2.  Successes
 Vertical teaming
 What is going on in K and 2
 Unit/Standards Alignment
 “Look Fors”
 Assessments
 Planning Guide and Work Session
 Next Steps-January Session
 Q & A

3.  What is going well in your classroom?
 Specific lesson types that are going well?
 Stories of Student learning successes?

4.  Kindergarten
› Sound Pronunciation-foundation for students
learning sounds to begin blending and then
eventually becoming ready for decodable
readers
 Second
› Writing-Much more writing incorporated into
lessons. Literacy/GRIAR Centers, Spelling
Trees and activities used to reinforce writing
and skills.

5.  Engageny.org
 Core Knowledge
 Handout-Standards addressed in Unit 2
and Unit 3-Student Learning Targets
designed around these standards

6.  Unit by unit-what are some key
components to recognize in Unit 2?
› Lesson types? (Tricky word)
› Assessments? Formative and Summative
› Pausing Points?
› Activities (Chaining, word sort, Wiggle cards
pg 123)
› School-Home Connections

7.  Unit by unit-what are some key
components to recognize in Unit 3?
› Lesson types (Tricky Words, Tricky Spelling)
› Assessments? Formatives and Summative
› Pausing Points
› Activities (Writing-Fictional
narrative, Chaining, Wiggle Cards-pg 141)
› School-Home Connections

8.  What assessments are in these units?
 Unit 2:
› Word Recognition Assessment-WS 18.1
 Unit 3:
› Spelling Assessment, lesson 5,-WS 5.1
› Spelling Assessment, lesson 10,-WS 10.1
› Spelling Assessment, lesson 15-WS 15.1
› Word Recognition, lesson 19-WS 19.1

9.  Unit 2
 GRIAR Time, interventions, CKLA Centers
› Pg 109-111.
› Directions where to find information for identified
deficit areas and opportunities to reteach
material
 Unit 3
 GRIAR Time, interventions, CKLA Centers
› Pg 132-134.
› Directions where to find information for identified
deficit areas and opportunities to reteach
material

10.  How do you plan for your lessons?
› Different lesson plan formats
› Team planning?

11.  Work with each other to plan out some
lessons
› See connections from one lesson to the next
› Split the work and share out with group
› Make resources needed for lessons (ie.
wiggle cards)

12.  Session in January
› What would you like to see differently? More
of?
› Any suggestions, recommendations?

13.  Any questions you have regarding Skills
Strand?
› If I do not know it, I will write it down and ask our
directors of ELA and get the answers to you.
 CKLA Office hours-one hour once a
month, webinar offered from representative
from Core Knowledge on updates and
answering any questions you have about
the Skills and Listening an Learning Strand.

14. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and
holiday season!