ELA Materials

Materials from fellow trainer, Holly Olszewski, ELA

RAFTS
Formats, Strong Verbs:  http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/RAFTS+3.pdf

OPI Appendices:
Appendix A (p. 4--text complexity triangle), (p. 8--old and new Lexile ranges)

Common Core Sites:
Read Tennessee - http://www.readtennessee.org/

Reciprocal Teaching:
Worksheet Guide

Smarter Balanced Rubrics
For Teachers:

• Grades 3-5 Informative/Expository Writing Rubric
• Grades 3-5 Narrative Writing Rubric
• Grades 3-5 Opinion Writing Rubric
• Grades 6-11 Informative/Expository Rubric
• Grades 6-11 Argument Writing Rubric

For Students:

• Grades 3-5 All Writing Types
• Grades 6-8 All Writing Types
• Grades 9-11 All Writing Types

Other Useful Documents:
Mickey Mouse Research Unit
A Guide to Creating Text Dependent Questions
The Research Essentials for Literacy

Robotics

Student Assessment (Pre-Post)

Workshop Powerpoint
Useful Links:
Articles about need for Math/Science/Tech Degrees:
- USA Today Article
- Salaries Comparison
- Forbes top majors
Purchasing supplies:
- Robomatter
- Robotshop
- Lego Kits
Competitions/Challenges:
- First Tech Challenge (Grades 9-12)
- First LEGO League (Grades 4-8)
- RobotC challenges
History:
- Robotic History
Trial version of RobotC for LEGO:
RobotC through Sept 2010