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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Close Reading—Six Months Later (Core Shifts Blast 13)
Core Shifts Blast 13 focuses on close reading and what the district and the Curriculum & Instruction Department have learned over the last six months. Kim Price, a Common Core Champion and 4th grade teacher at Echo Loder Elementary, shares … Continue reading
Reflecting on the Anthology Alignment Project
Cristal Cisneros, the SIOP and Curriculum Implementation Specialist at Dilworth STEM Academy, shares her experience with the Anthology Alignment Project (AAP). The AAP is a collaborative effort, across districts, to align grade 6-10 anthologies in a manner similar to the … Continue reading
Sharing the Common Core with Parents
The World of Inquiry School has posted a video (here) of site educators moving parents through the Common Core State Standards. They start with having parents discuss page 7 of the introduction and then review two key learning targets: 1) … Continue reading
10 Steps to Accessing the Social Studies Close Readings
If you are having any trouble locating the Social Studies Close Reading Examples, you can use these directions. It is a pictorial guide (here) to accessing the material.
Posted in Close Reading, Informational Text
Tagged 10th, 11th, 12th, 7th, 8th, 9th, Close Reading Exemplars, Social Studies
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Over 30 New Social Studies Close Reading Examples Available
Social studies teachers, Implementation Specialists, and personnel within Curriculum & Instruction have spent the last year creating, editing, vetting, and reediting close reading examples that match the expectations of the Common Core. You can access them on Edmodo using this … Continue reading
Evidence Guides for CCSS Implementation
At the April 19th Administrative and Supervisory Meeting, district leaders explored the CCSS Guides for Planning and Practice. Developed by Student Achievement Partners, the guides aim “to provide concrete examples of what the Common Core State Standards for English Language … Continue reading
School Psychologists Review Shift 1
School district psychologist learned more about the “instructional shifts” with specific attention to shift 1—building a coherent body of knowledge with rich non-fiction text. The videos, which included a review of a MetaMetrics study and a presentation by Robert Pondiscio, … Continue reading
Core Shifts Blast 12: Writing to Sources
The Core Shifts Blast is back with strategies, ideas, notes, and materials to match instruction to Shift 5—Writing to Sources. If you missed the writing training last month, you will find an overview of the sessions as well as links … Continue reading
The Common Core and PreK
In a piece for EdSurge, Karen Nemeth connects the Common Core to PreK and early learning. Nemeth is assertive in pointing out that instruction for this age group needs to be developmentally appropriate giving several examples of what this can … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, PreK
Tagged Common Core State Standards, early learning, Karen Nemeth, PreK
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Core Task Project 