Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

This webinar provides updated regarding the PARCC assessment. While these updates are not huge changes, it is vital teachers have the most accurate information.

The Mississippi Department of Education worked with educators around the state to create a document that scaffolds the CCSS for ELA. This scaffolding document helps teachers understand what students need to know, what they need to understand, and what they need to do for each ELA standard. This webinar walks participants through the document and methods to use the scaffolding document.

PARCC released the newest drafts of the writing rubric to be used on the PARCC assessment. This webinar discusses how the rubric is organized and structured. The webinar will also provide key points of information for student writing.

This informative webinar touches about the latest updates on the ELA PARCC assessment. The webinar discusses how these changes impact the test and classroom instruction.

This webinar will provide teachers with information about narrative writing in grades 6-12 in the Common Core State Standards. The webinar discusses what students need to do with narrative writing and what teachers should be looking for in student writing.

This webinar will provide teachers and instructional specialists information about the PARCC Evidence Statements for ELA, including how they can be utilized in planning and instruction.

This webinar will provide K-2 teachers with sample lessons and instructional strategies for implementing the CCSS for narrative writing in their classrooms.

This webinar provides teachers with concrete examples of lessons that can be implemented in the classroom to teach the CCSS Language Standards in the context of reading and writing.

This informative webinar will provide participants with strategies for identifying and finding grade appropriate informational texts. Participants will also learn helpful strategies for instruction using informational texts.

This webinar will examine a wealth of resources for reading interventions and teaching strategies for K-3 teachers and students.

This webinar gives a detailed description of the ELA PARCC Assessment structure and assessment item prototypes.

This webinar focuses on the importance of identifying and teaching Tier 2 vocabulary. Included is a description of how to choose important vocabulary for instruction.

Participants will learn strategies to close read informational texts. Participants will also learn how to develop text dependent questions that align with the Reading CCSS.

This session addresses the process and documents necessary to identify the complexity of a text to ensure teachers are using grade-level appropriate texts. Through documents provided by the CCSSO, the webinar models the text complexity process.

The Office of Curriculum and Instruction presents “Unpacking the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.” This presentation walks participants through the process of unpacking the CCSS for ELA in order to give teachers a deeper understanding of the standards, what rigor is necessary, and what students must master.

The Office of Curriculum and Instruction presents “Unpacking the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.” This presentation walks participants through the process of unpacking the CCSS for ELA in order to give teachers a deeper understanding of the standards, what rigor is necessary, and what students must master.

The training will provide all school staff with an understanding of how the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts have been organized. A convenient Graphic Organizer will be shared, as well as updates regarding the Mississippi Department of Education Curriculum and Instruction page.