We're launching our FCPS ELA quarterly newsletter! The newsletter has resources, strategies, dates to keep in mind, and shout-outs/spotlights of our amazing FCPS ELA teachers. Highlighted in this issue:
Student-driven reading and writing notebooks
First read routines
Novel Educators, a monthly book club hosted by Leestown Middle School's Tiffany Carson-Givan!
Feedback loops for assessments and curriculum
The Unit 2 Blueprint is now available on the Unit 2 Framework. Find sample lesson plans for a unit kickoff, The Dustbowl Text Set, The Migrant Farming Text Set, "A More Accessible World," and writing Explanatory Essays!
ELA 7, Unit 3 Blueprint has been linked to the Unit Framework and can be found HERE! Find sample lesson plans for a unit kickoff, Ray Bradbury's "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed" (both the short story and the play!), a text set that includes arguments for and against sending missions to colonize Mars, and an editorial asking students to argue for or against the importance of space travel.