Aaron Grossman
Categories
- 21st Century Learning
- Academic Vocabulary
- Adult Education
- Anthology Alignment Project
- Basal Alignment Project
- CCSS
- CCSSO
- Classroom Management
- Close Reading
- College Board
- Common Core State Standards
- Complex Text
- Content Knowledge
- Core Shifts Blast
- Core Task Project
- CTiP
- Culturally Responsive Teaching
- DBQs
- Differentiation
- English Learners
- Informational Text
- Instructional Shifts
- Math
- NEA
- Nevada Ready!
- Next Generation Science Standards
- Parent University
- PreK
- Professional Development
- Read-aloud Alignment Project
- SBAC
- Social Emotional Learning
- Social Studies
- Student Achievement Partners
- text complexity
- Text-Dependent Questions
- Uncategorized
- Writing to Sources
Archives
- March 2022
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- June 2016
- May 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets
Category Archives: CCSS
Video Tutorial: Accessing the SBAC Training Test
Last week I posted a link to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s training test (here). If you are having any trouble accessing the test, you can watch this 90-second tutorial, uploaded by Jeff Gerlach, demonstrating how to get started
Posted in CCSS, Common Core State Standards, SBAC
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Jeff Gerlach, Practice Test, SBAC
Leave a comment
Contra Costa Trains on the CTP
The Contra Costa County Office of Education sponsored a training on the Core Task Project to assist with refining and aligning instruction to the Core. Close to 100 educators, from the region, gathered to move through the first day of … Continue reading
Shanahan on CCSS Policy (Webinar)
Text Project has posted a free webinar on the Common Core with CCSS Work Team member Dr. Timothy Shanahan (here). Shanahan moves viewers through some familiar stuff including the genesis of CCSS and the “Big Changes to ELA.” The changes … Continue reading
Administrators Complete First Session of, “Leading the Core: ELA CCSS”
District leaders participated in the first session of, Leading The Core: ELA CCSS. The course is designed for administrators interested in supporting teachers, parents and community partners as they work with the ELA Common Core State Standards. Through a lens … Continue reading
K-2 Edmodo Resource Folder Added
Kindergarten Program Coordinator, Kacey Edgington, has created an Edmodo folder for those working with early literacy outcomes. You will find a number of helpful resources aligned to K-2 outcomes and you will be able to participate in conversations related to … Continue reading
Washoe Teachers Pilot CTP-ESL
On Monday, the ESL & World Language Department partnered with the Curriculum & Instruction Department on the Core Task Project-ESL. The hope of this endeavor is to identity appropriate scaffolds for ELs, when employing the close reading strategy, and use … Continue reading
Posted in CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts, text complexity, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged Close Reading Exemplars, Close Reading Strategy, Core Task Project-ESL, CTP, CTP-ESL, David Coleman, English Learners, ESL, Karen Perisho, Pete Cobin Dawn Adams
Leave a comment
Common Core in the Classroom
Education Nation is in full swing on NBC. A panel was convened and a lengthy discussion on “Common Core in the Classroom” was shared. Panelists included Monica Sims with America Achieves, Dr. John Deasey, superintendent of LA Unified, and David … Continue reading
Liben Presentation to WCSD Educators Now Available
David Liben, Meredith Liben, and Rachelle Etienne, of Student Achievement Partners, were in Reno on August 20th sharing strategies to effectively implement the Common Core. They focused on text complexity, text-dependent questions, syntax, academic vocabulary, writing to sources and the … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, text complexity, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, David Liben, instructional shifts, Meredith Liben, Rachelle Etienne, SAP, Student Achievement Partners, Text Complexity, text-dependent questions, WCSD
Leave a comment
Introducing the Common Core and the Shifts
Kevin Hodgson has put together a Prezi (here) as an introduction to the Common Core State Standards and the “instructional shifts.” Keep in mind, if you choose to watch, that Nevada is part of SBAC and not PARCC.
Core Task Project 