Amplify ELAT Newsletter, October 1, 2020

October Newsletter

 

ELAT Program Contacts and Administrators

 

Happy October!

 

October Office Hours

The ELAT Team will be hosting October Office Hours, “Looking at BOY Data 2020” on October 5th at 11AM MST. We recognize that your data trend may look much different than it has in the past. We will be sharing ways to review your data and provide you with things to consider as you analyze it. Please register HERE. It will be recorded so if you are unable to attend, please register and you will receive the recording after the session.

 

Back to School Guidance

For Acadience Diagnostic (formally Deep) in a remote setting guidance, please review Acadience Diagnostic Guidance. For materials, please go to Acadience Learning materials download. PA and WRD still should be administered using the mCLASS platform as you have in the past.

This information can also be found on the ELAT Microsite - Important Updates

 

REMINDER: Once Benchmark assessments are completed, plan to set your Pathways of Progress Goals. For more information on how to do this, please visit the ELAT Microsite - Pathways of Progress.

 

Free Resource: Amplify is excited to announce the availability of Foundational Skills Boost.  We are here to help you make sure all students can catch up.

The Foundational Skills Boost for grades 1–3 will fill those gaps from the previous year and meet their needs—wherever kids are learning.

 

Resources include:

• Phonemic awareness and phonics video lessons

• Decodable readers for practice

• Optional teacher-led small group activities

• Family resources for additional practice

The Foundational Skills Boost lessons cover the last nine weeks of the previous school year to give students the boost they need, at school or home.

 

 

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development 

 

Acadience Reading Diagnostic (formally named Deep) Training  - If you are needing support around using the Acadience Reading Diagnostic, please watch this hour-long webinar that will walk you through how to use this great tool.

How to Administer the Acadience Reading Diagnostic with mCLASS

Free Professional Development offered by Amplify:

Literacy in a changing world: Moving forward together

October 15, 2020

12 - 4 p.m. EDT

Here’s just some of what you’ll get:

• An inspirational keynote from Dr LaTonya Goffney, Superintendent, Aldine ISD

• Real ways to prioritize equity and social justice in your instruction

• Suggestions for managing the change we know will continue

• The chance to connect with educators nationwide who are facing the same challenges

 

Register Here

 

Please share the information below with your staff - THANK you for your assistance!

 

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ELAT Updates for Coaches and Teachers

 

October Office Hours

The ELAT Team will be hosting October Office Hours, “Looking at BOY Data 2020” on October 5th at 11AM MST. We recognize that your data trend may look much different than it has in the past. We will be sharing ways to review your data and provide you with things to consider as you analyze it. Please register HERE. It will be recorded so if you are unable to attend, please register and you will receive the recording after the session.

 

Back to School Guidance

For Acadience Diagnostic (formally Deep) in a remote setting guidance, please review Acadience Diagnostic Guidance. For materials, please go to Acadience Learning materials download. PA and WRD still should be administered using the mCLASS platform as you have in the past.

This information can also be found on the ELAT Microsite - Important Updates

 

REMINDER: Once Benchmark assessments are completed, plan to set your Pathways of Progress Goals. For more information on how to do this, please visit the ELAT Microsite - Pathways of Progress.

 

Free Resource: Amplify is excited to announce the availability of Foundational Skills Boost.  We are here to help you make sure all students can catch up.

The Foundational Skills Boost for grades 1–3 will fill those gaps from the previous year and meet their needs—wherever kids are learning.

 

Resources include:

• Phonemic awareness and phonics video lessons

• Decodable readers for practice

• Optional teacher-led small group activities

• Family resources for additional practice

The Foundational Skills Boost lessons cover the last nine weeks of the previous school year to give students the boost they need, at school or home.

 

REMINDERS: 

Visit our ELAT Microsite for Instructional resources available to you.

 

 

2020-21 ELAT Professional Development 

 

Acadience Reading Diagnostic (formally named Deep) Training  - If you are needing support around using the Acadience Reading Diagnostic, please watch this hour-long webinar that will walk you through how to use this great tool.

How to Administer the Acadience Reading Diagnostic with mCLASS