Category Archives: Common Core State Standards

Scoop.it! for CCSS Implementation

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

If you are trying to stay current on CCSS implementation, from an instructional coach perspective, the following Scoop.it! site will prove helpful. Curator Catherine Schmidt is updating the site daily with content to smooth the transition to CCSS and keep … Continue reading →

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5 Principles of CCSS

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Teachingthecore has pulled out the 5 Principles of the Common Core from videos produced by the Hunt Institute. The principles are 1) College and Career Readiness 2) Based on best existing standards 3) Based on solid evidence 4) Clear focus … Continue reading →

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Culturally Responsive Teaching and the CCSS

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Teaching Tolerance Fellow Emily Chiariello describes her work around teaching the Common Core State Standards “with culturally responsive instruction” (full link here). She sees the CCSS and culturally responsive pedagogy as a strong fit citing teacher’s shared responsibility for teaching … Continue reading →

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SBAC eNewsletter

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

If you are trying to stay current with Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, you may want to take advantage of their eNewsletter. You can subscribe here and keep track of SBAC’s progress on the CCSS and the next-generation assessments.

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ELL Quarterly Meeting February 12, 2013

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

At the secondary ELL Quarterly Meeting, EL instructors reviewed the close reading strategy and a close reading exemplar. You can find the PowerPoint here and the lesson here.

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project | Tagged 5th grade, CCSS, Close Reading Exemplar, Core Task Project, Dawn Adams | Leave a comment

Jessie Beck’s PFA Learns about CCSS

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Included in the Jessie Beck Elementary Parent Faculty Association meeting was information about the Common Core State Standards. Parents and teachers moved through the what and why of CCSS followed by some research governing the inclusion of specific outcomes in the … Continue reading →

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Finishing the Labor of Understanding before Talking Back

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

In a piece for Educational Leadership, professor of English Mark Bauerlein describes the importance of text complexity and the dispositions students will need if they are going to be successful with this outcome. These include A Willingness to Probe The … Continue reading →

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NEA CCSS Toolkit

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

In the most recent issue of WEA Today, Middle School Director Linda Hunt describes how “NEA President Dennis Van Roekel appointed 56 members to a nationwide effort to prepare educators for implementation of the Common Core State Standards called the … Continue reading →

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Core Shift Blast 10: TDQs

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Text-dependent questions are the focus of Core Shift Blast 10. Explicit connections are made with this instructional shift and the Basal Alignment Project and the coming assessments. Linnea Wolters and Stephanie Barragan share their experiences using the Guide to Writing … Continue reading →

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Session 4 of Leading the Core

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

District administrators gathered for the fourth session of Leading the Core. The focus of this session was on teacher observations, close reading look fors, text-dependent questions and tools to build site capacity. All of the resources are posted in the … Continue reading →

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