Region 10 ELAR Monthly Updates

Welcome to another edition of Region 10 ELAR's Monthly newsletter which is published on the first Monday of each month. You can find previous months' newsletters archived at the bottom. We look forward to continuing our updates and making new connections with you.

Rubrics

• RLA Grades 3-5 Argumentative/Opinion Writing Rubric (10/18/22)
• RLA Grades 3-5 Argumentative/Opinion Writing Rubric-Spanish (10/18/22)
• RLA Grades 3-5 Informational Writing Rubric (10/18/22)
• RLA Grades 3-5 Informational Writing Rubric-Spanish (10/18/22)
• RLA Grades 6-English II Argumentative/Opinion Writing Rubric (10/18/22)
• RLA Grades 6-English II Informational Writing Rubric (10/18/22)

• RLA Grades 3-5 Constructed Response (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• RLA Grades 3-5 Constructed Response-Spanish (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• RLA Grades 6-8 Constructed Response (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• English I Expository Writing (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• English II Persuasive Writing (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• English I and II Constructed Response (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• Science Grade 5 Short Constructed Response-English/Spanish (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• Science Grade 8 Short Constructed Response (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• Biology Short Constructed Response (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• Social Studies Grade 8 Short Constructed Response (PDF posted 10/7/22)
• US History Short Constructed Response (PDF posted 10/7/22)

The new thinking and writing demands of the redesigned state assessments for RLA will require students to construct short and extended written responses to text based questions, as well as think through a variety of new item types. The Region 10 ELAR team of Vicki Reynolds, Chandra Shaw, and Jennifer Gunn have been busy developing resources and professional development to assist our LEA’s in doing just that…make informed decisions and deliver high quality TEKS based instruction!

Since the Fall of 2020, the ELAR team has carefully designed every ELAR session to align with current STAAR redesign expectations, especially the importance of academic oracy in student success and the integration of reading & writing instruction across the content areas (See list of session titles below).

• ELAR K-12: Academic Oracy to Support Comprehension Growth (21-22)

• ELAR K-8: Close Reading sessions (21-22)

• ELAR K-2: The Write Mindset (20-21)

• ELAR K-5: Powerful TIPS for Creating Effective Writers (20-21)

• ELAR 3-8: The Art of Writing sessions (20-21)

• ELAR 3-8: Routines for Understanding Grade Level Texts (20-21)

• ELAR 3-8: Illuminating Evidence-Based Writing Techniques (21-22)

• ELAR 3-8: Back That Thang’ Up: Using Text Evidence to Support Short Constructed Response (21-22)

• ELAR 3-8: The Link Between Author's Purpose & Craft (22-23)

• ELAR 3-12: STAAR New Item Types…No Problem! (22-23)

• ELAR 6-12: Aligning Texts & TEKS (20-21)

• ELAR 6-12: Connecting & Assessing with QuickWrites (20-21)

• ELAR 6-12: Reader Response for Constructed Thinking & Writing (21-22)

• ELAR 6-12: English EOC - Meetings Needs Now & Later (21-22)

As a team, we are pleased to work in partnership with our many LEA’s to provide the most up to date evidence-based professional learning opportunities for all of our stakeholders. The Region 10 ELAR team will continue to support Students by offering quality Services that provide real instructional Solutions within Region 10.

• Nov. 10 Creating STAAR Thinkers & Writers - Vicki Reynolds **** This session has been moved to a larger space to accommodate more participants! Register today!
• Nov. 14 Building Language Comprehension (K-5) - Vicki Reynolds
• Dec. 1 Creating STAAR Thinkers & Writers - Jennifer Gunn
• Dec. 2 High-Yield Strategies for ELAR Acceleration (3-12) - Chandra Shaw
• Dec. 5 Back That Thang' Up: Using Evidence to Support Constructed Response ****Space is limited for this additional presentation of this popular session! Register today!

• Nov. 10 Using HyperRubrics to Boost Student Writing - Chandra Shaw

• November Teaching Reading IS Science! The Science of Teaching Reading Independent Exploration (K-5) - Vicki Reynolds
• November Interconnected Language and Literacy Skills (Grades 6-12) - Jennifer Gunn

The Region 10 ELAR team provides literacy support through professional development services, instructional coaching, and technical assistance.

Email: chandra.shaw@region10.org
Website: https://www.region10.org/programs/english-language-arts-and-reading-program/overview/
Location: 400 East Spring Valley Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: (972)348-1564
Twitter: @R10ELA

• September 2022
• October 2022