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Monthly Archives: April 2014
CCSS through the Lens of Social Emotional Learning
In a brief presentation just posted on Youtube, Dr. Nancy Markowitz makes the case that absent attention to Social Emotional Learning (SEL), student will be unable to meet the academic expectations of the Common Core. Dr. Markowitz builds her case … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged CASEL, CCSS, Common Core, Dr. Nancy Markowitz, P3, PreK-3rd, SEL, Self-Awareness
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Kindergarten Readiness Resources
Kindergarten teacher Haley Snyder has created a webpage detailing how parents can support their children with the Nevada Academic Content Standards/Common Core. There are three specific areas to help families including sections on, What is Common Core, Kindergarten Prep, and Parent & … Continue reading
Posted in CCSS
Tagged Alice Smith, CCSS, Common Core, Haley Snyder, Kindergarten, parents, Readiness, Washoe
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Washoe Shares CCSS Implementation Efforts with NV LCE
Several Washoe educators had the opportunity to describe the district’s implementation efforts around the Nevada Academic Content Standards and the Common Core to the Nevada Legislative Committee on Education. The presentation outlined how Washoe has leveraged free resources and internal professional … Continue reading
Posted in Nevada Ready!
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, CTP, Legislative Committee on Education, NACS, Social Studies, unit
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Superintendent of Public Instruction Erquiaga on Common Core
Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Dale Erquiaga was recently interviewed on KNPR’s State of Nevada. The interview provides context for why Nevada adopted the Common Core State Standards (minute 1:26), the potential impact on student learning (4:43), and some of … Continue reading
Posted in Nevada Ready!
Tagged assessment, CCSS, Common Core, Erquiaga, interview, Nevada Academic Content Standards
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Nevada Ready! Facebook Page is Live
The Nevada Ready! Facebook page is live. The page serves as a place for educators, parents, and community leaders to learn more about the Nevada Academic Content Standards. You can find the page here.
Read Aloud Project Inservice, April 17th
Kindergarten through second grade teachers trained with the Read Aloud Project (RAP) resources and with the text, Desert Giant. To give the RAP some context, and to explain why building a coherent body of knowledge is vital to comprehension, participants … Continue reading
Posted in Read-aloud Alignment Project
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, desert giant, Meiers, Pondiscio, Read Aloud Project, read alouds, shift 1
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Enhancing Professional Learning through Twitter Chats
If you have a Twitter account, you may want to participate in Twitter Chats to promote your own professional learning. The chats are free and run the full breath of educational outcomes including Common Core, Art, 21st Century Learning, Educational … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning
Tagged 21st Century Learning, Art, CCSS, Common Core, Educational Leadership, Special Education, Twitter
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Resources from April 12th
At the Core Advocate conference in Chicago, the following PowerPoint and Word document were shared. The PowerPoint and Word document help frame part of Washoe’s implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
Posted in CCSS, Student Achievement Partners
Tagged CCSS, Chicago, Common Core, Core Advocates, SAP
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The Business Roundtable and their Endorsement of CCSS
The Business Roundtable and their Endorsement of CCSS If you have wondered why the business community has endorsed the Common Core, you can learn why in a video posted here. At minute 21:10, Scott Fast, Executive Director of Accenture Foundation … Continue reading
Social Emotional Learning and why it Matters
As have been noted on this blog several times, to do Common Core well, we have to attend to the Social and Emotional Learning of our students. The science behind why this matters and how it is intertwined in a … Continue reading
Posted in Social Emotional Learning
Tagged Common Core, PERMA, SEL, Seligman, Social Emotional Learning, teaching, well being
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Core Task Project 