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SJSD ELA PD - August 14, 2014

New Teachers &

Department Chairs

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Curriculum Revisions

SJSD Curriculum

Assessment Calendar

SJSD Assessment

Not your grandma’s multiple choice!

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• Go to the SJSD homepage

• Click on the Academics tab

• Open Communication Arts

• On the left side, open Professional Development

• Click on 2014 – 2015

• Click on the link for SBAC Training Tests

• Scroll down and click on the Practice Test box

• Click that you’re NOT a California student and then click Sign In

• Select your grade and then click Yes

• Please select either the ELA Grades 6-8 Training Test

OR • the ELA HS Training

Test

Click Select on the Settings page

Click Yes, Start My Test

You MUST click the sound icon before answering yes!

You are now ready to begin your Training Test

AFTER you’ve answered all 6 training questions, you need to End the Test

Then be sure to click NO, so you can respond to the analysis questions

Use the toggle buttons at the top to go back to question 1 and individually respond to the following questions on the chart:

• What do students need to be able to do to respond to this item?

• What struggles do you think your students will experience with this item?

• How will these struggles influence your instruction?

your chart responseswith your table.

Think – Pair - Share

Falling in Love with

Reading Again

Common Core Reading Strategies

LUNCH!11:00 – 12:00

Vicky BryanUsing TED Talks

http://www.ted.com/talks/shane_koyczan_to

_this_day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful

To This Day…for the

bullied and the beautiful

Work time for your grade level group

Writing TED Talks into

Unit 1 Lessons

TED Talk Plans

will be turned in to department chairs

November 10, 2014 at TMC

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