Monday,+February+4,+2013

The transcript will be provided after the session.
__**NYSED Updates**__

====The IES team will receive scoring training from Pearson for the 2012-2013 Grades 3-8 Assessments at the end of the month. This information will be turn-keyed in a variety of formats following that initial training to assist all teachers, not just those who will be participating in scoring. As a reminder, the grade level specific Assessment Guides are available here.====

__**K-5 Module Implementation Sharing**__
====** Reminder!! ** The IES team has developed a new website to assist with K-5 Module implementation. Grades 3-5 are currently available and Grades K-2 will be available shortly!!==== ====Additionally, we are maintaining grade level listserves for teachers to ask questions and receive module updates. If you are not currently on the listserve but would like to be, please contact Theresa Gray (tgray@e2ccb.org) or Kim Oakes (koakes@e2ccb.org)====

====Expeditionary Learning has notified us that The American Reading Company has begun bundling and selling the required texts for Grades 3-5 Modules at a 25% discount. EL does not profit from this. For the updated price list, click here.====

__**District Sharing: Instructional Focus and Addressing Complex Text**__
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​Deb from SGI shared that she is taking articles from izzit.org to practice close reading. Two samples (with SmartBoard resources) are below:

The Ripley Central Schools Writing Committee has shared their **Close Read Bookmarks** and a **K-12 Expository Writing Conventions Checklist**. The links to the rubrics the district are using are embedded in the document but include K-2 rubrics from @http://www.sbusd.org/Page/4420, 3-8 from NYSED [] , and 9-12 from Greece School District, from their website [].

June from Chautauqua Lake shared an article from The Reading Teacher (November 2012) that she has found useful as well as a resource on close reading of literary passages.