CSCOPEEnglish Language ArtsSpanish Language Arts
Overview
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs)
Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs)
Lesson Frameworks
TEKS Verification Documents
Year-at-a-Glance (YAG)
The Curriculum System
Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs)
ELA Conceptual Lenses
K-8: one lens for the entire yearK Beginnings
1 Relationships
2 Patterns
3 Journeys
4 Perspectives
5 Change
6 Interactions
7 Influences
8 Perceptions
High School: one lens for each unit
Unit 1 Relationships/Identity
Unit 2 Perspective
Unit 3 Transformation
Unit 4 Structures
Unit 5 Change/Influence
Unit 6 Credibility
Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs)
Strikethrough
A Concept-Based Curriculum
• Timeless
• Universal
• Abstract
• Represented by 1 or 2 words
• Examples share common attributes
A concept is an organizing idea; a mental construct...
A Concept-Based Curriculum
Key Understanding
Two or more concepts in a relationship...
Concept Concept
• Conceptual ideas that transfer• Develop “Deep Understanding”
A Concept-Based Curriculum
The Performance Indicator Formula
Content/Concept ProductProcess+ +
A Concept-Based Curriculum
The ELA Lessons
• are exemplars
• have integrated reading and writing
• are approximately 50 minutes (K=30 mins)
• include literary selections with alternatives
• include 5E inductive and deductive models
• include a research unit (grades 3-12)
• address the tested SEs before the test
The ELA Lessons and Reading First
Districts with Reading First must have 90 minutes of basal reading instruction.
Use the CSCOPE lessons only if there is additional time allotted for language arts instruction.
The CSCOPE Lessons and Developmental Reading Skills
In the elementary grades K-5, teachers use their basals, phonics programs, and spellers, and grammar books to teach the basic skills.
They use the CSCOPE lessons to teach the TEKS.
K-3 Teacher’s Guides
K-3 Teacher’s Guides
K-3 Teacher’s Guides
To find the guides go to CSCOPE in the
Resource Samplers
in a folder named
K-3 ELA Teacher’s Guides.
Lesson Synopsis / TEKS
Spanish Language Arts
To Access CSCOPE SLA
1. Select Curriculum Elements2. Choose Unit Maps3. Select your Grade Level4. Select Spanish Language Arts as your
subject5. Click Find
You will have access to the IFD and Lessons.SLA currently will not appear when building a
lesson plan.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) K-6
Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs) K-6
Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs) K-3
Lesson Frameworks
K-3
TEKS Verification Documents K-6
Year-at-a-Glance (YAG) K-6
The Curriculum System
• K – 2
• 2 – 4
• 4 – 6
Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs)
Vertical Alignment Documents (VADs)
Instructional Focus Documents (IFDs)
The SLA Lessons
• K-3rd
• parallel to ELA and translated into Spanish– Concepts– Key Understandings
•Address TEKS specific to SLA (ii)–Performance Indicator
Content Areas in Spanish
Lesson vocabulary and attachments:
• Math K-6
• Forthcoming:– Science– Social Studies
To Access Content Areas in Spanish
1. Select Content Area
2. Choose Grade Level
3. Spanish Unit is below English Unit