Transcript CUSD’s Second Grade Balanced Literacy/Open Court Maps

Capistrano Unified School District
Second Grade
Balanced Literacy/Open Court Map
A personal tour of the revised map
for 2008 - 2009
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Before you begin the tour…
Make sure you have:
 a copy of the revised map in front of you.
 highlighters, post its, and a pen or pencil nearby.
 your Open Court TEs if needed.
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Why the changes?
 Open Court Units were out of sequence.
 OC is sequenced to maximize learning of reading skills and
strategies.
 Unit 5 was held out for summer school.
 It will still be used in summer school, but all children will benefit
from its carefully designed and sequenced instruction.
 The writing column did not include newly developed
tools for teaching writing.
 Now we have standards -based analytic rubrics, accompanying
anchor papers, and glossary to help guide student writing.
We can do more with our resources.
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What’s the same?
Each map is organized by components of Balanced
Literacy and by OC Unit.
Time is sectioned by trimester.
OC Reading selection titles are included.
Maps are available online on the educator support
website http://www.capousd.org/edusupport
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What’s different?
Let’s look at the Getting Started page (Days 1-15)
 Some teachers skip this fifteen day sequence, but look
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what students miss…
40 essential high frequency sight words
10 engaging read alouds (First Reader selections)
14 decodable books that review first grade skills and help
teachers assess reading ability
Training in routines and procedures for Open Court
All students can benefit from Getting Started
lessons.
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What’s different?
Now look at the Guided Reading section on
page 2 (Getting Started)
 Notice the decodable titles are there along with the
skills emphasized in each.
 You can target skills practice for different groups
based on your assessments.
 This format is consistent throughout the map.
Matching appropriate materials to learners
helps us maximize learning time.
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What’s different?
Check out the Writing column (Getting Started)
 Additions include a focus for the unit and
assessment prompts.
 Online references are given.
 This format is consistent throughout the map
Notice the empty Content Area Connections box
• Space is provided in each unit for your team’s
content area tie-ins.
BL/OC maps help us make reading and writing
connections that enhance learning.
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What’s different?
 Jump to Unit 1 – Sharing Stories
• The WORKING WITH SOUNDS AND WORDS
column includes phonics skills from the OC
green section per story.
• The SHARED READING column names one
comprehension strategy to focus on throughout
the unit. The OC comprehension skills from the
red section are listed per story.
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Unit 1 – Sharing Stories continued
• VOCABULARY STRATEGIES for the unit are
squeezed in below Independent Reading. These
are from the OC blue section.
• These changes apply to Units 1-6
Open Court is our best source for explicit and
systematic instruction.
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What’s different?
Turn to Unit 2 - Kindness
• Unit 6 stories are featured as read alouds when
integrated with social studies, but corresponding
lessons are taught in the spring when students will
enjoy reading the selections themselves.
• The Unit 2, Lesson 6 selection has been moved to
READ ALOUD. Teachers can use green and blue
section content with students as needed.
BL/OC Maps present logical ways to manage
language arts materials.
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Unit 2 – Kindness continued
Notice in the WRITING column one of the six
traits of effective writing is introduced.
 This one is ORGANIZATION. For Unit 1 it was IDEAS.
 Each unit has an emphasis that goes with the writing
genre.
 You will find the traits on the analytic rubrics as well.
OC Blue Section and Write Away have lesson
ideas.
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Unit 2 – Kindness continued
• More on the WRITING column:
What about spelling?
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The standards for spelling in grade 2 are repeated on every
map page. Why? No matter which approach or which
“program” you use, the standards remain the same. The map
keeps us focused on what every child should be taught.
Open Court integrates grade level reading
and spelling skills. Word Study offers a
range of levels for all students to progress
developmentally.
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What’s different?
Browse Unit 3 – Look Again
 Unit 3 is taught in sequence, following Unit 2.
 The content area connections are for you to fill in.
Pacing instruction helps avoid gaps and
“cramming for the test”.
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What’s different?
Flip to Unit 4 – Fossils
 The Unit 4 Lesson 2 selection has been moved to
READ ALOUD.
 The WRITING focus is expository for three reasons:
 Reading selections model it.
 Students need to write expository as well as narrative
text.
 With only two required applications in grade 2, there is
time to explore this genre.
Writing is essential to academic success.
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What’s different?
Welcome the “new” Unit 5 – Courage
 This third trimester unit was formerly set aside for
summer school, but now all second graders will
benefit from its rich lessons and engaging reading
selections.
 Unit 5 will continue to be used as a review for
struggling readers in summer school.
 The O.C. vocabulary strategies for this unit (synonyms,
antonyms, base words, affixes) are research-proven as
effective for student learning.
 Open Court decodables end here for grade 2.
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What’s different?
Finally, turn to Unit 6 – Our Country and Its People
 The stories were read aloud in Unit 2, but should be
revisited within the lessons in Unit 6.
 Use Lesson 1, The First Americans as a choice for
independent reading.
 The WORDS column gives more emphasis to word
analysis and less to phonics as students approach grade
three.
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End of tour
Let’s look back at our ten key ideas from the revised
BL/OC map:
We can do more with our resources.
All students can benefit from Getting Started
lessons.
Matching appropriate materials to learners helps
us maximize learning time.
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Key Ideas continued…
BL/OC maps help us make reading and writing
connections that enhance learning.
Open Court is our best source for explicit and
systematic instruction.
BL/OC Maps present logical ways to manage
language arts materials.
OC Blue Section and Write Away have lesson ideas.
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Key Ideas continued…
Open Court integrates grade level reading and
spelling skills. Word Study offers a range of levels for
all students to progress developmentally.
Pacing instruction helps avoid gaps and “cramming
for the test”.
Writing is essential to academic success.
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The revised BL/OC map provides more tools to
help teachers plan and deliver the language
arts curriculum.
Special thanks to second grade teachers Caroline Platt, Nancy
Hemenway and Marie Sykes for their work on this project.
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