Reading. Writing. Bridging the Gap
English Language Arts
Elementary ELA Educators: Grade 3 - Grade 5
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
October 27
October 27, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Since 2007, the VaSCL Test & Task Bank has been a valued shared resource for our members. Educators from member divisions have come together every year to continue to expand and improve the bank, creating technology enhanced, constructed response, and multiple-choice items, as well as performance tasks and rubrics, which can be used by VaSCL school divisions to provide instructional support for teachers in assessing and remediating students. Educators who have participated in the Test & Task Bank Meetings have been proud of the work that they produced, and they have also been very pleased to be part of an ongoing Professional Learning Community made up of instructional leaders from across Virginia, with whom they can discuss pedagogical challenges and share successful instructional strategies.
During the 2020-2021 school year, rather than continuing the work of creating new assessments for the Test and Task Bank, VaSCL is offering a series of FREE virtual workshops, which will give ALL VaSCL educators the opportunity to explore how the fantastic resources that are available in the VaSCL Test & Task Bank, as well as discussions with colleagues about pedagogical issues, can help improve both instruction and assessment in virtual and blended classrooms.
During some of the VaSCL TTB Workshops, participants will explore how using Performance Assessments from the VaSCL Task Bank can provide students with engaging experiences that lead to deeper learning and more authentic work. Other TTB Workshops will focus on how Items from the VaSCL Test Bank can be used to help educators – especially when they don’t have the normal clues provided in a face-to-face classroom setting – make data-driven decisions on instruction and remediation that will enable all of their students to succeed.
The main goal of all of the different VaSCL TTB: Sharing Instructional and Assessment Strategies and Resources Virtual Workshops will be to give ALL VaSCL educators – at NO CHARGE – the opportunity to collaborate and share tools and strategies that they are finding to be successful in addressing the challenges they are facing in providing effective and engaging virtual and blended learning to their students.
Reading and writing are actually attached at the hip when it comes to instruction. For instance, the ability to link sounds together to construct words is reinforced when students read and write the same words. Furthermore, writing instruction improves reading comprehension, and the teaching of writing skills, such as grammar and word study, can reinforce reading skills. The more students read and write, the more they broaden their vocabulary. With an expanded vocabulary, students are able to articulate concepts accurately and more effectively, which will also help them to excel in all subject areas. Broad reading helps students acquire new words, and using these words in written text will reinforce understanding of how and when to use them appropriately. There will be a focus on sharing techniques that work well in online instruction. Join us for this lively workshop in order to learn some new ideas, strategies, and tools which can be used to incorporate engaging and authentic writing into virtual ELA instruction.
Participants need to register separately for each virtual workshop in which they would like to participate.
When registration has been successfully submitted, an email will be sent to the confirmation email address(es) provided in the registration.
Participants will receive an email with event details 2-3 days before the workshop, with the link to participate in the virtual workshop.
There is NO CHARGE for participation.
VaSCL Members are given priority for participation; however, educators from divisions which are not members of VaSCL are welcome to participate (for free) if space is available.
If you have questions or concerns, or would like to receive more information about this conference, please contact our Workshop Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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