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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Close Reading Exemplar Updated
The close reading exemplar, The President’s Message, used during the November 29th training has been updated and retitled. Thank you to the teachers who shared feedback and suggestions for editing. You can find the new version here. Given the content … Continue reading
Language Diversity and Literacy Development
Harvard University’s Language Diversity and Literacy Development Research Group has released a series of one-page memos “for leaders dedicated to children’s literacy development.” There are currently 15 memos on topics including using curriculum, selecting curriculum, designing professional development, and enhancing … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Harvard, PreK-3rd
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The Role of Fiction and Literature
The role of fiction and literature in the CCSS is addressed in this Huggingtonpost. In this case, some are misreading the standards and concluding that 70% of what is read in an English classroom should be non-fiction. The post makes … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged 70%, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, English, informational text, non-fiction
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Leading the Core: ELA CCSS Session 2
Administrators completed Session 2 of Leading the Core in ELA. The first part of the inservice focused on the implications of CCSS and what it means to engage in “work worth doing.” This was followed by working through elements of … Continue reading
CTP Goes to Hawaii
The Core Task Project was shared in Hawaii—regretfully the person writing this post couldn’t go with. Participants walked through the CTP with the same content explored here and here. You can retrieve what was shared in Hawaii in the links … Continue reading
Posted in Core Task Project
Tagged Close Reading Exemplars, Common Core, Core Task Project, CTP, Hawaii, Learning, Professional Development
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America Achieves Films in Reno
America Achieves is in Reno filming our peers implementing the Common Core. Educators selected for the filming included Loree Gerboth, Chris Hayes, Michelle Herschbach, Sara Holm, Kim Price, Janelle Turnier, and Jodie Westmont. America Achieves hopes to have the video … Continue reading
The read-aloud and Common Core
In a piece for Educational Leadership, William Himmele and Pérsida Himmele describe the important of read-alouds in the Common Core. This includes a chance to introduce more nonfiction to students and to build a “bank of academic vocabulary.” You can … Continue reading
Day 2 of CTP 1.0: December 11, 2012
Teachers returned for Day 2 of the Core Task Project following implementation of a close reading exemplar. A big part of the process is teacher feedback and we will be collecting these reflections, teasing out themes, and incorporating these suggestions … Continue reading
Administrative and Supervisory Meeting, December 7, 2012
Listed below are the resources used at today’s A&S meeting. The focus of the 90 minute presentation, from the K-6 Curriculum & Instruction staff, was on linking the Common Core State Standards to the Danielson Evaluation Framework to the Basal … Continue reading
Work Worth Doing
If you have any reservations about high-stakes assessment and what is coming in 2014-2015, it is worth your time to review this audio recording from a recent Brookings Institute Event: Standardized Assessment and the Common Core. At minute 20:55, College … Continue reading
Posted in College Board
Tagged assessment, Brookings Institute, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman
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Core Task Project 