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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Common Core Practice Test Released
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has released practiced tests for the Common Core State Standards. There are practice tests for grades 3rd through 8th and 11th grade in math and ELA. Each test has 50 problems and there is also … Continue reading
Teaching Nonfiction Reading Skills
At the Center for Teaching Quality, Bill Ferriter describes strategies for teaching nonfiction skills (here). Each strategy also comes with a handout to assist students with using the skill. The skills include becoming active readers; determining how quotes effect a … Continue reading
Posted in Informational Text
Tagged Bill Ferriter, Center for Teaching Quality, science, Social Studies
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Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common Core
The original post with these materials became corrupted and the links would not open. Thanks for your patience as we rebuilt the links. On May 20th and 21st, educators moved through a new course offering—Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts, SBAC
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core Class, NAESP, NASBE, NASSP, NEA, performance task, Wiggins
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Are Your Materials Aligned to CCSS?
A popular question is, “How do I know if the resources I am using are aligned to the Common Core?” One way to assist with finding this answer is to use the EQuIP Rubric for Lessons and Units (3rd through … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Instructional Shifts
Tagged 3-5, 6-12, alignment, CCSS, Common Core, EQuIP, K-2, Rubric
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May 23, 2013 CTP Session Resources
The last session of Core Task Project, for the 2012-2013 was completed with teachers working through the resources listed below. The CTP will continue to be offered next year with sessions scheduled for September 12th 2013, November 7th 2013, and … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project
Tagged Core Task Project, CTP, Jodie Westmont, Kim Price, Washoe
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CCSS Questions and Answers
Sandra Alberti, the Director of State and District Partnerships and Professional Development for Student Achievement Partners, shares several important answers, to questions many of us have been asking. The answers come from a presentation done in Illinois last week. How … Continue reading
Recent Trainings
We have conducted a number of training over the last three workdays and those materials are listed below. These included activities around the Core Task Project and work with Shift 1—Building a Coherent Body of Knowledge. Core Task Project PowerPoint … Continue reading
Social Studies Units Link
The 4th through 6th grade social studies units will all be completed by June 3rd and will be available at this link. The units all include close reads and integrate social studies and Common Core State Standards. You can view … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Content Knowledge, Informational Text
Tagged Close Reading, Close Reading Exemplar, Edmodo, Social Studies, units
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Staying Current
There are a number of articles, recently posted at “Thinking Common Core” that may interest readers of this blog. There are pieces describing multiple perspectives on close reading; the value of emphasizing academic vocabulary; an inside view on the new … Continue reading
Core Task Project 