ELA+Forum-Dec+4,+2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 Wheelock Primary School, 75 Chestnut St., Fredonia Facilitated by Denny Atkinson, Integrated Education Services
 * Agenda & Notes from**

> On November 28th and 29th, Karen Kondrick, Diane Waterman, and I attended training in Albany on the use of the state's Evidence-Based Claims resources from the EngageNY website. (NYSED presentation from EngageNY, as promised)
 * Introductions & District Updates **
 * Forum Norms of Collaboration **
 * Close Reading **
 * NYSED Updates **
 * **ELA Ambassadors**
 * **NYSED PreK - 5 Curriculum Modules**
 * Assessment Information: ELA 3-8
 * ELA 3-8 Assessments: Sample Assessment Questions
 * Evidence-Based Claims (more on this later in the meeting)
 * NYS Resources for ELA 6-12
 * NCTE Update **
 * I will share notes and resources from the NCTE convention I attended three weeks ago
 * Forming Evidence-Based Claims **
 * Resource & Strategy Sharing **
 * Reading materials recommended by our forum participants to address common core (please bring some to share)
 * Lunch **
 * Organizing Evidence-Based Claims **
 * Writing Text-Dependent Questions **
 * Agenda-setting for future meetings
 * Please fill out the evaluation


 * Technology Resources **
 * Save YouTube Videos using Keepvid
 * Ted-Ed education videos
 * bibme.org
 * easybib.com
 * Citation Machine
 * Google News Archive