WCPS ELA Hot Topics by Kanika Dorsey -MSDE- https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt WCPS ELA Hot Topics en-us 2016-10-07 17:51:13 UTC 2016-10-11 20:42:37 UTC hello@padlet.com How have you used the ELA Instructional shifts in your classroom? kanika_dorsey https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129207977 2016-10-07 17:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129207977 Working at the county-level in curriculum development, we have strategically developed modules/units that incorporate the six shifts.  https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129218594 2016-10-07 18:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129218594 Shifts zbyszgab https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129285322 I have incorporated the ELA shift into my classroom by having discussions about any text that we read in class. We use think, pair, share. Also, we have done Philosophical Chair activities. I plan to incorporate more shifts as the year goes on.]]> 2016-10-08 15:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129285322 I have been incorporating more digital sources and activities in my lessons, including articles online and virtual tours.  I use newspapers in multiple classes and have students analyze them for content and structure.  Although warm ups and exit tickets often revolve around student opinion and connection from content to their own experience, most of our assignments and projects are text dependent.  https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129520730 2016-10-10 14:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129520730 For example, we are currently reading Touching Spirit Bear and my students are writing a persuasive piece to convince the restorative circle that Cole's first banishment was successful or unsuccessful based on information I gave them about banishment and custody and evidence from the book.  They have to have read and comprehended the book and be able to access examples and find evidence to support their opinions. Many of the questions we discuss in class require them to infer, which frustrates some students because they want a clear answerto cite, but they are able to come to a conclusion through examination and discussion. https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129521789 2016-10-10 14:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129521789 https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129840763 In MSDE Juvenile Services Education, we have been working for the past two years on a system-wide curriculum where we have incorporated the shifts in using textual support across fiction and nonfiction when reading, writing, and speaking. We also included a focus on academic vocabulary and shifting the responsibility of learning from the teacher to the students through a balance of expository and literary texts. This is a challenge when working almost exclusively with youth who have huge educational gaps due to dropping out, school enrollment roulette, significant absence history, or skipping certain classes frequently. ]]> 2016-10-11 15:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kanika_dorsey/1b28x6wgl3rt/wish/129840763