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1. English Language Arts District Contacts Information Update Richland District 2 Conference Room September 26, 2008 www.ed.sc.gov

2. Office of Academic StandardsRobin Rivers, Interim Director • ELA Standards and Support Documents • Standards Support Institutes • Instructional Materials • South Carolina Standards Support Curriculum Project (S3) • Financial Literacy Standards Alignment

3. Office of AssessmentLiz Jones, Director • Website Information • Contact Information

4. Office of Instructional Promising PracticesSuzette Lee, Director • Best Practice Seminar Series • Teaching and Learning Links

5. Office of Academic Standards ELA Standards and Support Documents Cathy Jones cjones@ed.sc.gov • Errata Sheet • Support Documents (www.ed.sc.gov) Then Agency/Offices/Academic Standards/ELA Author’s Craft, Author’s Bias, Inference, Figurative Language, Nonprint Resources, Parts of Speech, Proofreading Errors • Instructional Appendixes for High Frequency Words, Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes, Suggested Reading Materials, Alignment of Indicator Document, Composite Writing Matrix, Glossary • Coming Soon!!! Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes, Idioms, Proofreading, Revising, Clarifying and Refining a Topic

6. Standards Support Institutes

7. Instructional Materials Adoption

8. South Carolina Standards Support Curriculum Project (S3) • English 1 Session 2 October 13 or 14 Session 3 December 16 or 17 • Prioritized Scope and Sequence and Instructional Planning Guides for Kindergarten – Grade 8 and English 2 under development • Questions? Content: Bev Collom, Cathy Jones, Amy McCaskill, or Pam Wills Logistics: Ethel Johnson or Colleen Finklea

9. Financial Literacy Standards Alignment • Handout • Questions? Contact BJ Linnenbrink bjlinnen@ed.sc.gov • Web site www.ed.sc.gov/financialliteracy

10. Office of Assessment Website Information www.ed.sc.gov Agency/Offices/Assessment/PASS/Programs and Highlights/Sections/Writing/ELA • Blueprints for ELA and Writing • Sample passages and items for ELA and Writing • Draft Writing Rubric

11. Contact Information • Jenny Howard jyhoward@ed.sc.gov • Judy Shillinglaw jshillin@ed.sc.gov

12. Office of Instructional Promising Practices Best Practice Seminar Series Caroline Savage csavage@ed.sc.gov • Path: www.ed.sc.gov Agency/Offices/Instructional Promising Practices/ Best Practice Seminar Series • Series of 6 sessions beginning October 14 Kendall Haven Storytelling as an Instructional Tool • Registration: Go to elearning.ed.sc.gov Click the catalog and registration tab $75.00

14. Teaching and Learning LinksSuzette Lee slee@ed.sc.gov