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