1. NORTH BERGEN NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION August 31, 2016
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JOSEPHINE SOLORZANO
Elementary ELA District Supervisor

2. Elementary ELA Benchmarks and Curriculum
The North Bergen ELA Curriculum is comprised of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards which reflect the strong beliefs that:
Students must be exposed to both Literature and informational (nonfiction) text within their learning;
Background knowledge and motivation are critical to the success of students when learning to read and when accessing complex text;
Research by students provides the opportunity to learn more about a subject;
Using evidence remains a critical skill, allowing students to ground their thinking in the work of authors and experts in literature and in the content areas;
Incorporating the use of technology for teaching and learning to enhance students' 21st Century skills

3. North Bergen Elementary ELA Curriculum
Benchmarks
Curriculum

4. Teaching Resources Kindergarten – 8th Grade
Curriculum Benchmarks 
Curriculum Framework
Alignment Guide(5th-8th)
Question Stem Bank (K-8th)
Wilson Fundations (K-2nd)
Glencoe (7th-8th)
Wonders Assessment (K-6th)
Triumphs Reading Support       (3rd-8th)
Grade Level Chapter Books
Readworks.org
Newsela.com
Alignment Guide
Achievethecore.org

5. Elementary ELA Assessments
Kindergarten: DIBELS, Benchmark Assessments, Scholastic Guided Reading
1st Grade:     DIBELS, Benchmarks Assessments, Scholastic Guided Reading
2nd Grade:    DIBELS, Benchmarks Assessments, Scholastics Guided Reading, LinkIt
3rd-8th Grade:     Benchmark Assessments, Scholastics Guided Reading, LinkIt
***All Assessments are administered 3 times a year
***Data Analysis is conducted to help drive instruction

6. Elementary ELA Scheduling
Reading and Writing Instruction
Whole Group Instruction
Cooperative Learning Groups
Gradual Release Model
Tier 1
Differentiated Instruction
Guided Reading
Centers Based Instruction
Tier 2
Enrichment/Remediation
3 Days for ELA
Tier 3 (Non-Departmentalized)
Weekly Cycle
Tier 3 (Departmentalized)

7. Literacy Coaches Franklin School – Teri Stellar-Hammond
Horace Mann School – Teresa Defendini & Jill Giambelluca
Kennedy School – Erin Stinson
Lincoln School – Christina Manicone
Lincoln Annex – Eileen Fernandez
McKinley School – Jonathan Raditch
Robert Fulton School – Eileen Carter &  Jill Giambelluca
*Coaches will be conducting grade level meetings every other week to provide ELA updates, turnkey sessions, demo lessons, data analysis... 
*Please be sure to meet your respective literacy coach during the first week of school

8. Josephine Solorzano, Elementary ELA District Supervisor