Guidelines for English Language Arts (ELA) instruction for 2012-2013 school year.

1. Walker Elementary School

2. Treasures
Treasures is a resource that can and
should be supplemented.
If students and teachers are only reading or
using books from Treasures it is not
enough.
Treasures is a beginning and a guide but
not the end of instruction.

3. Student Reading Time
Instructional time should be spent with
kids actually reading at a much higher
volume than anything else (teacher talk,
worksheets, etc)
Across the day, all students should spend
at least 45-minutes reading texts with 96%
accuracy, fluency and comprehension

4. When Planning Reading
Instruction…
Refer to the Curriculum Guide
Refer to the Common Core State Standards
(CCSS)
Refer to GLE’s – ONLY Grades 2-5 this
year*
Gather other books available to students at
various levels that connect to the unit and
learning targets in a purposeful way

5. Daily Reading Activities
Students must talk and write about what they read
daily.
Books about the same topic should be recommended
and provided.
All students should discuss and write responses that
directly link to the text.
If students have spent time writing about their
favorite part of the text, this might be a good place to
transition to writing that is directly related to what
was read in the text.

6. Writing Instruction
45 minutes daily – writing workshop
Writing to show learning should be
integrated daily into all content areas.

7. Read Alouds
Read alouds at every grade are important
and should occur daily in all content.
When choosing books to read to students,
books should be rich in vocabulary and
should be at least two levels higher than
what the students can read independently.
Read aloud texts should connect to the
curriculum in some way.

8. Quarterly Assessments
Grades K-2
MacMillan McGraw Hill (MMH) Benchmarks
Grades 3-5
SRI