English Language Arts (ELA)
Essential Standards
| Elementary | CCMS | CCHS |
| K-5 Essential Standards |
6th, 7th, & 8th Grade
Essential Standards
(will be updated soon)
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9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th Grade
Essential Standards
(will be updated soon)
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Curriculum
| Elementary | CCMS | CCHS | |
| Curriculum |
English:
Journeys
Spanish Immersion
Benchmark
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Will be updated soon
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Will be updated soon |
(This will be populated once we start the school year)
What is the Cognitive Rigor Matrix for ELA?
What is the Cognitive Rigor Matrix?
The following charts combine Bloom's taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge into a single chart called Cognitive Rigor Matrix. The charts provide a comparison of varying levels or depths of knowledge related to practices within each discipline.
How do I use the Cognitive Rigor Matrix?
- Use a range of Depth of Knowledge. If you are only assessing the highest DOK level you will miss out on opportunities to know what students do and don't know. Go for a range.
- Planning formative assessment strategies and tools can focus on differing DOK levels.
- Performance assessments can be offering a variety levels of DOK embedded in larger, more complex task.
Rigor Matrix Specific ELA:
Elementary ELA Resources
Other Resources:
- CommonLit: Digital Library and Instructional Tools: Is built on the foundation of over 2,000 high-quality free reading passages for grades 3-2, complemented by aligned interim assessments, growth-oriented data, and exert-led teacher development
- Daily Grammar Lessons
- Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books
- Read- Think- Write: K-12; can search by theme, learning objective, ...
- Text Project: Strategies, tools, and text to bring beginning readers and struggling readers to high levels of literacy.
- Web English Teacher
- Common Core Literacy Closed Reading Strategies for Informational Text
- Video from inside classroom: Pathways to the Common Core (Lucy Calkins)
Secondary ELA Resources
Resources:
- Read- Think- Write: K-12; can search by theme, learning objective, ...
- Web English Teacher
- Common Core Literacy Closed Reading Strategies for Informational Text
ELA Practices
(more to come)
Screeners and Assessments (including interium & performance task during distance learning)
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Elementary:
Fastbridge aReading Screener for Educators
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Secondary: (CCMS)
Fastbridge FASTrack a Reading Screener for Educators
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Interim Assessments:
Performance Task Bank:
Other Options for Formative Assessments: