Summer 2015. This is a June training only, there is
no additional training in the Fall. Principals may attend
with their school grade level teams. ESC-W Elementary
math web page that has more explicit instructions on how to
register. That website is http://achieve.lausd.net/Page/4599
Elementary
Mathematics
Textbook
Materials
Delivery
Elementary
DIBELS Next:
Textbook
Services is
working with
the publisher to
get the
materials to
school sites by
June 12.
TDB for August
Teacher Editions will be packed together and clearly
labeled by grade level, making it easier for teachers to
find, if the materials arrive at the school site prior to
training dates. If the Teacher Editions do not arrive
before the PD, they can be accessed
electronically. Teachers have been asked to bring a digital
device to the PD.
This is intended as a New Hires PD.
Content Area
English
Language
Arts
Topic
Assess to
Inform
Instruction
Part I & Part
II
Dates
Language!
4th Edition
PD
June 8, 9, and
10
TK-TK/K Early
Language
June 11, 2015
and Literacy
2015
Elementary
English
Language
Arts
Foundational
Skills
Changing the
Bar: Focusing
June 11, 2015
on
Foundational
Skills
Notes
Participants will:
 Understand the design purpose of DIBELS Next
assessments
 Understand the connections between
the Common Core Reading Foundational
Skills Standards and DIBELS Next Indicators
 Understand the DIBELS Next Measures
Assessment as a means to identify student need
for support and the DIBELS Next Progress
Monitoring as a means to evaluate effectiveness
of support
 Understand how to administer and score the
DIBELS Next assessments utilizing the electronic
platform
Register via lz.lausd.net Keyword: DIBELS
For teachers who will be teaching the Tier 3 replacement
curriculum for English Language Arts.
Register via lz.lausd.net Keyword: L!2015
This 6 hour professional development is for TK-TK/K
teachers. They will focus on the language and literacy
developmental continuum from TK-K. Teachers will
explore instructional implications for teaching and
learning. Register via the lz.lausd.net Keyword: TK-TK/K
Teachers will:
1. Learn about instructional expectations and how to
differentiate to meet students' needs
2. Develop solutions to manage a TK/K combination class
(3) Understand the build from the Preschool Learning
Foundations to the CCSS
3. Learn about developmentally appropriate practices for
early learners
This PD is for K, 1st and 2nd grade teachers. The focus is
on the Reading Standards for Foundational Reading and
the continuum of how students learn to read. Teachers
will deeply explore the foundations of reading with
implications for teaching and learning. Teachers will be
paid their hourly rate. Register via: lz.lausdnet
Keyword(s): Changing the Bar
Teachers will:
1. Understand the continuum of how students learn to read
2. Understand the progressions of the CCSS standards
3. Recognize the role of Oral Language in literacy *
4. Learn strategies to teach the foundational skills of reading
5. Understand the connections to assessment & effective
instruction
6. Understand how to differentiate to meet student needs