Category Archives: Basal Alignment Project

BAP Essential Understanding–Planning Tool

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Kristen Campbell, the K-12 Professional Learning Facilitator with the Northwest RPDP, and Cathy Schmidt, the Striving Readers Elementary Training Coordinator, have synthesized key information from the BAP into a nice planning tool. They pulled the Big Ideas, Key Understandings, and … Continue reading →

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Scaffolded Writing Lessons

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

This blog, along with the district, have been on quasi-hiatus during the winter break. We’re back to work and we’ll be focusing on writing and Core Action 2, from the Instructional Practice Guides, over the next couple of months. To … Continue reading →

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Video Tutorial for the Basal Alignment Project

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Teresa Hammond and Amanda Flora, from the West Virginia Department of Education, have produced a video describing how teachers can access the Basal Alignment Project resources. Additionally, the video outlines the different elements of a BAP including the front matter, … Continue reading →

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Access to Common Core Edmodo Groups

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Access to 11 popular Edmodo groups can be gained by using the links and codes in a document linked here. The groups include the social studies units and social studies close reading examples; SAP’s Basal Alignment Project and Anthology Alignment … Continue reading →

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2013-2014 Professional Development ‘Sessions’

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Washoe’s elementary teachers worked through a number of Common Core sessions as part of the district’s professional development launch. The sessions, all of which can be accessed on Edmodo (group link here) include content to connect to CCSS in the … Continue reading →

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Ughh. We have a “Bug”

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Many of you have been trying unsuccessfully to join the Edmodo group that houses the August 8th Professional Development sessions. This, as Edmodo has let us know, is because of a “bug” on their end which makes it impossible for … Continue reading →

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K-2 Creating Aligned Materials Opportunity!

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

If you participate in the Basal Alignment Project Edmodo group, you may have seen the following post by Meredith Liben of Student Achievement Partners. If you did not, it is worth reading the announcement below. The Read-aloud Alignment Project (RAP) … Continue reading →

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Anthology Alignment Project Update

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

If you haven’t signed up for the Anthology Alignment Project, and you work in grades 6th through 10th, it is worth a look. As the project leaders note, the AAP is a free “library of revised lessons for common Anthologies (6th-10th grades), each … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on the Anthology Alignment Project

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

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 →

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Core Shifts Blast 12: Writing to Sources

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

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 →

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