Monthly Archives: October 2012

Lafayette School District Trains on the Core Task Project

Linked below are the materials shared with K-5 educators in Lafayette, California. Participants took part in the Core Task Project during their professional development day on October 8th. The purpose of the presentation was to assist Lafayette in its implementation of … Continue reading

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Quick Guide to the ELA “instructional shifts”

The Common Core Literacy Shifts have been represented (here) in graphic and bullet form. This might prove useful for those who quickly want to review what is expected as we reorient our work and align it with the CCSS.

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The Critical Role of Narrative Text in the CCSS

Dr. Elfrieda H. Hiebert writes, “Acquiring knowledge is the raison d’etre of the Common Core” in a posting for TextProject (here). She writes that using narrative can assist with this outcome if we allow students to focus on the multiple levels of … Continue reading

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Bishop Manogue Trains on the Instructional Shifts

Bishop Manogue Catholic High School did its first work with the Common Core and the Instructional Shifts. Participants watched David Coleman’s presentation on the shifts before New York educators (here). Then staff reviewed the district’s instructional shifts document and discussed next steps … Continue reading

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What is ‘Complex’ Text?

What is complex text? Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris use Appendix A, of the Common Core, to answer this question and provide some context for why text complexity is an important feature of the CCSS. The answer can be found … Continue reading

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Washoe Teachers Pilot CTP-ESL

On Monday, the ESL & World Language Department partnered with the Curriculum & Instruction Department on the Core Task Project-ESL. The hope of this endeavor is to identity appropriate scaffolds for ELs, when employing the close reading strategy, and use … Continue reading

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