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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Educators Train on Updated CTP
Washoe educators participated in a slightly modified version of the Core Task Project. The handouts and materials have been updated including a new video link as well as a new exemplar. You can download all of the content used during … Continue reading
Washoe Trains on the Primary Core Task Project
Kindergarten Coordinator Kacey Edgington moved K-2 teachers through a primary version of the Core Task Project. You can access all of the content from the presentation by clicking on the links below. Primary Core Task Project PowerPoint 6=3 Shift Display … Continue reading
College-Readiness Definition
SBAC has released Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) matched to Common Core (here) and college-readiness. You can read an analysis of this work by EdWeek.
What Teachers Can Learn from the New PARCC and SBAC Sample Assessment Items
2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki shares some insight into the new assessment items released by SBAC and PARCC. She reveals her enthusiasm for the items because she sees them as validation of good instruction. She highlights the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged Assessment Items, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, PARCC, Rebecca Mieliwocki, SBAC
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More Rewrites Added to Washoe’s 6th Grade BAP Folder
As many readers know, Washoe started an effort to rewrite the questions and culminating activities for the 6th grade HMH materials. Following the procedures outlined by the Council of Great City Schools and Student Achievement Partners, questions and culminating assignments … Continue reading
Questions to Ask Common Core Vendors
Tom Vader Ark outlines suggestions for educators looking for resources aligned to the Common Core. He starts by encouraging us to ask, “The new English/language arts (ELA) standards focus on building knowledge through content-rich, cross-curricular nonfiction texts and on text … Continue reading
Common Core Works
The Council of Great City Schools has put together Common Core Works, a website dedicated to helping educators bring Common Core outcomes into the classroom. The CGCS was instrumental in coordinating district efforts during the Basal Alignment Project.
Shanahan on the topic of Instructional Shifts
Dr. Timothy Shanahan describes the Instructional Shifts in the following webinar. Marked are several pieces that you may want to visit including Close Reading. 4:47: “…these standards are so profoundly different big shifts in teaching are necessary.” 7:44: Shannon compares … Continue reading
Close Reading
Erica Beaton has put together the following Prezi on Close Reading. As you flip through the presentation, explicit connections are made from this instructional approach to the standards, to the 2014-2015 assessment and to College and Career Readines Erica has … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, College and Career Readiness, Common Core, Erica Beaton, SBAC
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Administrators Complete First Session of, “Leading the Core: ELA CCSS”
District leaders participated in the first session of, Leading The Core: ELA CCSS. The course is designed for administrators interested in supporting teachers, parents and community partners as they work with the ELA Common Core State Standards. Through a lens … Continue reading
Core Task Project 