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Language
Page Location: Common Core  --> Language 

New! Enroll in Stanford's Free Online Course (Oct. 2014 - Jan 2015)
Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for College and Career Readiness 
Instructors: Kenji Hakuta, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University
Jeff Zwiers, Senior Researcher, Stanford University
Sara Rutherford-Quach, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University and the Understanding Language Initiative

Please follow the links below to register:
Fall 2014 Constructive Classroom Conversations (Elementary)
Fall 2014 Constructive Classroom Conversations (Secondary)

Grammar
Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing - Grammar in Writing Series
A joint PD series through West Shore ESD (Jen Orton) and Muskegon Area ISD (Erin Brown)
Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing:  A multi-year joint effort through West Shore ESD (Jen Orton) and Muskegon Area ISD (Erin Brown)

Vocabulary
Link to Vocabulary Instruction Page (Literacy Tools)
Link to Literacy in Action (Module 3 - Vocabulary)

Dr. Elaine Weber Macomb ISD - CCSS Vocabulary Presentation

Robert Marzano - Vocabulary for CCSS (ELA and MA; Tiers 2 and 3)
                           - Basic Vocabulary TermsVocabulary for the Common Core 
Reproducibles
  • Figure 2.3: Sample Vocabulary Notebook Page
Websites
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Online-Only Material
  • Basic Vocabulary Terms
  • Number of Cognitive Verbs in Each Tier 2 Category
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  • Number of Terms at Each Grade Level for Each Mathematics Measurement Topic
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Vocabulary at the Center by Amy Benjamin
    Chapter 1 - Excerpt

    Amy Benjamin - Podcast

TextProject

Teaching Vocabulary - J Wilhelm

Oral Language

Dr. Rasinski - Oral Language and Fluency

Developing Oral Language and Reading Fluency -- Music in Science
Collection of Science Songs for Teaching -- Wayne RESA
2013 MSDSTA Science Songs Handout - D. Bydlowski's presentation

New! CCSSO Framework for English Language Proficiency Development Standards corresponding to CCSS and NGSS

Understanding Language Initiative - Language, Literacy, and Learning in the Content Areas (Stanford)

Understanding Language aims to heighten educator awareness of the critical role that language plays in the new Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. The long-term goal of the initiative is to increase recognition that learning the language of each academic discipline is essential to learning content. Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information; articulating and building on ideas; constructing explanations; engaging in argument from evidence—such language-rich performance expectations permeate the new Standards.

5 Key Strategies for ELL Instruction  Rebecca Greene's Blog Post, October 25, 2013 12:23 pm
Includes videos from ELA, ELL Unit - Persuasion Across Time and Place
- Scaffolding Understanding
(Interacting with Complex Texts -- Scaffolding Reading)
- Purposeful Grouping (Persuasion Across Time and Place -- ELA, ELL Unit)
- Background Knowledge (Preparing Learners -- Activating Prior Knowledge)
- Extended Discussion (Extending Understanding - Vocabulary Development)
- Valuing Linguistic Differences


Language and the CCSS - Three different ways language is involved in the CCSS 

Realizing Opportunities for ELLs in the Common Core English Language Arts and Disciplinary Literacy Stadards  

What does text complexity mean for English learners and language minority students? CCSS implications for ELLs

Language Demands and Opportunities in Relation to NGSS for ELLs

Academic English Mastery  -- LA Unified

Spelling
Spelling Counts        Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey  Engaging the Adolescent Learner
Spelling correctly is a focus of the CCSS for students at all grade levels. By focusing on word acquisition, retention, and automaticity, Fisher and Frey give practical ideas for blending spelling instruction into everyday tasks by focusing on word patterns, Latin and Greek root words, affixes, high-frequency words, and commonly misspelled words.
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