2. CSCOPE English Language Arts Spanish Language Arts Overview

3. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs) Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs) Lesson Frameworks TEKS Verification Documents Year-at-a-Glance (YAG) The Curriculum System

4. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

5. Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs)

6. K – 2 2 – 4 4 – 6 6 – 8 8 – 10 10 - 12 Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs)

7. TEKS Verification Document

8. Year at a Glance (6 Weeks)

9. Year at a Glance (9 Weeks)

10. Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs)

11. ELA Conceptual Lenses K-8: one lens for the entire year KBeginnings 1Relationships 2Patterns 3Journeys 4Perspectives 5Change 6Interactions 7Influences 8Perceptions High School: one lens for each unit Unit 1 Relationships/Identity Unit 2 Perspective Unit 3 Transformation Unit 4 Structures Unit 5 Change/Influence Unit 6 Credibility

12. Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs) Strikethrough

13. Lesson Framework

14. A Concept-Based Curriculum

15. Timeless Universal Abstract Represented by 1 or 2 words Examples share common attributes A concept is an organizing idea; a mental construct...

16. A Concept-Based Curriculum

17. Key Understanding Two or more concepts in a relationship... Concept Conceptual ideas that transfer Develop “Deep Understanding”

18. A Concept-Based Curriculum

19. The Performance Indicator Formula Content/ Concept Product Process ++

20. A Concept-Based Curriculum

21. The ELA Lessons are exemplars have integrated reading and writing are approximately 50 minutes (K=30 mins) include literary selections with alternatives include 5E inductive and deductive models include a research unit (grades 3-12) address the tested SEs before the test

22. The ELA Lessons and Reading First Districts with Reading First must have 90 minutes of basal reading instruction. Use the CSCOPE lessons only if there is additional time allotted for language arts instruction.

23. The CSCOPE Lessons and Developmental Reading Skills In the elementary grades K-5, teachers use their basals, phonics programs, and spellers, and grammar books to teach the basic skills. They use the CSCOPE lessons to teach the TEKS.

24. K-3 Teacher’s Guides

26. To find the guides go to CSCOPE in the Resource Samplers in a folder named K-3 ELA Teacher’s Guides.

27. Elements of a CSCOPE Lesson Plan Lesson Synopsis TEKS (taught in the lesson) Getting Ready for Instruction –Performance Indicators –Key Understandings –Guiding Questions –Vocabulary of Instruction –Materials –Resources –Advanced Preparation –Background Information Instructional Procedures with Teacher Notes Handouts Supplemental files, i.e. PowerPoint

28. Lesson Synopsis / TEKS

29. Getting Ready for Instruction

31. Instructional Procedures

34. The Attachments

35. Spanish Language Arts

36. To Access CSCOPE SLA 1.Select Curriculum Elements 2.Choose Unit Maps 3.Select your Grade Level 4.Select Spanish Language Arts as your subject 5.Click Find You will have access to the IFD and Lessons. SLA currently will not appear when building a lesson plan.

37. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) K-6 Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs) K-6 Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs) K-3 Lesson Frameworks K-3 TEKS Verification Documents K-6 Year-at-a-Glance (YAG) K-6 The Curriculum System

38. K – 2 2 – 4 4 – 6 Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs)

40. Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs)

41. The SLA Lessons K-3rd parallel to ELA and translated into Spanish –Concepts –Key Understandings Address TEKS specific to SLA (ii) –Performance Indicator

42. Content Areas in Spanish Lesson vocabulary and attachments: Math K-6 Forthcoming: –Science –Social Studies

43. To Access Content Areas in Spanish 1.Select Content Area 2.Choose Grade Level 3.Spanish Unit is below English Unit

44. Q & A