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Join us for the Middle Level ELA Networking meeting on October 3, 2013, where educators will explore the latest updates on the SAS Portal and PA Core Standards. Participants will engage in professional reading and discussions, share innovative writing tools, and collaborate on enhancing the ELA Content Wiki. The agenda includes a focus on higher-order thinking, Webb’s Depth of Knowledge, and strategies to implement key shifts in ELA instruction. Come ready to share your experiences and ideas, and leave with actionable takeaways to enrich your teaching practices.
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October 3, 2013 ELA Networking Middle Level
Agenda • Sharing • SAS Portal – What’s New • Implementing the PA Core Standards • Professional Reading and Discussion • Web 2.0 Tools for Writing • ELA Content Wiki • Team Time • Exit Slip
Sharing • What have you been trying in the area of • Shifts necessary for the PA (Common) Core? • Higher Order Thinking? • Webb’s Depth of Knowledge • What needs to be added to the Content Area Wiki for ELA?
New on the SAS Portal • ELA PA Core Curriculum Frameworks • PSSA Item and Scoring Samplers • Keystone Exams Items (may not be new) • Standards Search – PA CC now available
Implementing the PA Core Standards • Ideas on Writing • Teaching Channel • Links on Wiki • Choose a video • Watch video • What ‘take aways’ did you glean? • Whole group discussion
Professional Reading & Discussion • Choose one article • Read and note items for discussion • Form groups by article and discuss • Return to table and share each article
Web 2.0 Tools for Writing • Links in Wiki • Which of these are worth trying with your students?
ELA Content Wiki • What can be added? • Do any of the pages need reorganized?
Team Time • Districts or Schools • Each person hare one new learning or idea. • What will we share back at our sites? • Assignment • Each team will share one of the following: • Implementation connected to one of the KEY SHIFTS • Utilization of technology for WRITING • Next Meeting: February 13
Exit Slip • Share • Apply • Evaluate (link on the wiki)