Elementary/EL Coach's Corner

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Teacher resources applicable to all grade levels can be found by clicking on the "Teacher Resources" picture. Grade specific resources and information can be found by clicking on the picture for that grade level. Additional information and resources will continue to be added.


* Reading Quotes Posters - downloadable posters with quotes about reading	Wonders Resources: K-2 Foundational Skills Guidance Document Dec. 2017 Wonders_Reports_Guide Wonders Week at a Glance Form Wonders - Assessment Chart Combination Classrooms: See attached COMBO Folder for implementing Wonders in a Combination Classroom at the K-1, 1-2,2-3, 3-4, or 4-5 levels. * i-Ready - Getting Good Data - links to powerpoints and videos to show your students on the importance of taking the diagnostics seriously Juicy Sentence Guidance * Connections Playlist: Access to relevant resources through the Digital Library (Caaspp) to help address needs of students based on IAB performance. * Fluency Resources from Achieve the Core at different grade spans * Inferencing Handout - Details to look for within texts * Recommended Character Trait Vocabulary by grade level * Character Traits vs. Feelings * Generate a Theme Statement WRITING * Writing Workshop with Momentum in Teaching - PowerPoint Day 1 * Writing Workshop with Momentum in Teaching - Day 1 Resources * Example Writing Notebook - from Chris * BTH 4 box paper - story map for sketching the Big Thing that Happened * Informational and Opinion Organizers - planning maps K-8 Pre/Post On Demand Writing Assessment Prompt (Narrative, Informational, and Opinion) Writing Workshop with Momentum in Teaching Day 2 Google Drive link to resources for TK-2 Teachers - * Strategy Group Planning sheet * Types of Writing - All 3 types on one page - structure map - pick any topic and have students plan a piece about that topic in all 3 genres of writing - Types of Writing map * List of Mentor Texts to support a variety of "Writers' Crafts" in Writers Workshop * Possible Teaching Points - a starting point * Article: Intersections between differentiation and literacy instruction: Shared principles worth sharing - by Carol Ann Tomlinson Opinion * Link to 23 Mentor Texts for Opinion Writing *Narrative* * Link to 12 Mentor Texts to Teach Narratives * More Narrative Mentor Texts Informational * Link to Mentor Texts for How-to and Procedural Writing
	CGI * Splat! * The Fraction Splat! * Nested Splat! * Tiled Area Questions * Numberless Word Problems - great for teaching students how to break down word problems without going straight to trying to solve. - A GUIDE to Writing Numberless Word Problems Digital Learning Tools - Online Manipulatives - Free access through June 30, 2020 Supplemental Resource for use where MIF needs enhancing. * San Francisco Math * Balanced Assessments * Connections Playlist: Access to relevant resources through the Digital Library (Caaspp) to help address needs of students based on IAB performance. * IXL Teacher's User Guide
	NGSS For California Public Schools K-12 - Science * Phenomena for NGSS - * Exploratorium - Science Snacks - Tons of little lessons/activities around a variety of subject areas - check them out! * Science News Articles for kids - DOGO News - Popular Science - Frontiers for Young Minds - Science News for Students - Science Journal for Kids and Teens
	* California History-Social Sciences Framework K-12
	General Resources: * California ELD Standards K-12 * CDE Adopted ELA/ELD Framework Chapters by Grade Level * Implementation Support for the ELA/ELD Framework * ELL Supports for Writing and Discussion * Parent Guide to Understanding the ELPAC - link to folder with several language versions available ELPAC - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California Initial ELPAC Completing the Initial ELPAC Process - Quick Reference Guide Listening Domain - Information Sheet * Speaking Domain - Information Sheet * Reading Domain - Information Sheet * Writing Domain - Information Sheet Summative ELPAC * Transitioning from paper to computer-based Summative * Listening Domain - Information Sheet * Speaking Domain - Information Sheet * Reading Domain - Information Sheet * Writing Domain - Information Sheet Suggested Examiner to Student Ratio by Grade Span * K-1: one on one * Grade 2: 1-10 students per Test-Examiner * Grade 3-12: 1-15 students per Test-Examiner * Reclassification Information - from the CDE * The Shifts and ELLs - Implementing the Common Core with English Language Learners ELPAC Resources: * ELPAC Practice and Training Test Resources - for teachers and students * Starting Smarter - for parents and families to learn more about domains tested and see sample score reports for the ELPAC and/or the CAASPP Stanford School of Ed - Supporting ELs in Mathematics
	* 2019 - Reading A-Z Correlation Chart - includes Lexile, ATOS (AR), and Fountas and Pinnell correlations among others.
	Aeries Teacher Portal PVPUSD CAASPP - Setting up a test session in TOMs (review if you need it) Smart Content Explorer - a user-friendly web tool that helps bridge the gap between the language of test developers and the language used by teachers in the classroom every day. It combines the information provided in the Smarter Balanced Content and Item Specifications—key resources used in test and item development—into an easy-to-use search interface. Users can access customized content generated by a quick search—by subject, grade, and target or standard—which includes the following: · Sample test items · Standard and target alignment · Depth of knowledge levels · Evidence statements · Guidance for selecting appropriate stimuli · Task models Accessing Target Reports through CAASPP - a video instructional guide Smarter Balanced Sample items by claim or target * see your grade level below for released questions with answers/standards attached CAASPP Blueprints Guide to 2019-20 Interim Assessments Overview - info on the IABs and the FIABs Back to Top


	Wonders TK Pacing Guide * Read Aloud Project for K-2 - 126 Lessons for read aloud books * Kinder Narrative Teaching Points from Momentum in Teaching * PowerPoint slide notes from Momentum In Teaching Writers Workshop Training Day 1 - TK/Kinder * 5 Sample Writing Workshop Units for TK and K (has some great ideas and teaching points to get you started).
	math_practice_posters_k-1 * The Maze Hundreds Chart - interactive PowerPoint for work on Number Sense * Number Talks - Questions-to-Extend-Collections_TK_K
	TK California Classroom Science Presentation from Day 1 Science Training with Amy and Marissa from Spring 2019 Presentation and materials from Day 2 Science Training with Amy and Marissa from January 2020

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	Link to Kindergarten Wonders Folder - Please open folder for documents, forms, and suggestions to help with the implementation of Wonders. * The Teachers Guide - Week by Week overview, vocabulary, spelling, and activity sheets. WRITING * Kinder Narrative Teaching Points from Momentum in Teaching * PowerPoint slide notes from Momentum In Teaching Writers Workshop Training Day 1 - TK/Kinder * 5 Sample Writing Workshop Units for TK and K (has some great ideas and teaching points to get you started). * Wonders Unit 8 - SS tie Writing Prompt - Favorite American Symbol - Overview - Presentation * Read Aloud Project for K-2 - 126 Lessons for read aloud books
	CGI Examples of CGI Routines (10-15 minute activities/lessons to do daily). Includes links to resources within the slides as well. * The Maze Hundreds Chart - interactive PowerPoint for work on Number Sense * Number Talks - Questions-to-Extend-Collections_TK_K math_practice_posters_k-1 * Online Money Manipulatives
	NGSS The Amazing Laundry Basket Race - KPS2 Motion and Stability—Forces and Interactions Better Lessons - Physical Sciences Better Lessons - Life Sciences Better Lessons - Earth and Space Sciences Better Lessons - Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Sciences LACOE - NGSS Performance Task Assessment Bank Presentation from Day 1 Science Training with Amy and Marissa from Spring 2019 Presentation and materials from Day 2 Science Training with Amy and Marissa from January 2020

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	Link to 1st Grade Wonders Folder - Please open folder for documents, forms, and suggestions to help with the implementation of Wonders. * The Teachers Guide - Week by Week overview, vocabulary, spelling, and activity sheets. * Phonics Activity Packets and other activities that go with each week in Wonders * Read Aloud Project for K-2 - 126 Lessons for read aloud books WRITING * SS Writing Prompt - Connecting Wonders (Unit 3, Week 4) and SS * Sample Writers Workshop Mini Lessons covering 6 units
	CGI Examples of CGI Routines (10-15 minute activities/lessons to do daily). Includes links to resources within the slides as well. * The Maze Hundreds Chart - interactive PowerPoint for work on Number Sense math_practice_posters_k-1 LACOE - Math Performance Task Assessment Bank * Online Money Manipulatives
	NGSS Unit with teacher's guide and printables: How Does Light Help Me See? Sound is Everywhere - Lesson - 1-PS4-1. Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials. * The Science of Sound - Scholastic article to go with above lesson Better Lessons - Physical Sciences Better Lessons - Life Sciences Better Lessons - Earth and Space Sciences Better Lessons - Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Sciences LACOE - NGSS Performance Task Assessment Bank Presentation from Day 1 Science Training with Amy and Marissa from Spring 2019 Presentation and materials from Day 2 Science Training with Amy and Marissa from January 2020

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	Link to 2nd Grade Wonders Folder - Please open folder for documents, forms, and suggestions to help with the implementation of Wonders. * The Teachers Guide - Week by Week overview, vocabulary, spelling, and activity sheets. * Read Aloud Project for K-2 - 126 Lessons for read aloud books * Scattergories - online - can be projected on the screen for the whole class to play. CLICK ON ADD A CATEGORY AND THEN CHOOSE MAKE CHILD FRIENDLY BEFORE YOU GET STARTED. WRITING 2nd Grade Writer's Workshop Pacing Guide with teaching points
	CGI Examples of CGI Routines (10-15 minute activities/lessons to do daily). Includes links to resources within the slides as well. * The Maze Hundreds Chart - interactive PowerPoint for work on Number Sense math_practice_posters_grades_2-3 LACOE - Math Performance Task Assessment Bank
	2019 Spring Training Presentation with Amy and Marissa Presentation and materials from Science Training with Amy and Marissa from December 2019 NGSS Unit with teacher's guide and printables: Why Is Our Corn Changing? Better Lessons - Physical Sciences Better Lessons - Life Sciences Better Lessons - Earth and Space Sciences Better Lessons - Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Sciences LACOE - NGSS Performance Task Assessment Bank

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	Link to 3rd Grade Wonders Folder - Please open folder for documents, forms, and suggestions to help with the implementation of Wonders. * The Teachers Guide - Week by Week overview, vocabulary, spelling, and activity sheets. Common Lit - a free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd-12th grade classrooms. Search and filter our collection by lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or common core standard. * Scattergories - online - can be projected on the screen for the whole class to play. CLICK ON ADD A CATEGORY AND THEN CHOOSE MAKE CHILD FRIENDLY BEFORE YOU GET STARTED. CAASPP - Sample Items by Grade/Claim/Target * ELA Released Test Questions (2 on a page) * ELA Performance Task * Math Released Test Questions (2 on a page)* Math Performance Task (2 on a page) WRITING * Informational Performance Task * Opinion Performance Task Achieve the Core: Gr3-5 Literary Assessments - Writing to multiple sources - constructed response * Understanding Proficiency - Learn from student work on Performance Tasks - ELA
	CGI Examples of CGI Routines (10-15 minute activities/lessons to do daily). Includes links to resources within the slides as well. Understanding Proficiency - Learn from student work on Performance Tasks - Math math_practice_posters_grades_2-3 LACOE - Math Performance Task Assessment Bank Achieve the Core: Math Tasks - most involving fractions
	2019 Spring Training Presentation with Amy and Marissa Presentation and materials from Science Training with Amy and Marissa from December 2019 NGSS Better Lessons - Physical Sciences Better Lessons - Life Sciences Better Lessons - Earth and Space Sciences Better Lessons - Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Sciences Solar System! - Unit with 9 lessons and 17 activities LACOE - NGSS Performance Task Assessment Bank

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	Link to 4th Grade Wonders Folder - Please open folder for documents, forms, and suggestions to help with the implementation of Wonders. * The Teachers Guide - Week by Week overview, vocabulary, spelling, and activity sheets. * READING - Short Texts to show the different text structures Graphic Organizers for different Text Structures Problem_Solution_BLM Proposition_Support_BLM Cause_Effect_BLM Chronological_Structures Compare_Contrast_MATRIX_BLM Compare_Contrast_Structure_Tchart Enumeration_Structure * The A List - Essential Academic Words - a list defining the essential academic words that can help students understand what a question/task is asking of them. Common Lit - a free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd-12th grade classrooms. Search and filter our collection by lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or common core standard. * Scattergories - online - can be projected on the screen for the whole class to play. CLICK ON ADD A CATEGORY AND THEN CHOOSE MAKE CHILD FRIENDLY BEFORE YOU GET STARTED. CAASPP - Sample Items by Grade/Claim/Target * ELA Released Test Questions (2 on a page) * ELA Performance Task * Math Released Test Questions (2 on a page) * Math Performance Task (2 on a page) WRITING * Informational Performance Task Achieve the Core: Gr3-5 Literary Assessments - Writing to multiple sources - constructed response * Understanding Proficiency - Learn from student work on Performance Tasks - ELA * Writers Workshop - Momentum In Teaching - Printables for Teaching Points and 4 point story map for TBTH (The Big Thing That Happened). *K-8 Pre/Post On Demand Writing Assessment Prompt (Narrative, Informational, and Opinion)
	CGI Examples of CGI Routines (10-15 minute activities/lessons to do daily). Includes links to resources within the slides as well. Understanding Proficiency - Learn from student work on Performance Tasks - Math math_practices_posters grades 4+ LACOE - Math Performance Task Assessment Bank * Online Protractor - upload an image and use the protractor to measure an angle
	NGSS 2019 Spring Presentation from Amy and Marissa 2019 November 21st folder from Amy and Marissa March 10, 2020 folder (presentation and materials) - Life Science with Amy and Marissa Better Lessons - Physical Sciences Better Lessons - Life Sciences Better Lessons - Earth and Space Sciences Better Lessons - Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Sciences Put a Spark in It! - 17 day electricity unit with pre/post assessment Energy - 9 lessons with 29 activities to introduce students to several types of energy (electrical, light, sound, thermal, in addition to hydro, wind and solar power) Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tornadoes and More - 8 lessons with 16 activities LACOE - NGSS Performance Task Assessment Bank Ideas for an Engineering Design Field Day

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	Link to 5th Grade Wonders Folder - Please open folder for documents, forms, and suggestions to help with the implementation of Wonders. * The Teachers Guide - Week by Week overview, vocabulary, spelling, and activity sheets. * Unit 1, Week 4 - Inventions - link to 10 Great Inventions Dreamt Up By Children * READING - Short Texts to show the different text structures Graphic Organizers for different Text Structures Problem_Solution_BLM Proposition_Support_BLM Cause_Effect_BLM Chronological_Structures Compare_Contrast_MATRIX_BLM Compare_Contrast_Structure_Tchart Enumeration_Structure The A List - Essential Academic Words - a list defining the essential academic words that can help students understand what a question/task is asking of them. * Scattergories - online - can be projected on the screen for the whole class to play. CLICK ON ADD A CATEGORY AND THEN CHOOSE MAKE CHILD FRIENDLY BEFORE YOU GET STARTED. Common Lit - a free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd-12th grade classrooms. Search and filter our collection by lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or common core standard. CAASPP - Sample Items by Grade/Claim/Target * ELA Released Test Questions (2 on a page)* ELA Performance Task Math Released Test Questions (2 on a page) Math Performance Task (2 on a page) WRITING Achieve the Core: Gr3-5 Literary Assessments - Writing to multiple sources - constructed response * Understanding Proficiency - Learn from student work on Performance Tasks - ELA ELA Performance Task: Land and Space Pollution (might go nicely with Human Impact in Science) - Grade_5_Informational_Performance_Task_Student_Assessment_Fall_2013 * Writers Workshop - Momentum In Teaching - Printables for Teaching Points and 4 point story map for TBTH (The Big Thing That Happened). *K-8 Pre/Post On Demand Writing Assessment Prompt (Narrative, Informational, and Opinion)
	CGI Examples of CGI Routines (10-15 minute activities/lessons to do daily). Includes links to resources within the slides as well. Understanding Proficiency - Learn from student work on Performance Tasks - Math math_practices_posters grades 4+ LACOE - Math Performance Task Assessment Bank Achieve the Core: Math Tasks - 3 tasks; topics: fractions and volume * 501 Math Word Problems (Some are beyond 5th grade level, but are divided into concepts) * Online Protractor - upload an image and use the protractor to measure an angle
	5th grade DCIs One pager - 5th grade Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Unit with teacher's guide and printables including Student Science Journal: From Sun to Food Better Lessons - Physical Sciences Better Lessons - Life Sciences Better Lessons - Earth and Space Sciences Better Lessons - Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Sciences Air Pollution - Unit with 10 lessons and 32 activities to choose from Dams - Unit with 8 lessons and 9 activities LACOE - NGSS Performance Task Assessment Bank NGSS PD Presentation links (from Amy and Marissa): Spring 2019 - MOD 1 NGSS 5th Grade September 2019 - 5th Grade_ Reducing Human Footprint February 2020 - link to Engineering Standards Presentation/materials with Amy and Marissa *ELA Performance Task: Land and Space Pollution (might go nicely with Human Impact in Science) - Grade_5_Informational_Performance_Task_Student_Assessment_Fall_2013
	SS/Science Connection (NGSS) Spring 2019 Meeting - * Revolutionary measurement update 4_17_19
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Stacy Dunn

Elementary/EL Instructional Coach

PVPUSD