Secondary English Summer Newsletter
VOLUME FIVE, ISSUE TWENTY-ONE/Summer 2023
NEW EDUCATOR ORIENTATION-AUGUST 8TH
Getting to Know Your English 6-12 Resources
- Session Time: 10:45-11:45 am (August 8th)
- Presenter: Carla Mae Phillips, English 6-12 Curriculum Coordinator
- Target Audience: New English Teachers Grades 6-12 (PART OF NEW EDUCATOR ORIENTATION)
- Description: This session is designed to help you access and understand the Curriculum Maps and Resources for the English 6-12 Courses in Columbus City Schools. BRING A LAPTOP/ELECTRONIC DEVICE IF YOU HAVE ONE.
StudySync Training for New Users
- Session Time: 1:15-3:30 pm (August 8th)
- Presenter: StudySync/McGraw Hill
- Target Audience: New English Teachers Grades 6-12 (PART OF NEW EDUCATOR ORIENTATION)
- Description: This is a training session for StudySync, the core resource for English 6-12 courses in Columbus City Schools. BRING A LAPTOP/ELECTRONIC DEVICE IF YOU HAVE ONE.
Here are the New Educator Sessions from SY22-23.
STUDYSYNC WEBINARS
JUNE
Tuesday June 6, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Word Study Lessons Register Now
Thursday June 8, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Differentiate for All Learners: Tools and Strategies for Students with IEPs Register Now
Tuesday June 13, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic Training: The Reading Routine - Reading & Rigor in StudySync Register Now
Wednesday June 14, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Project-Based Learning Opportunities in StudySync Register Now
Thursday June 15, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Create Custom Units: Build Thematic Units to Target Highest Priority Standards Register Now
Wednesday June 21, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic Training: Create and Grade Assignments Register Now
Tuesday June 27, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Deeper Dive: Backwards Planning with Close Reading Register Now
JULY
Thursday July 6, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Basic Training: How to Navigate Your New StudySync Account Register Now
Tuesday July 11, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic Training: The Reading Routine - Reading & Rigor in StudySync Register Now
Wednesday July 12, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Project-Based Learning Opportunities in StudySync Register Now
Thursday July 13, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Create Custom Units That Can Be Shared District Wide Register Now
Monday July 17, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM SyncStart Your Engines: Week One with StudySync Register Now
Tuesday July 18, 2023
- 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM The Coaching Cycle Register Now
Wednesday July 19, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic Training: Create and Grade Assignments Register Now
ThursdayJuly 20, 2023
- 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM How Administrators Can Best Utilize StudySync Register Now
Tuesday July 25, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM How to Plan a StudySync Lesson Register Now
Thursday July 27, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Customize Assignments for Personalized Learning Register Now
AUGUST
Tuesday August 1, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Word Study Lessons Register Now
Wednesday August 2, 2023
- 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Science of Reading Register Now
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Differentiate for All Learners: EL/ELL Development Resources Register Now
Thursday August 3, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM SyncStart Your Engines: Week One with StudySync Register Now
Monday August 7, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Basic Training: How to Navigate Your New StudySync Account Register Now
TuesdayAugust 8, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Explore the Power of WritePrecise Register Now
WednesdayAugust 9, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Resources for Professional Development and Support Register Now
Thursday August 10, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Explore the StudySync Library Register Now
Monday August 14, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Basic Training: The Reading Routine - Reading & Rigor in StudySync Register Now
Tuesday August 15, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM The Coaching Cycle Register Now
Wednesday August 16, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Deeper Dive: Backwards Planning with Close Reading Register Now
Thursday August 17, 2023
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM American & British Literature Courses Register Now
Monday August 21, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Basic Training: Create and Grade Assignments Register Now
Tuesday August 22, 2023
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Engagement Party: Ways to Keep Students Interacting Online and Off Register Now
Wednesday August 23, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM SyncStart Your Engines: Week One with StudySync Register Now
Thursday August 24, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM ASSESS 101: Back to School Assessments Register Now
Monday August 28, 2023
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM SyncStart Your Engines: Week One with StudySync Register Now
Tuesday August 29, 2023
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Keep Reading Relevant: Teaching a Blast Lesson Register Now
Wednesday August 30, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Customize Assignments for Personalized Learning Register Now
Thursday August 31, 2023
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM How to Plan a StudySync Lesson Register Now
Tuesday September 19, 2023
- 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM The Coaching Cycle Register Now
PD RECORDINGS FROM SY22-23
Curriculum/Literacy
English 6-12 Curriculum Overview 22-23
- Slides Link: https://tinyurl.com/English-CO
Curriculum Crosswalk for iReady Domains (40:48)
- Slides Link: https://tinyurl.com/crosswalk1-17
- Handout Link: English 6-12 Tiered Resources Crosswalk for I-Ready Domain Results
- Target Audience: English 6-8 Teachers
Literacy Tools from the CCS Secondary Literacy Plan (38:35)
- Slides Link: https://tinyurl.com/SLPlanCCS
- Handout Link: CCS Secondary Literacy Plan
- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers
StudySync (Adopted Resource)
StudySync for New Users (1:58:28)- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers who are new to StudySync (Adopted Resource)
The Reading Routine: Reading and Rigor in StudySync (54:50) Passcode: +p5mbg.M
- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers
From Tweets to Tomes: How Students Write in StudySync (60:00)
- Session Resources: Extended Writing Project; Data-driven Decision Making + EWP; Conducting Impactful Student Conferences; Student Generated Questions; Metacognitive Skill Building; Ongoing Self-Assessment Document; Tips for writing every day
- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers
Spark Collaborative Conversations Using StudySync (61:00)
- Slides Link and Resources: Slide Deck; StudySync TV; SyncTV 2 Column Chart
- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers
Scaffolding in StudySync (63:36) Passcode: kE#d9G6J
- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers
TeachingBooks (Supplemental Resource)
Advancing Literacy with TeachingBooks (42:22) Passcode: +WZ08G=p
- Session Resources: TEACHINGBOOKS: ACCESSING COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS’ NOVEL LISTS; Custom Reading Lists; Literacy & Standards Connections; Two-Minute Takeaways
- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers
Alternate English and Honors English
Teaching Humanities in CCS (22:28)
- Slides: https://tinyurl.com/Humanities
- Target Audience: Teachers of Humanities Language Arts 8, Humanities English 9, and Humanities English 10
Honors and AP English Alignment (22:32)
- Slides: https://tinyurl.com/Honors-AP
- Target Audience: Honors and AP English Teachers
Ohio's State Tests
A Closer Look at the 2022 OST Data Report (27:00)
- Slides: https://tinyurl.com/OSTreport
- Handout: 2022 OST Report
- Target Audience: English 6-12 Teachers
CCS PD HUB
Ohio Literacy Academy on Demand
Literacy Academy on Demand from the Ohio Department of Education offers easily accessible professional learning about literacy for grades K-12. In each short course, educators will find:
- A short video from a nationally recognized expert on literacy instruction;
- Resources and tools to use in the classroom, coaching sessions or team meetings;
- Reflection questions to help review current practices and implement new learning; and
- Additional resource recommendations to expand educator learning.
Courses should take 30-60 minutes to complete. Users can take one or two courses to learn about a specific topic or multiple courses to get a more comprehensive understanding of literacy instruction and concepts.
Grades 6-12 Courses: All educators in middle and high school, including content area teachers, can play a significant role in improving students' reading, writing and communication. These courses can benefit teachers, coaches, directors and administrators who support classroom instruction, and any educator who wants to learn more about adolescent literacy.
McGraw Hill Summer Literacy Symposium
McGraw Hill Summer Literacy Symposium. This professional learning event is designed to provide K–12 literacy educators with free access to authors and experts in literacy and learning in the form of short, practical sessions that can make an immediate impact in the classroom. Key topics of discussion will include:
Science of Reading
Purposeful Technology
Science of Writing
Student and Educator Well-Being
Reaching All Learners
Building Knowledge
Watch one track, watch them all, or skip around and choose your own learning adventure! Register for this FREE Symposium HERE. With your registration, you will be able to access on-demand professional learning sessions starting Tuesday, July 18th, and attend the live keynote sessions featuring Drs. Michelle Martin, Timothy Shanahan, and Catlin Tucker — starting at 11 a.m. on July 18th. On-demand sessions will be available online through December 31, 2023.
ESC Summer Literacy Institute
Literacy Lovers unite at our 2023 summer literacy conversation. Join Central Ohio educators for a full day of intentional literacy conversations and reflections with both national and local experts. Topics include.... digital writing, dyslexia, early childhood, graphic novels, book clubs, morphology, oral language, poetry, text sets and more.
Register & Learn More: Summer Literacy Institute
Location: Grandview Heights’ Larson Middle School at 1600 West First Avenue, Columbus, OH. Parking is behind the school on Fairview Avenue.
The video above gives you an overview for Secondary English Curriculum. Use the Quick Links on the landing page of the ELA 6-12 Webpage for easy navigation to English Curriculum items (Curriculum/Instructional Resources 6-8 Quick Link; Curriculum/Instructional Resources 9-12 Quick Link). To access many curricular and district items, you must be logged into Google using your CCS credentials and not a personal account.
Curriculum Maps & Folders:
Adopted Curriculum Resources:
You can see all courses with core resources for English 6-12 in the items linked below:
- Course Resource Spreadsheet with Visuals and
- CCS Adopted, Supplemental, and Intervention Resources List.
The TIER 1 Instructional Resources
- StudySync: English 6-12, Alternate English courses, and some Electives
- StudySync Info Page (access, tutorials, trainings, and more)
- Bedford Texts/Launchpad: Honors and AP English
- Bedford/Launchpad Info Page (access, tutorials, trainings, and more)
- Some Elective Courses will have single resource adoptions.
- Achieve3000 (6-9) The contact person for this resource is Sonja Dill.
- Achieve3000 Info Page (access, tutorials, trainings, and more)
- Progress to Success (9-12) You can request copies by emailing Carla Mae Phillips.
- Core Enrichment (6-8) This course can be used for Tiers II/III Intervention.
- College/Career Ready Literacy (6-12) This course can be used for Tiers II/III Intervention.
- TeachingBooks is the where the lists of novels available for teacher use from the warehouse, the curriculum office, in StudySync, and in Course Folders, are found.
- TeachingBooks Info Page (access, tutorials, trainings, and more)
Secondary Literacy Plan
- The CCS Secondary Literacy Plan provides teaching strategies/PD (how to teach) that can be used with the texts/lessons from your adopted resources (what to teach) to address these components of the plan: Academic Language, Reading Comprehension, Writing Competency, and Classroom Discussion. It is rooted in Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement and guided by the Adolescent Simple View of Reading. The plan spans from intermediate literacy that crosses curricular areas to disciplinary literacy that reflects the demands of specific disciplines while allowing for individualized intensive interventions, as needed. Inherent in the plan is that students are reading, writing, and discussing every day in classrooms.
- CCS Secondary Literacy Plan Info Page
Additional Documents
Holocaust PD for Central Ohio Teachers: June 6 & 7
Click HERE to register for the Echoes & Reflections free two-day seminar hosted by Congregation Beth Tikvah and Jewish Columbus to support your classroom instruction on the Holocaust.
- Earn a certificate to be turned in for 12 contact hours equal to 1.2 CEUs
- Come away with ready made lesson plans and resource materials for use in classrooms
- Network with fellow teachers
CLICK HERE FOR ALL SESSION DESCRIPTIONS.
- June 6th, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Focus on Nazi Germany
- June 6th, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Analyzing Propaganda and Teaching Media Literacy: the Holocaust as a Case Study
- June 7th, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Teaching the Holocaust Using the Humanities: Integrating Photographs, Literature, Art, and Poetry to tell the Human Story
- June 7th, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Antisemitism: Understanding and Countering this Hatred Today
All sessions will happen at Congregation Beth Tikvah, 6121 Olentangy River Road, Worthington, OH 43085. Lunch will be provided between sessions.
BONUS: Attendees are invited to attend an optional trip to the Holocaust and Humanities Center in Cincinnati on June 8th. Transportation is provided.
MORE INFORMATION: SEE THIS HOLOCAUST PD FLYER.
BOOKMARKED BOOK CLUB-MUST REGISTER BY MAY 31
The BookmarkED 2023 Book Club is a one-of-a-kind online experience for K-8 teachers. This event brings together authors, teachers, and artists to explore literacy in a whole new way.
This asynchronous, low-key event is held from July 1-22, 2023 and everything is online in a user-friendly community platform. Teachers can select from one of 5 books to read and receive up to 15 PD hours upon submitting an arts integrated lesson based on the book they chose.
COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY SUMMER READING CHALLENGE
Read 15 minutes a day to earn prizes plus earn entries into raffles for even more prizes! To sign up starting June 1, stop in any location, visit this page or download the free Beanstack app through the App Store or Google Play.
Columbus BOOK FESTIVAL
THURBER SUMMER LITERATURE PICNIC SERIES
OCTELA OUTSTANDING TEACHER NOMINATIONS: DEADLINE EXTENDED
2024 Outstanding ELA Educator Awards
Do you know an outstanding English Language Arts educator? Consider nominating that person for the OCTELA Outstanding ELA Educator Awards! Nominations can be made at the Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and College levels. We also award a Special Distinction for those who have made an impact on ELA education but might not be in a teaching role. Nominees do not have to be members of OCTELA to be nominated or if they are selected as an Outstanding ELA Educator. Winners are recognized at our annual conference and will receive a complimentary conference registration and one-year membership to OCTELA.
To nominate someone, please fill out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/1DpXKaD4AsovWBSB9. (Deadline August 30th)
SONG FOR SUMMER (Shameless Plug for My Kid:)
Carla Mae Phillips
Southland Center, Suite 125
Previous Newsletters are available on the CCS ELA 6-12 Webpage.
Email: cphillips3865@columbus.k12.oh.us
Website: https://www.ccsoh.us/English6-12
Location: 3700 South High Street, Columbus, OH, 43207, USA
Phone: (380) 997-0463