ELA Tools & Resources
ELA Graphic Organizers
- Building Background Knowledge Jigsaw Expert Recording Form
- Building Background Knowledge
- Four Square Graphic Organizer
- Notice and Wonder
- Observe, Question, Infer
- Paragraph - Accordian Graphic Organizer
- Topic Expansion Graphic Organizer
- Venn Diagram
- What Do You See
- What - So What - Now What
Practices & Protocols
- Admit and Exit Tickets
- Aligning Learning Targets with Share and Debrief Techniques
- Anchor Charts
- Annotating Texts
- Building Background Knowledge Mystery Piece Method
- Carousel Brainstorm Protocol
- Catch and Release
- Chalk Talk Protocol
- Checking for Understanding Techniques
- Determining Importance Strategies
- Final Word Discussion Protocol
- Fishbowl Protocol
- Fist to Five
- Getting the Gist Protocol
- Give One - Get One - Move On
- Helping Students Read Closely
- Hosted Gallery Walk Protocol
- Interactive Word Wall
- Jigsaw Protocol
- Learning Logs Protocol
- Mystery Quotes Protocol for Practicing Inference
- Peer Critique Protocol
- Popcorn Read Protocol
- Praise - Question - Suggest Protocol
- Questioning Strategies to Engage All Learners
- Rubrics Basics
- Scaffolding Student Needs
- Science Talks
- Take a Stand Protocol
- Tea Party Protocol
- Teaching the Gist Mini-Lesson
- Vocabulary Strategies
- Word Walls
- Written Conversation Protocol
Additional Resources
- engageny - Evidence Collection Tools
- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects. Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
The following text samples primarily serve to exemplify the level of complexity and quality that the Standards require all students in a given grade band to engage with. Additionally, they are suggestive of the breadth of texts that students should encounter in the text types required by the Standards. The choices should serve as useful guideposts in helping educators select texts of similar complexity, quality, and range for their own classrooms. They expressly do not represent a partial or complete reading list.
