ELA Back to School PLC Meeting

Topic Outcome

Welcome

Introductions

● 2 truths and 1 lie

ELA Practices

Common Assessments ● Read Theory (6th grade)

○ Class average
○ Lexile
● 6th Grade: Unit tests (teacher-made
or collaborative)
● Grade level consistently

Common Grading ● Create Continuity

● DPS Writing Rubrics
● 6th Grade 40% Classwork 60% Tests/
quizzes/essays/projects

Vocabulary ● Wiki
● Rapid Root Challenge Program
● DPS Morphology Unit
● 6th grade contextual vocabulary (unit
1 “Wonder” is our anchor tex)

Homework ● 6th grade

○ 15 minutes/day to begin the
year
 ○ Finish class assignments if not
done in class
○ Honors may have extra
projects

Differentiation ● 6th grade

○ Leveled texts (read works,
read theory, newsela, book
sets)
○ Open-ended questions for
common content, regardless
of texts

Lesson Plans ● Send out lesson plan format

● Planbook
● Common Curriculum - 6th grade will
be using this one
●

Resources

● iReady training (contact Batson)

● Reading Plus
○ Who
○ When
● Online reading resources
● Discovery

MTSS and Documentation

Tier II Meetings

Tier III Meetings

Questions/Missed Items

1. Access to FIRE matrices for new

teachers
2. Discovery
a. Restorative Justice
b. Grouping
c. Plans
3. Reading plus?
4. iReady?
5.