ADE K-12 ELA Newsletter

Your consistent hard work is noticed! The most recent scores from NAEP also known as "The Nation's Report Card" show Arizona's reading scores compared to previous scores and to those of other states to have no significant change even in light of the recent issues caused by the pandemic. Please see the response from ADE and kudos for being a positive impact for reading!

ADE Response

Thursday, November 10th, 11am-12pm

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

Register for K-12 ELA Office Hours in EMS!

Access our 2022-2023 Office Hours Padlet to keep up-to-date or see topics you've missed at a previous Office Hours.

Come join us for our current professional learning book studies!

Kinder-12th Grades:

Structured Literacy Interventions edited by Louise Spear-Swerling

9 Wednesdays, August 31 - November 2nd

4:30-5:30 MST

Contact: Maggie Velazquez

See Dyslexia Book Study Flyer for more information.

**Dyslexia Book Studies will resume in January- the next book will be Overcoming Dyslexia

by Sally Shaywitz, M.D. and Jonathan Shaywitz, M.D.

Secondary (6th-12th):

Disciplinary Literacy Inquiry & Instruction by Jacy Ippolito, et al.

8 Thursdays, September 1st - October 27th

4:30-5:30 MST

Contact: Lauren Spenceley

**Thank you to all who took part - please feel free to join us for the last session on 10/27!

Secondary ELA Book Studies will resume in January - the next book is Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties. Registration details to come soon!

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!

Check out the all available knowledge blocks within each section. Current registration is for the Fall 2022 Quarter.

• Systemic Reading Fundamentals
• Secondary Reading Fundamentals
• Dyslexia Reading Fundamentals

Before you register, please watch our OnDemand Academy Introduction Video to learn more.

Don't forget that each knowledge block recommends a companion text. Please browse the Professional Development webpage for all details prior to registering.

Beginning of the year Literacy Assessment Data window 1 closes on Nov. 1st.

Mid-year Literacy Assessment Data window 2 opens on Dec. 1st. As you complete your mid-year Universal Screening administration this winter, be sure to enter this data into the MOWR portal, following the same multi-step process as you did in Aug-Oct.

For all MOWR questions, please reach out to Sarah Bondy by emailing: moveonwhenreading@azed.gov

The Literacy Research Association's annual conference is coming to Arizona at the Arizona Grand Resort from Nov. 30-Dec. 3rd! Visit the LRA website for more information.

Calling all school-level Dyslexia Training Designees. The ADE ELA team presents Quarterly PLC Meetings for the Dyslexia Training Designee. Please join our quarterly Dyslexia Training Designee PLC, hosted by Maggie Velazquez, Dyslexia and Literacy Intervention Specialist. This is your opportunity to meet with other DTDs in Arizona to collaborate, share, and discuss roles and responsibilities of being your school's DTD. We will build this DTD Professional Learning Community to help support one another in this amazing role, "Dyslexia Training Designee". Please note you do not have to have your DTD trainings completed to attend.

Make sure to register for our Quarterly DTD PLCs here. The next one will be November 8.

In this webinar, educators will: examine and break down the 6-12th grade writing standards for argumentative, informative/explanatory, and narrative writing; participants will explore evidence-based best practices for teaching and assessing those writing standards; and will collaborate with other secondary educators to reflect on current teaching practice and how to incorporate their learning into their classrooms. Register for the November 9th free virtual PD!

Come join all the current and upcoming Secondary ELA Professional Learning opportunities, including live webinars and asynchronous courses! Register for all secondary ELA opportunities here!

Join the Office of Indian Education and Arizona Humanities on November 1st for a FREE virtual panel to gain a deeper understanding of both Indigenous literature and Indigenous communities. The program will be a unique opportunity to learn and connect with distinguished, best-selling and award-winning Indigenous Young Adult authors.

• Register here for the Indigenous Author Panel
• Flyer to share with colleagues!

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.

November News:

• 2022 AETA Conference - "I Change Myself, I Change the World: Stories of Hope, Change, & Light" Thank you to everyone who attended! It was a fantastic conference!
• Journal - AETA is calling for journal submissions for their Fall AETA journal. The submission deadline is January 31st, 2023.

Each month, we have been introducing a new section of the ADE Science of Reading webpage. Over the last ELEVEN months, we have introduced the Homepage, Structured Literacy, Brain Research, Reading Researchers, SOR Terminology, Educational Equity, SOR Articles, Podcasts, Books, the Simple View of Reading, and Scarborough's Reading Rope.

This month, let’s learn more about the Science of Reading with our Four-Part Processor section.

The Four-Part Processing Model (Siedenburg and McClelland, 1989) is an illustration of how the brain hears, recognizes, and reads words. The four parts include the phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context processors. This simplified model illustrates how all four parts work together in the brain to read effectively, and the importance of explicit classroom instruction in all four parts to strengthen each area.

If you've previously listened to Emily Hanford's podcasts; Hard to Read, Hard Words, At a Loss for Words, and What the Words Say, than you'll want to listen to the newest two episodes in her new 6-part series.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on the APM Reports website: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

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

Sarah Bondy, K-5 Literacy Lead

Lauren Spenceley, Secondary ELA Specialist

Maggie Velazquez, Dyslexia and Literacy Intervention Specialist

Kim Piranio, Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist

Karen Ten Napel, Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist

Michele Rutin, P-3 Coach Coordinator