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English Language Arts Elementary
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Baltimore County Public SchoolsBoard of Education Meeting
April 22, 2014
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BCPS Blueprint 2.0Goal One: Academics
A. Develop and implement an aligned written, taught, and assessed curriculum and assessment system based on the common core standards with emphasis on literacy and writing in every class and built on the foundation of a 21st century teaching and learning framework.
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Globally Competitive
Graduate
Core Knowledge Life and Career Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills
Media, Information, & Technology Skills
Preparation and Planning
Classroom Environment
Rigorous Relevant
Accessible Responsive
Instruction Professionalism
Understanding by Design (UbD)
UbD (Understanding by Design) provides the curriculum framework in three stages.
Stage 1: Identify desired results of learning.
Stage 2: Determine acceptable evidence of learning.
Stage 3: Plan learning experiences, activities, and instruction.
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New state standards and assessments
Opportunities with digital materials to increase student engagement in learning (S.T.A.T.)
Why Develop A New Curriculum?
Key Instructional Shifts in CCSSENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY
A balance between literature and nonfiction and informational texts, supported by literacy standards for science, history, and technical subjects to enable students to read and write in a wider range of contexts.
An emphasis on explanatory writing, including writing and speaking using evidence drawn from texts to present careful analyses, well-defended claims, and clear information.
Regular practice with increasingly complex text and its academic language, or words that may appear in a variety of contexts.
The Curriculum
Six curriculum units for Grades 1 through 5
Two to three embedded performance-based assessments per unit
Next steps include development of additional resources to support differentiated learning maximizing student engagement
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Professional Development
Face to face and Webinar opportunities for learning more about both the new standards and the new curriculum resources.
Next steps include site visits with teaching teams and ongoing professional development begun this year.
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Collection and Use ofEducator Feedback
. Focus groups (principal and teacher)Curriculum Feedback Form Email correspondenceExchange of ideas during professional development opportunities
Principal Reflection
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Teacher Reflection
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Challenges Shared:
Early FallTechnology platform and computing devicesLearning how to implement new standardsPacing of units and lessonsInitial lack of text resources
Current Clarification of standardsAdditional resourcesLocating resources
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Benefits Shared:Increased reading and writing compared to previous yearsAuthentic, problem-based learning tasksIncreased inquiry-based projects for all studentsHi-tech and low-tech optionsIncreased rigor for all students
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Next Steps for Curricula
• Five-Year Curriculum Plan• BCPS One (S.T.A.T.)
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Questions? Comments?
Effective first instruction in
every classroom for every student,
every day!
