Journeys - Northwest Arctic Borough School District



Journeys 2014 Common Core

Tools of the Trade

3rd 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 | |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 | |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. | |

|Trade Books |[pic] |Three books with complete lesson | |

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

| | |use with Units 2, 4, and 6. | |

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|Reader’s Notebook | |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 |

|Instructional Card Kit | |Includes: | |

| | |Vocabulary in Context Cards | |

| | |Retelling Cards | |

| | |Letter, Word, Picture Cards | |

|Vocabulary in Context Cards |[pic] |Provides visual representation of | |

| | |the week’s new words plus | |

| | |consistent routine on the back to | |

| | |help students’ take ownership of | |

| | |words. | |

|Sound Spelling Cards |[pic] |Supports the connection between | |

| | |the spoken sound and the spelling | |

| | |of that sound. | |

|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 |[pic] |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 |[pic] |Group administered test for | |

|Assessment | |initial 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 |[pic] |Help prepare students for Common | |

| | |Core Assessment—reading complex | |

| | |text and performance tasks. | |

|Progress Monitoring Assessment | |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 | | | |

|(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| |

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

|(Student and Teacher Edition) | |practice close reading and | |

| | |supporting claims with evidence. | |

|Small Group Instruction |

|Vocabulary Readers | |Provides practice and application | |

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

|titles) | |presented in core student book. | |

| | |All are nonfiction, have been | |

| | |leveled by Irene Fountas, and have| |

| | |a leveled instructional guide. | |

|Leveled Readers | |Provides leveled Guided Reading | |

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

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

|level; includes 8-page | |vocabulary taught in the main | |

|Teaching guide) | |selection. They are leveled A-Z by| |

| | |Irene Fountas. | |

| |[pic] |Flip-chart style center activity | |

| | |stations: Think and Write, | |

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

| | |Word Study. | |

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|Intervention |

| |[pic] |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. | |

| |[pic] |Provides targeted skill lessons | |

|Reading Tool Kit | |for Intensive Intervention (Tier | |

| | |III) for primary grade students. | |

|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. | |

| | |Provides Weekly Common Core | |

| | |reading practice and assessment | |

|Reading Assessment App | |with complex 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 | |

|Leveled Reader App | |digital fiction and non-fiction | |

| | |readers that are appropriate to | |

| | |their grade and guided reading | |

| | |level. | |

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