Welcome to the Elementary Language Arts Blog!
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Upcoming Events
* READ 180 Meeting for secondary and elementary READ 180 teachers Thursday, January 15th 4:45-6:45 time sheets available
* Calkins Home Grown Institute Site Visits click attachement and sign up on Edmin to assure a sub. This is available only for teachers who attended the Summer 2008 Institute. Further training opportunities are being planned for all teachers for summer 2009
Posters for Comprehension Strategies are now posted under Curriculum to the left.
Programs are defined in the Intervention story to the left.
TCAPS' Curriculum has been revised to align with the State of Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations. Please see the Curriculum story for the most up to date Reading and Writing standards and benchmarks.
Grade Level Content Expectation (GLCE) Tracking Sheets The Michigan Department of Education has supplied teachers with ready-made GLCE Tracking Sheets that make the progress of each student visible. These sheets already have all of the Content Expectations entered on them. To access the Tracking Sheets and instructions, click on GLCE Tracking Sheets on the left.
The K-6 Elementary CAAP committee met and through a very long, thoughtful process, drafted Essential Questions. Several schools have been wanting these for work in PLCs. We hope they are helpful. They are written in teacher language. It is suggested you work with your students to put them into "kid language" to then post in your classroom.
For Maps of Writing Across the School Year see links under Writer's Workshop to the left. This is a tool to be used with the Calkins' Units of Study to pace writing instruction throughout the year. All schools should be using Units of Study for writing instruction. These materials are also extremely valuable for use in PLCs.
The Green Book addresses the Language Arts curriculum including standards and benchmarks and other very important information.
Follow this link to find blackline masters for the revised DRA 4-8 kit: http://www2.tcaps.net/dra/dra.pdf
Use The Reading Process to help students comprehend!
Check out the discussion items by clicking on "Discussion Items" to the left. Please respond and/or add new topics.
Click here for DRP Levels by Stanines form J4.
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