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English & Reading Language Arts
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Reading & Language Arts K-5
- Curriculum Resources
- K-5 Reading and Language Arts Learning Targets
- K-5 Reading and Language Arts I Can Statements
- Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee
- Ohio's State Test Information
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- 2019 K-5 Winter Reading and Math Packets
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English Language Arts 6-12
- Ohio's Learning Standards & Clear Learning Targets
- ELA Strand Resources for Reading, Writing, Language, & Speaking
- Curriculum/Instructional Resources Grades 6-8
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Reading & Language Arts K-5
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K-5 Reading and Language Arts Resources
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Elementary Teacher Digital Resource Binder
Curriculum resources for all content areas. This digital resource is accessible to CCS teachers through their CCS Google Account. The Digital Resource Binders will be updated regularly and contain additional resources not available on the CCS website.
K-5 Literacy Block
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The Third Grade Reading Guarantee (3GRG) requires that students who are identified as not-on-track receive 90 minutes of reading instruction per day. Our elementary schedule affords all students the opportunity of having up to 120 minutes of literacy instruction per day and up to 60 minutes of intervention.
Literacy Block Look Fors
A balanced literacy framework consists of three blocks: language/word study, reading workshop, and writing workshop. This document provides a list of the components which you will see in each block. The balanced literacy framework utilizes best practices for reading and writing instruction and is seen across all CCS elementary schools with a variety of research-based resources.
Getting Started with Balanced Literacy: Establishing Routines and Procedures
ELA Scope and Sequence
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The Standards Scope and Sequence should be used as a guide only. Teachers should use professional judgment and assessment data to determine the needs of the individual students in their class. Some students may need additional time on a standard, while others are ready to move forward sooner than the guide suggests. It is the expectation that standards are revisited throughout the year as students are introduced to increasingly complex texts.
Grade K Scope and Sequence 2017
Grade 1 Scope and Sequence 2017
Grade 2 Scope and Sequence 2017
Grade 3 Scope and Sequence 2017
ELA Ohio's Learning Standards
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ELA Ohio's Learning Standards 2017
New Ohio Learning Standards Crosswalk for ELA 2017
Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
Video: ODE Revision of Ohio's Learning Standards in ELA
ELA Ohio's Model Curriculum
Grade K ELA Ohio's Model Curriculum
Grade 1 ELA Ohio's Model Curriculum
Grade 2 ELA Ohio's Model Curriculum
Grade 3 ELA Ohio's Model Curriculum
Grade 4 ELA Ohio's Model Curriculum
Grade 5 ELA Ohio's Model Curriculum
Writing
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NEW K-1 Developmental Writing Collection Folder
NEW 2-5 Developmental Writing Collection Folder
Kindergarten Narrative Writing Rubric 2018
Kindergarten Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric 2018
Kindergarten Opinion Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 1 Narrative Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 1 Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 1 Opinion Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 2 Narrative Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 2 Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 2 Opinion Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 3 Narrative Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 3 Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 3 Opinion Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 4 Narrative Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 4 Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 4 Opinion Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 5 Narrative Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 5 Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric 2018
Grade 5 Opinion Writing Rubric 2018
Guided Reading Lessons
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Guided reading is responsive, differentiated teaching. The power of guided reading is that small groups of students are taught at their instructional level, with book introductions, prompts, and teaching points carefully selected and planned based upon observable reading behaviors. Therefore generic lesson plans cannot be written for guided reading lessons. Each lesson is tailored to specific students. The guided reading lessons below are sample plans intended to demonstrate the types of book introductions, comprehension questions, word work, and writing about reading that might be used with students at a particular level. They are not designed to be used as a script, but rather as an example as you plan lessons for your students.
Example Small Group Lesson Plans for Levels A-Z
Guided Reading Lesson Plan Form
Level C - Little Duckling is Lost
Level J - Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth
Level L - Amelia Bedelia Under Construction
Level N - A Picture Book of Jesse Owens
Level P - If I Ran for President
Level S - 4 Kids in 5E and 1 Crazy Year
Level U - Boys Who Rocked the World
Level V - The Unexpected World of Nature
Level X - A Girl Named Disaster
5 Essential Components of Reading
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Instruction and Intervention Strategies
The Five Essential Components of Reading are: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension. This document provides a sample of intervention and instruction strategies to support each of these components