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 * Iowa Core English Language Arts: Implications for Classroom Instruction **

This Wiki will be used to house the handouts and documents you will need during this class.

__Contact information for the instructions: __ Stacey Cole: scole@alta-aurelia.k12.ia.us Barb Kruthoff: kruthoffb@bvu.edu Jill Sundblad:jsundblad@aea8.k12.ia.us



-At the end of each module (1-5) identify the implications for you and your building. You will use this set of reflections for the final assignment.
 * List of Assignments for Class: **

Module 1-Reflection only

Module 2
 * Completed Text Complexity Rubric for a text you currently use in your classroom: [[file:TEXT COMPLEXITY RUBRIC ASISGNMENT.docx]]
 * Choose 1 Text Exemplar from Appendix B and decide how you can use this in your classroom. Include in your reflection how this text would or could be scaffolded for ALL readers. Use the two exemplar lesson plans ("Gettysburg Address" lesson and "Words We Live By" as well as the article "Scaffolding Text for At-Risk Readers" as a guide for some of the things you will need to include). Create a series of lessons (3-5 days on what that could look like in your classroom). [[file:ELA UNIT PLANNING TEMPLATE.docx]]

Module 3: Watch one comprehension video and write a reflection on what this might mean for you in your classroom.

Module 4:


 * In this module, you have learned how important discussion can be in developing students’ critical thinking skills. You also have an understanding of how integrated language, listening, and speaking are. Now put what you’ve learned into action by developing a plan for a class discussion that helps students meet the Iowa Core Standards in language, listening, and/or speaking.

Module 5:
 * Watch one of the above linked classroom video examples and write a reflection on the lesson.
 * Create a writing lesson and annotate which standards students are expected to address in their writing

FINAL ASSIGNMENT:
 * Using your reflective journals create an Action Plan that addresses some or all of the "next steps" you identified throughout this course. Use the attached Action Plan Template: [[file:ELA Iowa Core Action Plan.doc]]