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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Spanish Springs HS Students Explain SBAC and Field Testing
Students at Spanish Springs High School created a terrific video to explain the new Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia (SBAC) test. The video is clear and on point in helping all stakeholders understand the implications of SBAC and the field testing … Continue reading
Posted in SBAC
Tagged assessment, CCSS, Common Core, field testing, high school, SBAC, Spanish Springs HS, Washoe, WCSD
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‘Deliberate ELA/Literacy Redundancies and Repetition’
The Department of Education’s Office of Vocational and Adult Education has shared the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education report to help practitioners with CCR outcomes. Included in the report is a description of how the Common Core … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Education
Tagged adult education, CCR, CCSS, College and Career Readiness, DOVA
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Additions to www.63000resources.com
A number of resources and materials have been added to http://www.63000resources.com. Like everything else at the site, the items are free and well aligned to the shifts and the Instructional Practice Guides. The “Year at a Glance” planning tool for … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 1st, 2nd, CCSS, Common Core, discussion, earth, families, flipchart, Kindergarten, read-aloud, seasons, space, weather
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Complex Text and Annotating with Technology
Tracy Watanabe has created a post describing strategies to help students navigate complex text. The post begins with an overview of text complexity followed by resources to scaffold students to successfully working with this outcome–with suggestions for integrating technology. She … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning
Tagged 21st Century Learning, annotating, Close Reading, Complex Text, iPad
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Performance Tasks, an Overview (samples linked)
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has produced a video tutorial describing Performance Tasks. A Performance Task “measures capabilities such as depth of understanding, research skills, and/or complex analysis with relevant evidence.” There will be one Performance Task per content area … Continue reading
Posted in SBAC
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Grade 11, Grade 4, Grade 6, performance tasks, SBAC, tutorial, video
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Writing Instruction and the Common Core
If you have questions about writing and the Common Core, the following LearnZillion webinar will help. Joey Hawkins, the founder of the Vermont Writing Collaborative and author of Writing For Understanding: Using Backward Design To Help All Students Write Effectively, … Continue reading
Common Core ELA Shift Song
Shawn Leer, an Implementation Specialist in Area 5, has written and recorded the following song about the Common Core. Titled, “You Gotta”, Shawn has cleverly managed to describe the instructional shifts and the Instructional Practice Guides (IPG) in lyrical form. … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Common Core Song, informational text, instructional shifts, IPG, Shawn Lear, Washoe
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Nevada’s 5th Family Engagement in Education Summit
At Nevada’s 5th Family Engagement in Education Summit, teachers, school administrators, parents, elected officials and community members learned more about the Nevada Academic Content Standards (including the Common Core). Participants worked through a study from MetaMetrics, the instructional shifts, and … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Parent University
Tagged Carson County, CCSS, Churchill County, Clark County, Common Core, Douglas County, Elko County, Esmeralda County, Eureka County, Humboldt County, Lander County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Mineral County, University of Nevada
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Showcase Nevada Presentation Materials
At the 5th Annual Showcase Nevada—the Afterschool Experience, educators worked with the Instructional Practice Guides (IPG) to bridge their efforts with the Common Core State Standards. Personnel, from throughout the state, reviewed the instructional shifts and the IPGs and then applied … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged administrators, afterschool programs, CCSS, Common Core, Nevada, program coordinators, Showcase
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Common Core Site Updated
If it has been some time since you visited http://www.corestandards.org, it is worth returning. The website has been revamped and now includes more targeted areas including a specific section for parents. Further, the site is more comprehensive with answers to … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSSO, Common Core State Standards, myths and facts, NGA, parents, resources, website
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Core Task Project 