Washington State Education Goals, EALRs, Frameworks, Benchmarks, and GLEsSlide 21993 Basic Education ActState Education GoalsEALRS Status, GLEs, BenchmarksSlide 6Where to Find EALRs, Benchmarks and GLEsTasks for Today -- Due Feb. 4Slide 9Slide 10Washington State Education Goals, EALRs, Frameworks, Benchmarks, and GLEsJanuary 10, 2007At the core of what teacher's are expected to help their students achieve in Washington State are the Essential Academic Learning Requirements. Before looking at these, let's take a step back and look at the 1993 Education Act and the four state education goals that preceded the EALRs.1993 Basic Education Act “… to provide students with the opportunity to become responsible citizens, to contribute to their own economic well-being, and to that of their families and communities, and to enjoy productive and satisfying lives.”State Education GoalsRead with comprehension, write with skill, and communicate effectively and responsibly in a variety of ways and settings;•Know and apply the core concepts and principles of mathematics; social, physical, and life sciences; civics and history; geography; arts; and health and fitness;•Think analytically, logically, and creatively, and to integrate experience and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and solve problems; and •Understand the importance of work and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities.EALRS Status, GLEs, BenchmarksEALRs have been written for 8 subject areas – these are meant to get at the core of what students will learn and be able to do K-12 in that subject area -- without being too wordy. To make the EALRs more user friendly for teachers and to better specify the relation between the EALRS and the WASL, benchmarks were written for most of the EALRS, providing more detail about what the EALRS would look like in WASL grades (generally 4, 7 and 10). Most recently, Grade Level Expectations have been written for some of the EALRS specifying details for those EALRS at every grade levelEALR GLEs available to replacebenchmarksWA SL grades –some to bephased inReading – 4 EALRs Winter 2004 3-8, 10Mathematics – 5 EALRs Summer 2004 3-8, 10Science – 3 EALRs Winter 2005 5, 8, 10Writing / Communications – 8EALRS (separate EALRSfor writing andcommunications)Summer 2005 4, 7, 10Social Studies -- 15 EALRs(separate EALRS forhistory, economics, civics,geography,& social studiesskills)Winter 2008 noneArts – 4 EALRs Summer 2008 noneHealth / Fitness – 4 EALRs Summer 2009 noneWhere to Find EALRs, Benchmarks and GLEs•The EALRS, GLEs and benchmarks are all available on the OSPI website at http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/default.aspx•You can also quickly find the EALRs on the MIT website under "sites of interest” or at: http://www.evergreen.edu/mit/inside/ealrs/Tasks for Today -- Due Feb. 4You will be using a table in Word to organize your exploration of the EALRS and doing, simultaneously, a self assessment of your content preparation in relation to those EALRS. Save you work today in your Calwah folder. If you are not already comfortable using tables in Word, this exercise will give you an opportunity to become comfortable with them. You can find the table you will be using for the exercise at: http://www.evergreen.edu/mit/inside/ealrs/ under "EALR Self-Assessment Form"EALR: the exact wordingof the EALRYou can find the EALRs andtheir components at:www.evergreen.edu/mit/i nside/ealrs/Describe this EALR, using your ownwords or, if you prefer take representativeselections from the benchmarks orGLEs/"evidences of learning" thatcommunicate the essence of this EALR.Before describing the EALR be sure toreview all the components as well as theGLEs or benchmarks – which will requirereading the corresponding GLE's orbenchmarks on the OSPI website.You can find the GLEs and benchmarks at:www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/default.aspxPreparation:list specificexperiences:coursework,informallearning, jobexperience, etc.that haveprepared you toteach this EALRSelf-assessment –i. very prepared,ii..sufficientlyprepared,iii. need morepreparationIf iii, brieflydescribe animprovementstrategyEALR: the exact wordingof the EALRYou can find the EALRs andtheir components at:www.evergreen.edu/mit/inside/ealrs/Describe this EALR, using your ownwords or, if you prefer take representativeselections from the benchmarks orGLEs/"evidences of learning" thatcommunicate the essence of this EALR.Before describing the EALR be sure toreview all the components as well as theGLEs or benchmarks – which will requirereading the corresponding GLE's orbenchmarks on the OSPI we bsite.You can find the GLEs and benchmarks at:www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/default.aspxPreparation:list specificexperiences:coursework,informallearning, jobexperience, etc.that haveprepared you toteach this EALRcontentSelf-assessment –i. very prepared,ii..sufficientlyprepared,iii. need morepreparationIf iii, brieflydescribe animprovementstrategyReading EALR 1The student understands anduses diferent skills andstrategies to read.- Use word recognition strategies,vocabulary building and wide readingexperience to build reading fuency – atgrade 7 this means that students should,among other things use dictionaries,thesauruses, and glossaries to fnd orconfrm word meanings, pronunciations,syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, parts ofspeech, and/or clarify shadesof meaning Use word origins to determinethe meaning of unknown words.- Use abstract, derived root words, prefxes,and suffxes from Greek and Latin toanalyze the meaning of complex words(e.g., expose, exposition).- Integrate new vocabulary frominformational/expository text andliterary/narrative text, including text froma variety of cultures and communities, intowritten and oral communication36 cr literatureincludingmulticulturalliterature; I havestudied Greekand Latin withinsome of myEnglishcoursework,iii.I have not usedinternet-baseddictionaries orthesauruses – Iwould like tobecome familiarwith those overthe next year byusing them in myown
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