Department of Language Arts Literacy

Core
Beliefs
SRA Imagine It!
Wonderworks
PD
Comprehension
Clubs
Wordly
Wise
Writer's
Workshop
Novels
IFL
Resources
Unit
Assessments
PARCC
Writing
Writing
Units
Contact
Us

Department of English Language Arts
Core Beliefs

The English Language Arts department is committed to providing access to an equitable education. As a department we believe that education is a craft, one that is developed over time as the skills, life lessons, and art of teaching and guiding the future generations is mastered. As a staff, we have high expectations for our students and ourselves. In partnership with our growing population of English learners and their families we strive to provide effective and inspiring standards-based instruction in the areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing. The department has implemented the workshop model approach to teaching using the “I Do, We Do, You Do” pedagogical method to engage all learners and prepare them for college and career readiness. Students are required to meet high standards of literacy in order to become successful contributing members of society. We believe in the empowerment of all students and staff through an education that includes an understanding of, and value for, diversity. Our goal as the English Language Arts department is to develop life-long learners, instill a love and passion for learning not only in the classroom, but the entire learning community.

Grade 1 Spelling Lists SRA Imagine It

Grade 2 Spelling Lists

Sample Spelling Activities

Imagine It Phonics Kit Table of Contents Grade K

Imagine It Phonics Kit Table of Contents Grade 1

Imagine It Phonics Kit Table of Contents Grade 2

Scope and Sequences - Phonics GR K

Scope and Sequences - Phonics GR 1

Scope and Sequences - Phonics GR 2

Grade K SRA Imagine It Correlation to CCSS

Grade 1 SRA Imagine It Correlation to CCSS

Grade 2 SRA Imagine It Correlation to CCSS

Kindergarten and Grade1 SRA Imagine IT! PowerPoint

SRA Imagine It! Grade 2 PowerPoint

Routine Cards are mandatory for all lessons.

Routine Cards Kindergarten

Routine Cards Grade 1

Routine Cards Grade 2

Pacing of Lesson Cards

SRA Imagine It Chants

SRA Imagine It Hand Motions Grade K

Professional Development Links for Foundation Skills - Videos Available

SRA Imagine It Components

Alphabet Song for SRA Imagine It with Original Ending Lyrics

Alphabet Song for SRA Imagine It

SRA Imagine It Website Resources

SRA Imagine It Observation Tool

Wonderworks

Wonderworks Observation Tool

Professional Development

SRA Imagine It PD

Wonderworks PowerPoint

Comprehension Clubs K-2 PowerPoint

Wordly WisePD Powerpoint

Harvey Daniels Powerpoint

Harvey Daniels Sample Lesson Plan

Getting Started with Writer's Workshop

Writer’s Workshop Sample Lesson Plan kindergarten

Writer’s Workshop Sample Lesson Plan grade 1

Writer’s Workshop Sample Lesson Plan grade 2

Writer’s Workshop Sample Lesson Plan grade 3

Writer’s Workshop Sample Lesson Plan grade 4

Writer’s Workshop Sample Lesson Plan grade 5

Talking Drawing Writing Sample Lesson Plan kindergarten

Comprehension Club Sample Lesson Plan kindergarten

Comprehension Club Sample Lesson Plan grade 1

Comprehension Club Sample Lesson Plan grade 2

Accessing the District ELA Curriculum Handout

Navigating the LA Curriculum Guide PowerPoint

Comprehension Clubs

Book Clubs Suggested Process

Comprehension Club suggested Pacing Guide

Comprehension Clubs K-2 CCSS Alignment

Comprehension Clubs Training Notes

First Grade Book List

Kindergarten Book List

Second Grade Book List

CCSS Grade Level Bookroom Grade K

CCSS Grade Level Bookroom Grade 1

CCSS Grade Level Bookroom Grade 2

CCSS Grade Level Bookroom Grade 3

CCSS Grade Level Bookroom Grade 4

CCSS Grade Level Bookroom Grade 5

Comprehension Club Observation Tool

Wordly Wise

Wordly Wise Grade 4

Wordly Wise Grade 5

Wordly Wise Grade 6

Wordly Wise Grade 7

Wordly Wise Grade 8

Wordly Wise Observation Tool

Writer's Workshop

Getting Started with Writer's Workshop

Conferring Notes

The Architecture of the Mini-Lesson

The Structure of the Workshop

Strings of Management Mini-Lessons

Mentor Texts for Writer's Workshop

Writing Conference

Kindergarten Objective/DOL

Grade 1 Objective/DOL

Grade 2 Objective/DOL

Grade 3 Objective/DOL

Grade 4 Objective/DOL

Grade 5 Objective/DOL

Setting Up Writer's Workshop Classroom

Six Traits of Writing Posters

Structure of the Workshop and Strings of Management

Tips For Conferencing with Students

What Does a Writer's Workshop Look Like

Writer's Workshop CD Directions

Writer's Workshop Classroom Posters

Writer's Workshop Notebook Cover Page

Writer's Workshop Observation Checklist

Writer's Workshop

Novels

Novels for Grades 3-5

Grade 3
The Chocolate Touch	Sarah, Sencilla y Alta
Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes	Sadako y las Mil Grullas de Papel
Frindle	Superfudge
Grade 4
Charlotte’s Web	La Telaranas de Carlota
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Charlie y Fabrica de Chocolate
Dexter the Tough	El Clan de los Perros
Grade 5
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule	El Leon, la Bruja y el Ropero
The Phantom Tollbooth	Hoyos
Number the Stars	Quien Cuentas las Estrellas

Novels for Grades 6-8

Grade 6
Bridge to Terabithia	Puente Hasta Terabithia
Before We Were Free	Antes de Ser Libres
Grade 7
Esperanza Rising	Esperanza Renace
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice	Steve Jobs: Un Libro Inspirador Para Los Jovenes
Scat	La Casa en Mango Street OR El Hacha
Grade 8
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	El Dador
The Outsiders	Los Rebeldes
The Hobbit	El Hobbit

2016-2017 IFL English Language Arts Units

Kindergarten	Exploring Who We Are Exploring Characters
1st Grade	Me and My Amazing Body Discovering Scientist
2nd Grade	Personal Narrative Animal Intelligence
3rd Grade	Mysteries of the Deep Ocean
4th Grade	Personal Narrative Analysis of Historical Fiction: Paper Son Child Labor When Disaster Strikes
5th Grade	Oklahoma Land Rush Author Study: Pam Munoz Ryan Space Exploration
6th Grade	Analysis of Theme: Identity Creepy Tales How the Brain Remembers Sleep
7th Grade	Creative Brain Degrees of Happiness Modern Issues About Food Exploring Relationships
8th Grade	Seeing and Being Seen Forensic Anthropology and the Science of Solving Crimes Learning from Play The Art of Failure
9th Grade	Pursuit of (Un)Happiness Analysis of Theme The Ebola Enigma To Kill a Mockingbird
10th Grade	Argument Methods Developing and Maintaining Expertise Analysis of Satire
11th Grade	Narrating Women’s Lives Are We Fooling Ourselves The Abolition of Slavery

Institute for Learning Resources

9 Principles of Learning Observation Sheets

Accountable Talk - Sourcebook

Sample Accountable Talk Stems

Accountable Talk Classroom Posters

Teaching and Learning Feedback Tools

Accountable Talk Chart

Accountable Talk Presentation

Accountable Talk Rubric

Accountable Talk Moves

Accountable Talk Stems

Accountable Talk Stems (Spanish)

IFL Principles of Learning

IFL Power Point Overview

IFL Power Point

Institute for Learning Overview

Accountable Talk Moves and Functions

Accountable Talk Sentence English / Spanish

Accountable Talk Stems (Landscape)

Deskplate Accountable Talk Stems Responses

Patterned Way of Reading, Writing, and Talking

Institute for Learning (Password Protected)

Institute for Learning Videos

IFL Units of Study & Student Readers

IFL

General

Bibliography of Literary Nonfiction

Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

Common Core State Standards

Literacy Websites for Students

Literary Devices

Guided Reading
BookRoom Program

Guided Reading Checklist

Guided Reading Observation Tool

Guided Reading Planning Sheet

Non-Fiction Focus List of Texts

Scholastic Questions for Benchmark Books Running Records

Text Types List of Texts

Text Type Cards

Level A	Level N
Level B	Level O
Level C	Level P
Level D	Level Q
Level E	Level R
Level F	Level S
Level G	Level T
Level H	Level U
Level I	Level V
Level J	Level W
Level K	Level X
Level L	Level Y
Level M	Level Z

Reading

Author's Purpose

Inference-Drawing Conclusions

Main Idea-Details

Story Elements

Text Structures

Compare & Contrast

Problem & Solution

Text Structures

Writing

Expository-Informative

Paragraph Writing

Running Record
Parent Letters

Level A	Level N
Level B	Level O
Level C	Level P
Level D	Level Q
Level E	Level R
Level F	Level S
Level G	Level T
Level H	Level U
Level I	Level V
Level J	Level W
Level K	Level X
Level L	Level Y
Level M	Level Z

Non-Fiction Focus Cards

Level A	Level N
Level B	Level O
Level C	Level P
Level D	Level Q
Level E	Level R
Level F	Level S
Level G	Level T
Level H	Level U
Level I	Level V
Level J	Level W
Level K	Level X
Level L	Level Y
Level M	Level Z

Unit Assessments

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Curriculum Unit Calendar 2016-2017

Teacher Copy: Grades K-12

Student Copy: Grades 2-12

PARCC Writing

Grade 3 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5 Alternate
Lesson 6 PPT	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19 PPT	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28 PPT	Lesson 29	Lesson 30 PPT
Lesson 31	Lesson 32 PPT	Lesson 33	Lesson 34 PPT	Lesson 35 PPT
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Grade 4 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6 PPT	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28 PPT	Lesson 29	Lesson 30 PPT
Lesson 31	Lesson 32 PPT	Lesson 33	Lesson 34 PPT	Lesson 35 PPT
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Grade 5 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19 PPT	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28 PPT	Lesson 29	Lesson 30 PPT
Lesson 31	Lesson 32	Lesson 33	Lesson 34	Lesson 35
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Grade 6 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19 PPT	Lesson 20 PPT
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28 PPT	Lesson 29	Lesson 30 PPT
Lesson 31	Lesson 32 PPT	Lesson 33	Lesson 34 PPT	Lesson 35
Lesson 36 PPT	Lesson 37 PPT

Grade 7 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19 PPT	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28	Lesson 29	Lesson 30
Lesson 31	Lesson 32	Lesson 33	Lesson 34	Lesson 35
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Grade 8 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19 PPT	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28	Lesson 29	Lesson 30
Lesson 31	Lesson 32	Lesson 33	Lesson 34	Lesson 35
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Grade 9 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19 PPT	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28	Lesson 29	Lesson 30
Lesson 31	Lesson 32	Lesson 33	Lesson 34	Lesson 35
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Grade 10 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19 PPT	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28	Lesson 29	Lesson 30
Lesson 31	Lesson 32	Lesson 33	Lesson 34	Lesson 35
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Grade 11 TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3 PPT	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9 PPT	Lesson 10 PPT
Lesson 11 PPT	Lesson 12	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15 PPT
Lesson 16	Lesson 17 PPT	Lesson 18	Lesson 19	Lesson 20
Lesson 21	Lesson 22	Lesson 23	Lesson 24	Lesson 25
Lesson 26	Lesson 27	Lesson 28	Lesson 29	Lesson 30
Lesson 31	Lesson 32	Lesson 33	Lesson 34	Lesson 35
Lesson 36	Lesson 37

Writing Units

Grade 6 Literary/Explanatory/Informational Writing TOC
Lesson 1 PPT	Lesson 2	Lesson 3	Lesson 4	Lesson 5
Lesson 6	Lesson 7	Lesson 8	Lesson 9	Lesson 10
Lesson 11	Lesson 12 PPT	Lesson 13 PPT	Lesson 14	Lesson 15
Lesson 3 Screenplay	Screenplay PP 1-31	Screenplay PP 32-36

Contact Us

Eric Crespo

Executive Director of Humanities
Phone: (973)321-0874
ecrespo@paterson.k12.nj.us

Anyelis Diaz

Secretary
973-321-0895
adiaz2@paterson.k12.nj.us

Nicole Brown

Supervisor of Humanities
Phone: (973)321-0714
nbrown@paterson.k12.nj.us

Amanda Kopesky (maternity leave)

Supervisor of Language Arts
973-321-2333
akopesky@paterson.k12.nj.us

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