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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Common Core Lesson Demonstrations
As part of the NBC Education Nation 2013 Summit, a Common Core Teacher Institute was included to demonstrate Common Core lessons for ELA/literacy and math. Viewers can watch and download a 2nd grade read-aloud lesson—When Charlie McButton Lost Power; a … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Informational Text
Tagged 11th, 12th, 2nd Grade, 5th grade, 6-12, Catherine Schmidt, Close Reading, Education Nation, NBC, science, Teaching Channel
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Realizing the Common Core Summit
The Contra Costa County Office of Education hosted the San Francisco Bay Area Common Core State Standards Summit: Realizing the Common Core. The Summit included keynotes by William McCallum, lead writer of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics; Deborah … Continue reading
Common Core & Curriculum Controversies
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute hosted a webinar on Common Core and the Curriculum Controversies associated with their adoption. Moderator Mike Petrilli’s first hour was spent with Common Core math author Jason Zimba addressing myths and rumors surrounding the implementation … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Fordham, instructional shifts, Jason Zimba, materials, publishers
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What is “Developmentally Appropriate”
If you aren’t visiting Thinking Common Core, you may want to take few minutes to look over what is there. The site curates relevant CCSS content including a recent blog post by Dr. Dan Willingham. In the post, Willingham challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Content Knowledge
Tagged CCSS, cognitive, Core Knowledge, Montessori, Piaget, Piagetian, Willingham
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NEA Members Gather to Learn more about Washoe’s CCSS Efforts
Nevada State Education Association members met to learn more about the implementation of the Common Core in Washoe County. Participants reviewed the district’s K-6 3 Year ELA/Literacy Implementation Plan and the 2013-2014 CCSS Professional Learning Overview. You can retrieve the … Continue reading
Posted in NEA
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Incline, instructional shifts, NEA, Nevada, Reno, sparks, Washoe, WEA
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Teaching Students to Write Terribly
In a piece posted at Slate, writer and editor Matthew J.X. Malady, examines the writing section of the SAT. Through a series of interviews with college professors and those who prep students for the SAT, it becomes clear that the … Continue reading
Posted in College Board, Writing to Sources
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, SAT, Shift 5, writing to sources
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The Effects of “Praise” (and the Implications for CCSS)
In September, schools leaders engaged in a close reading of work by Carol Dweck (exemplar here) describing “fixed mindsets” and “growth mindsets.” The following video demonstrates how praising 5th graders for their intelligence versus their effort leads to the two … Continue reading
Posted in Social Emotional Learning
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Dweck, fixed mindsets, growth mindsets, puzzles
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Principles for CCSS-Aligned Quality Assessments
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has released a set of principles to help in the creation of Common Core-aligned tests. Chris Minnich, Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers, writes, the principles “help states hold themselves and their assessments accountable for high quality.” A review of the principles reveals a tight alignment between what … Continue reading
Cultivating Wonder—Great Texts and the Questions they Inspire
Although it has not “officially” launched, readers can visit a new website, http://www.cultivatingwonder.org and learn about a resource being developed to “showcase great texts (essays, poems, excerpts from longer works) and identify simple, elegant questions for each text; questions that propel … Continue reading
Posted in College Board
Tagged analyze, CCSS, central ideas, cultivating wonder, David Coleman, figurative, rigor, structure, text, themes
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SAP/Danielson Group Training Overview
Educators gathered to review content from the Student Achievement Partner and Danielson Group training (blog post here) from September 25th and 26th. The morning started with a chance to watch the Charlotte Danielson Keynote (video here) that launched a project … Continue reading
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