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Share a contagious love for some aspect of our subject

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Each grade level coordinates short term and long term curriculum

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Book Club Friday!
Using annotations to help students work through more technical informational pieces.

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UMS Reads is one of the ways that we celebrate reading outside of the classroom.

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We use our department meetings to share ideas, benchmarks, goals, etc.

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Making cross curricular connections

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Students use a variety of technology based (and non-tech) mediums to work through their learning and show their understanding.

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Sharing lesson plans/files through Google Docs

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Sharing lesson plans/files through Google Docs

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2. Identity = What are our core values as an ELA Department?

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1. Core Purpose = What do we do well as an ELA Department?

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1. Core purpose = what we do
2. Identity = who we are
3. values =what we hold true

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3. Values = What do we value for our ELA students?

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1. Keep it short
2. Be specific
3. Use plain language
4. Be decisive
5. Set the goal
6. Start with a verb

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-An image of the future we seek to create

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-Who we are and what we do

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Listening generously and public speaking as maybe the most important skill.

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Authentic accomplishment, that they’ve struggled and then achieved something they’re proud of.

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Reading is a life skill that lies underneath their ability to speak, think. Identify barriers to lifelong reading.

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Reading and writing are not just “ELA”; they are everywhere, ELA class might be where they “get good” at using the tools, but the structures will show up everywhere else/in everything else they will do in life.

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I would love for students to leave excited about learning.

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Everybody is making a claim, everything is an argument: understand that students need to take this in and make a decision about it