Journeys - Northwest Arctic Borough School District



Journeys 2014 Common Core

Tools of the Trade

5th Grade

|Teacher Materials |

|Tool |Image |Purpose |Use in Your Classroom |

|Teacher Editions |[pic] |Offers easy organization and | |

|1 for each of the 6 units | |Instructional support for Whole-Group| |

| | |instruction, Small Group instruction,| |

| | |Extended Reading, Intervention and | |

| | |ELL support. | |

|Focus Wall Posters |[pic] |Provides a weekly classroom look at | |

| | |the literature and skills that | |

| | |provide the focus for each week. | |

|Grab and Go Kits | | All the resources needed for weekly | |

| | |instruction including leveled | |

| | |practice; organized in an easy to use| |

| | |lesson folder. | |

| Literacy and Language Guide |[pic] |Grade level teaching guide that | |

| | |provides reading mini-lessons and | |

| | |interactive Read-Aloud for core | |

| | |reading selections by Irene Fountas | |

| | |as well as Spelling and Vocabulary | |

| | |activities by Shane Templeton. | |

|Student Materials |

|Student Book |[pic] |Delivers weekly grade level Common | |

| | |Core instruction through the anchor | |

| | |text, analyze the test boxes, turn | |

| | |and talk activities, paired text with| |

| | |activities for text to text | |

| | |comparison as well as a grammar and | |

| | |writing lesson. | |

|Adventure Magazine |[pic] |Provides a variety of genres to | |

| | |review and celebrate the year’s | |

| | |skills and strategies. | |

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| | |Three books with complete lesson | |

| | |plans in the Teacher’s Edition to use| |

|Trade Books | |with Units 2, 4, and 6. | |

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|Reader’s Notebook |[pic] |Provides opportunities for responding| |

| | |to the Anchor Text and citing text | |

| | |evidence. Also provides practice for| |

| | |phonics, vocabulary strategies, | |

| | |spelling, grammar, and writing. | |

|Resources to Support Instruction |

|Vocabulary in Context Cards | |Provides visual representation of the| |

| | |week’s new words plus consistent | |

| | |routine on the back to help students’| |

| | |take ownership of words. | |

|ELL Language Support Cards | | | |

| | |Helps pre-teach critical skills and | |

| | |supports a variety of ELL vocabulary | |

| | |needs. | |

|Common Core Writing Handbook TE | |Includes writing models along with | |

| | |interactive practice and a handbook | |

| | |section that is a tool students can | |

| | |refer to when engaged in writing. | |

|Family Connection Book | |Includes a weekly menu of interactive| |

| | |games, activities, and reading | |

| | |passages. These activities support | |

| | |classroom reading vocabulary and | |

| | |skills in ways that enable parents to| |

| | |work along with their child. | |

|Assessments |

|Comprehensive Screening | |Group administered test for initial | |

|Assessment | |screening of Language Arts, | |

| | |Phonics/Decoding, Writing, | |

| | |Comprehension and Vocabulary, and | |

| | |Spelling. | |

|Diagnostic Assessment |[pic] |Individually administered tests which| |

| | |provide a diagnostic instrument of | |

| | |basic reading skills, plus passages | |

| | |for reading in context; results | |

| | |provide targeted suggestions to | |

| | |inform instruction for grouping. | |

|Weekly Assessments |[pic] |Weekly assessment of Target | |

| | |Vocabulary, Vocabulary Strategies, | |

| | |Comprehension, Decoding, and Grammar.| |

|Unit and Benchmark Assessments | |Help prepare students for Common Core| |

| | |Assessment—reading complex text and | |

| | |performance tasks. | |

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|Progress Monitoring Assessment | | | |

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| | |Supports Tier II Intervention | |

| | |instruction centered around the | |

| | |Write-In Readers. Given bi-weekly. | |

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|Cold Reads | |Leveled passages to build | |

| | |comprehension of increasingly complex| |

| | |texts; includes complex questions | |

| | |requiring text evidence; aligned to | |

| | |Common Core State Standards; | |

| | |opportunities to develop and monitor | |

| | |fluency. | |

|Test Power |[pic] | | |

|(Student Edition) | | | |

| | |Additional coverage and support for | |

| | |standardized tests & standards. | |

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| |[pic] |Practice booklet for the types of | |

| | |reading and writing tasks required on| |

|Performance Assessment | |high-stakes tests. Students practice| |

|(Student and Teacher Edition) | |close reading and supporting claims | |

| | |with evidence. | |

|Small Group Instruction |

|Vocabulary Readers |[pic] |Provides practice and application of | |

|(6 copies of each of the 30 | |weekly target vocabulary presented in| |

|titles) | |core student book. All are | |

| | |nonfiction, have been leveled by | |

| | |Irene Fountas, and have a leveled | |

| | |instructional guide. | |

|Leveled Readers |[pic] |Provides leveled Guided Reading | |

|(on, above, below & ELL level) | |instruction and practice for the | |

|(6 copies of each. 30 titles per | |comprehension skills and vocabulary | |

|level; includes 8-page | |taught in the main selection. They | |

|Teaching guide.) | |are leveled A-Z by Irene Fountas. | |

| | |Flip-chart style center activity | |

| | |stations: Think and Write, | |

|Literacy Centers | |Comprehension and Fluency, and Word | |

| | |Study. | |

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|Intervention |

| | |Strategic Intervention Support for | |

|Write-In Readers | |Tier II. Consumable work texts that | |

| | |pre-teach and reteach weekly core | |

| | |skills and vocabulary to help Tier II| |

| | |students successfully access | |

| | |classroom instruction. “Be a Reading| |

| | |Detective” returns students to the | |

| | |anchor text in the core student book | |

| | |to read closely for important textual| |

| | |clues. | |

| | |Provides targeted skill lessons for | |

|Literacy Tool Kit | |Intensive Intervention (Tier III) | |

| | |with reading application for | |

| | |intermediate grade students. | |

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|DIGITAL RESOURCES |

|Write-Smart CD-ROM |[pic] |Electronic support for writing | |

| | |instruction: includes ideas for | |

| | |writing, interactive student models, | |

| | |interactive graphic organizers, | |

| | |interactive revision lessons, a | |

| | |writing model bank and a rubric | |

| | |generator. | |

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| | |Provides Weekly Common Core reading | |

| | |practice and assessment with complex | |

|Reading Assessment App | |texts tied to weekly major ELA skills| |

| | |and topics. | |

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| |[pic] |Enables students from grades K | |

| | |through 6 to access and read digital | |

|Leveled Reader App | |fiction and non-fiction readers that | |

| | |are appropriate to their grade and | |

| | |guided reading level. | |

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