English SOL Professional Development Packages: Development on Demand

The VDOE English Professional Development Packages focus on best practices in K-12 literacy instruction aligned to the 2017 English Standards of Learning (SOL). Packages are bundled and sorted by topic for ease of use and focused professional learning.  Through the collaboration of the Student Assessment Office, the Office of Humanities, the Office of English Learner Education and the Office of Special Education, the Virginia Department of Education’s goal is to offer timely, relevant, and instructionally sound support to Virginia educators. 

Performance Assessments: Elementary School

• Performance Assessment-Coming Soon
• English: Writing Grade 5-Coming Soon
• 3-5 Moving In the “Write” Direction for the SOLs (PPT) (2018) Deeper Learning Conference
• Performance Assessment Instructional Plans: 
  • Persuasive Writing (Word)
  • Narrative Writing: Writing an Effective Conclusion (Word)
  • Expository Writing (Word)

Assessment Supports: Elementary with Instructional Plans

• Assessment Supports: Grade 3 Webinar
• Annotated Passages: Grade 3 (Word)
• Assessment Supports: Grade 4 Webinar
• Annotated Passages: Grade 4 (Word)
• Assessment Supports: Grade 5 Webinar
• Annotated Passages: Grade 5 (Word)
• Instructional Plans:
  • Making, Confirming, and Revising Predictions (3.5C) (Word) 
  • Asking and Answering Questions in Fiction (3.5G) (Word) 
  • Using Text Features in Nonfiction (3.6C) (Word)
  • Story Elements and Plot (4.5F) (Word) 
  • Using Details to Determine Main Idea: Grades 3-5 (4.6D) (Word)
  • Using Context to Determine Meaning of Unfamiliar Words (5.4A) (Word) 
  • Comparing and Contrasting Details in Text (5.5L) (Word)
  • Using and Gathering Information with Text Features (5.6A) (Word) 
  • Cause and Effect and its Impact on Plot (5.6H) (Word)

Assessment Supports: EOC with Instructional Plans

• Assessment Supports: EOC Webinar
• Annotated Passages: EOC (Word)
• Instructional Plans:
  • Compare and Contrast Texts (9.4) (Word)
  • Text Analysis Basics (9.4 10.4 11.4 12.4) (Word)
  • Paired Passages – The Threat of Conformity and the Power of the Individual (9.5 10.5 11.5 12.5) (Word)

Professional Organizations That Offer PD