Readiness is different from ability or intellectual capacity. Readiness is a student’s …
Readiness is different from ability or intellectual capacity. Readiness is a student’s entry point relative to a particular concept or skill at a given time. Teachers who are thinking about students' readiness ask themselves, "How ready is this student, for this task, today?" To differentiate responses to student readiness, a teacher constructs tasks or provides learning choices at different levels of complexity. It is important that all students have the same learning targets or goals that they are working toward, that students are matched to tasks based on some sort of pre-assessment data, and that all groupings are flexible—that is, that students can move to different groups at different points in time, and that readiness for one concept or skill is not necessarily indicative of readiness for another.
The combination of respectful learning standards and an excellent curriculum is a …
The combination of respectful learning standards and an excellent curriculum is a powerful place to begin the exciting work of helping all learners succeed. However, the needs of some students for processing new learning require thoughtful scaffolding.
Tiering is an instructional practice that allows students the opportunity to journey …
Tiering is an instructional practice that allows students the opportunity to journey toward grade-level standards. Tiered assignments are parallel tasks provided to small groups of students based on their similar levels of readiness to complete them.
This resource is intended to provide all educators with an overview of …
This resource is intended to provide all educators with an overview of the process of designing a Language Dive. The suggestions should be modified to meet the needs of your ELLs across K-12 in all content areas.
This video challenges the Common Core College and Career Readiness Habit “They …
This video challenges the Common Core College and Career Readiness Habit “They come to understand other perspectives and cultures” as described in the standards as only being addressed vicariously through reading about other cultures. Featuring a project in which students interview international refugees from human rights abuses and consider their courage and stories in writing and photography. This film celebrates the power of experiencing other cultures first-hand, through direct relationships.
This film features a book of essays and photographs by eleventh grade …
This film features a book of essays and photographs by eleventh grade students at High Tech High of famous and little-known heroes who inspired the student authors, paired with black & white self-portraits. It demonstrates the power of publishing a real book for a real audience—raising the stakes for students for the quality of their individual and collaborative work, putting literacy standards in service of creating work of meaning and value.
At Hollis Innovation Academy, a public district school in Atlanta, GA, the …
At Hollis Innovation Academy, a public district school in Atlanta, GA, the Additional Language and Literacy (ALL) Block, provides a structure for student agency and mastery. Working hand-in-glove with the module lessons, the additional practice in ALL Block ensures equity for all students.
This guidance document helps teachers understand the why, as well as the …
This guidance document helps teachers understand the why, as well as the concrete what and how, of the ALL Block: the five components, how each component reinforces the work from the module lessons, how rotations work, what a day in the ALL Block looks like, and Frequently Asked Questions.
This video shows the K-2 Labs in action in Kady Taylor's 1st …
This video shows the K-2 Labs in action in Kady Taylor's 1st grade classroom at Kuumba Academy in Wilmington, Delaware. It explains the purpose and structure of Labs, the distinct Labs and their stages, as well as shows the power of Labs to build students' content knowledge, develop oral language, and engage in purposeful play using multiple modalities. The video addresses common questions and challenges teachers face when implementing this component of the EL Education Language Arts curriculum at grades K-2. The companion video, Behind the Practice: Planning the K-2 Labs with Kady Taylor, further reveals the teacher's thinking about planning and implementing the Labs.
This guidance document helps teachers understand the why, as well as the …
This guidance document helps teachers understand the why, as well as the concrete what and how, of the K-2 Labs: what the five labs are, how each lab supports student learning, how the Labs hour is structured, how Labs reinforce and extend work from the module lessons, what work students do during Labs, how unfold over the course of an entire module in order to build students’ independence, what a day in Labs looks like, and Frequently Asked Questions.
This guidance document helps teachers understand the why, as well as the …
This guidance document helps teachers understand the why, as well as the concrete what and how, of the K-2 Reading Foundations Skills Block: the overall structure, how time is used within the hour of instruction, what students do during Whole Group instruction and during differentiated Small Group instruction and Independent work, how the design of the Skills block reflects grade level reading and language standards, what assessments look like, how the K-2 Skills Block supports and complements the work from the K-2 Language Arts Curriculum (module lessons and Labs), what a day in the Skills Block looks like, and Frequently Asked Questions.
This video shows the K-2 Skills block in action in Brenna Schneider …
This video shows the K-2 Skills block in action in Brenna Schneider and Katie Benton's Kindergarten and Second Grade classrooms at Lead Academy in Greenville, South Carolina. It shows how the teachers prepare, assess and group students, select and manage materials, and foster students' self-management and smooth transitions during differentiated small group time. The video addresses common questions and challenges teachers face when implementing this component of the EL Education Language Arts curriculum at grades K-2, in particular how to make most strategic use of the differentiated small group time.
In the Common Core era, students are challenged to read complex texts …
In the Common Core era, students are challenged to read complex texts to build content knowl-edge, literacy skills, and academic vocabulary. Each EL Education ELA module for Grades 3–5 includes one or more “central” texts—complex texts that students work with in class and for homework, with support from the teacher and peers. It is important that all students have ac-cess to, and support with, reading text at the appropriate level of complexity for their grade level.
The Independent Reading Sample Plans serve as a resource in launching and …
The Independent Reading Sample Plans serve as a resource in launching and sustaining a strong independent reading program that emphasizes accountability in grades 3-5. It includes lesson sequences that vary in length. The sample plans accompany our Grades 3-5 Language Arts Curriculum, Second Edition.
Our vision of student achievement has three dimensions: Mastery of Knowledge and …
Our vision of student achievement has three dimensions: Mastery of Knowledge and Skills, Character, and High-Quality Work. See what this looks like in action at Conway Elementary School, a public district school in Escondido, California.
Our vision of student achievement has three dimensions: Mastery of Knowledge and …
Our vision of student achievement has three dimensions: Mastery of Knowledge and Skills, Character, and High-Quality Work. See what this looks like in action at Hollis Innovation Academy, a public district school in Atlanta, GA.
Sixth-grade language arts teacher, Jessica Wood, uses a variety of checking for …
Sixth-grade language arts teacher, Jessica Wood, uses a variety of checking for understanding strategies to ensure that all of her students at the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, MA are meeting learning targets.
This list includes all the materials needed to effectively implement the K-2 …
This list includes all the materials needed to effectively implement the K-2 Labs for grade 1. Note that many of the items on this list (e.g., cardboard, feathers) may already be available in a school building, and also are easy to purchase at local crafts or hobby stores.
This list includes all the materials needed to effectively implement the K-2 …
This list includes all the materials needed to effectively implement the K-2 Labs for grade 2. Note that many of the items on this list (e.g., cardboard, feathers) may already be available in a school building, and also are easy to purchase at local crafts or hobby stores.
This list includes all the materials needed to effectively implement the K-2 …
This list includes all the materials needed to effectively implement the K-2 Labs for grade K. Note that many of the items on this list (e.g., cardboard, feathers) may already be available in a school building, and also are easy to purchase at local crafts or hobby stores.
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