NEW: K-5 Newsletter
The Oregon Department of Education’s (ODE) Office of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment is launching a new quarterly newsletter for K-5 educators. This newsletter provides resources, opportunities, guidance, and ODE updates tailored specifically to support the integrated and well-rounded instruction that elementary education entails. It aims to streamline information related to K-5 academic standards and instruction into one convenient communication.
To sign up for the newsletter, click here
Kick-off the school year by exploring Oregon’s Early Literacy Framework (OELF) in community with other literacy leaders across the state!
WestEd and the Oregon Department of Education will host an information session in late August 2024 to orient school and district leadership to the Early Literacy Framework and NEW accompanying resources. This interactive session provides leaders the chance to experience a wide range of resources supporting OELF in action, browse what’s available on the website, and chat with other leaders about how they might make use of the resources for their own contexts. Participants will leave with new connections to colleagues, a library of resources, and ideas for what to try and adapt this coming school year to support their literacy efforts. We offer four different time options for leaders to attend this information session, listed below:
- August 20th, 9am-10:30am
- August 22nd, 3pm-4:30pm
- August 26th, 9am-10:30am
- August 28th, 3pm-4:30pm
Scan the QR code in the flyer below to register or use this link.
Access ODE’s Library of Professional Learning Opportunities to Support Early Literacy
Learn about important topics in early literacy classroom instruction and hear from practitioners about their classroom practice. Sign up for upcoming webinars below and access recorded webinars here.
Using Formative Assessment to Support Early Literacy
This webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about the role of formative assessment in a comprehensive early literacy program. Core topics of the webinar include a) formative assessment as a process integrated into teaching and learning, b) gauging and responding to the status of students’ literacy learning and c) supporting young, diverse students to have agency and ownership of their learning. Participants will leave the webinar with practical ideas for integrating formative assessment with young students to advance their literacy development.
September 10, 2024, 3:30 p.m. Register Now
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Science of Reading and Belonging
This webinar will clarify the role the Science of Reading plays in literacy instruction and explore how inclusive environments support literacy learning. Presenters will discuss the connection between literacy research, classroom instruction and strategies for fostering belonging and safety to support the literacy development of all students.
September 17, 2024, 3:30 p.m. Register Now
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ODE Early Literacy Grant Update
On August 2, 2024, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) released the Request for Information (RFI) for providers of Professional Development, Coaching and High-Dosage Tutoring for the Early Literacy Success School District Grants (ELSSDG). Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, if school districts choose to use ELSSDG funding to contract with external providers, they must be on the ODE-Approved Provider List.
In order for providers to be evaluated to be on the approved list, they must complete and submit the RFI. The RFI will remain open until October 1, 2024, and the final list of approved providers will be published by January 15, 2025.
Helpful Links:
If you have any further questions, please email k12.literacy@ode.oregon.gov.
Oregon Open Learning Featured Resource
The Oregon Open Learning Hub is a digital resource repository and collaboration space for educators, administrators, and other educational partners to curate, create, and remix open educational resources (OER). The Hub is a portal to over 50,000 openly licensed resources available on OER Commons, searchable by grade level, subject, and standard.
Check out this featured resource addressing identity, diversity, and community in the 3rd grade classroom as an example of the content included on the Hub! This 10-lesson unit, aligned to third grade ELA and Social Science Standards, is intended to be taught during the month of September. Students build their understanding of identity and learn about their classmates establishing a foundation for classroom community, while simultaneously learning talk structures and text protocols that you will repeat throughout the year. While the lesson is geared toward third grade, it is easily adaptable to younger and older grades.
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September 22-28, 2024 is Banned Books Week
According to the American Library Association, Banned Books Week (September 22-28, 2024) is an annual event that “highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas." This year’s theme is, "Freed Between the Lines."
Resources
Coming Soon: Literacy Leaders’ Network Meetings To Resume; Save the Date!
Our Mission: To build a literate society of readers, writers, thinkers, and listeners
- Next Meeting: Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Meeting registration link coming soon!
Meeting Facilitation: Co-hosted by Oregon Council of Teachers of English (OCTE), Oregon State Literacy Association (OSLA), Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) Language Arts, Literacy, and Multilingual and Migrant Education
Oregon Writing Festival: Save the Date!
Teaching Early Literacy from a Multilingual Perspective
Oregon State University’s College of Education is offering a fall course to educators on how to provide rich early literacy opportunities for K-2 learners while developing expertise in teaching multilingual learners. Content addresses designing instruction in ways that build upon students’ linguistic repertoires in culturally responsive and equitable ways as part of teaching foundational and other early literacy skills.
This FLYER contains enrollment information. Space is limited and registration closes September 25, 2024 or when the class is full.
Email Amanda Kibler, amanda.kibler@oregonstate.edu, with questions.
Write the World Writing Competitions for Students
Write the World helps “students develop the writing skills they need to succeed and make an impact” on their world. There are seven writing competitions currently available.
If you have ideas for the newsletter or want to contact the ODE Language Arts and Literacy specialists, please reach out:
Tina Roberts -- Language Arts Education Specialist
Tony Bertrand -- English Language Arts / Social Sciences Assessment Specialist
Sody Fearn -- K-2 Balanced Assessment Specialist
Sarah Thorud -- Early Language and Literacy Intervention Specialist
Mindi Helmandollar-Armatas -- PreK-3rd Grade Coordinator
Jennifer Fontana -- Multilingual and Migrant Education Specialist
Martha Sanstead -- Literacy Specialist
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