ADE K-12 ELA Newsletter

As the year winds down, K-3 classrooms are getting ready to administer their end-of-the-year Universal Literacy and Dyslexia Screener. Set yourself a calendar reminder to enter this data into the ADEConnect MOWR Application for mid-May. Please do not wait until June 1st to enter this information. The portal will only be open until June 24th.

Check with your business managers to find out if they see the K-3 reading add-on on their BSA55-1. If they do not see this, it means MOWR funding has not yet been released to your LEA. Although your plan may have been approved, the SBE must approve the consent agenda, and then allow time for School Finance to release the payment. This information was communicated on your MOWR Rubric.

Any LEA approved in March or April would have been on the March 28th or April SBE meeting and funding will be released on either May or June payment.

Thursday, May 12, 11am-12pm

This is an online event hosted by the ADE ELA team.

Register for K-12 ELA Office Hours in EMS!

Access our 2021-2022 Office Hours Padlet to keep up-to-date.

Course dates for the spring quarter are April 1 through June 30. Registration closes on June 1.

Before you register, please watch our Introduction Video to learn more. Each knowledge block recommends a companion text. Please browse the Professional Development webpage for all details.

Come join us for our current professional learning book studies!

Secondary (6th-12th):

Reading for Understanding: How Reading Apprenticeship Improves Disciplinary Learning in Secondary and College Classrooms, 2nd Edition by Schoenbach, et al.

Eight consecutive Thursdays, April 7th - May 26th

4:30-5:30 MST

Contact: Lauren Spenceley

See Reading for Understanding Book Study Flyer for more information.

Kinder-12th Grades:

Conquering Dyslexia by Jan Hasbrouck Ph.D

Four consecutive Wednesdays, June 1st- June 22nd

1:00-2:00 MST

Contact: Maggie Velazquez

See Conquering Dyslexia Book Study Flyer for more information.

Secondary (6th-12th):

The Writing Revolution by Hochman and Wexler

Five consecutive Wednesdays, June 2nd - June 30th

2:00-3:00 MST

Contact: Lauren Spenceley

See Summer of Writing PD Flyer for more information.

General Info for our book studies:

• Virtual book chats take place via Zoom.
• All participants must register in the ADE EMS system to receive credit - each session is offered individually.
• All participants who register in EMS, read their chapter(s), and attend the book study will be given 2-hours PD credit.
• More details, ordering information, etc. can be found on the flyers linked above. Please share with your colleagues!

Join the ADE English Language Arts Team for a FREE Dyslexia focused 5-week professional development series. The Dyslexia Summer Series will explore what dyslexia is, indicators of dyslexia at each level, as well as “typical reading development” and strategies to use with students who struggle in reading. Each event can be attended on its own or may be combined with other sessions for the complete Summer Series of learning.

May 31 - Birth- PreK

June 2 - Grades K-2

June 7 - Grades 3-5

June 14 - Grades 6-8

June 16 - Grades 9-12

9:00-10:00 AM MST

Contact: Maggie Velazquez

Everyone is welcome!

Register for Dyslexia Summer Series in EMS!

Let's get our learning on this summer - all about writing! The summer series, starting June 2nd, is all free and all virtual. Offerings include:

The summer series will include:

• a book study on The Writing Revolution (starts June 2nd - get your book soon!)
• a variety of webinars on Secondary ELA writing topics, including: exploring the three types of writing standards, grammar instruction, and college and career writing
  
• the opportunity for teachers to participate in the CAWP (Central Arizona Writing Project) Summer Institute through ASU - see more information below.

Let’s all get our writing learning on this summer!

Register for the Summer of Writing Professional Learning Series!

Share the Summer of Writing PD Flyer with your colleagues!

This year’s Central Arizona Writing Project Institute:

• will meet online via Zoom M-F, June 6-17 from 9am-12pm.

• The program will focus on the theme of Teaching Writing for Civic Engagement, exploring methods and best practices for the teaching of writing, and provide a curriculum for Teaching Writing for Civic Engagement which can be implemented in the secondary classroom.

Limited space is available for this amazing and FREE opportunity, please sign up using this Google Form!

The Arizona English Teachers' Association (AETA) offers events and professional learning for all English teachers in Arizona, including monthly webinars, a newsletter, and a journal.

May News:

• 2022 AETA Conference - "I Change Myself, I Change the World: Stories of Hope, Change, & Light" will take place September 24, 2022 - Call for Proposals, due June 1, 2022
• Early Career Educator Workshop - Wednesday, May 11, 4-5 PM
• Journal - AETA is calling for journal submissions for their Fall journal. The submission deadline is June 30
• Teachers as Writers Contest - deadline: July 15, 2022

Each month, we will introduce you to a new section of the ADE Science of Reading webpage. Over the last FIVE months, we have introduced the Homepage, Structured Literacy, Brain Research, Reading Researchers, and SOR Terminology.

Now, let's learn more about Educational Equity. The ELA Team believes that all students have the right to quality instruction and all teachers have the right to quality training.

We know research shows that good readers improve at a fast pace and poor readers improve at a slower pace, aka The Matthew Effect. Be sure the students in your care this year have access to evidence-based instruction so that these gaps can close as soon as possible.

Starting in the 2022 school year, all kindergartners will participate in a statewide Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA).

Come learn more about this ongoing formative assessment process and be prepared to gather authentic information about children's knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Attend a free webinar hosted by the ADE ECE team.

There are 20 sessions between April and July, 2022.

Register for one session per person.

Limited seating per session!

See flyer for more details and to register for the session that works for you!

Dr. Amy Boza, Director of English Language Arts and Move On When Reading

Sarah Bondy, K-3 Early Literacy Specialist

Lauren Spenceley, Secondary ELA Specialist

Maggie Velazquez, Dyslexia and Literacy Intervention Specialist