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Category Archives: Complex Text
Text Complexity: 7 Actions to Take Right Now
Through the following webinar (here), Dr. Freddy Hiebert, researcher and member of the Common Core State Standards advisory committee, outlines seven actions educators can take to engage children with complex text. She draws the listeners’ attention to the consciousness of … Continue reading
Guidance for the ELA Common Core
The International Reading Association recently released a document entitled “Literacy Implementation Guidance for the ELA Common Core State Standards” (here). The document was created to contend with “confusion” and “conflicting messages” governing the implementation of the CCSS. Among the recommendations: … Continue reading
What is ‘Complex’ Text?
What is complex text? Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris use Appendix A, of the Common Core, to answer this question and provide some context for why text complexity is an important feature of the CCSS. The answer can be found … Continue reading
ELA Text Exemplars
North Carolina has put together the following document that links ELA text exemplars, listed in Appendix B, to their full text on the Internet (here). Note, however, that the suggested texts are not a reading list. Instead they serve as … Continue reading
Quick Guide to the Common Core
Tom Vander Ark, vice president of product development at Curriculum Associates, has created a “quick guide” to the Common Core. It serves as a succinct overview of what we need to do as we implement the CCSS.
Text Complexity Slides
Denise Alterio, of Sullivan County BOCES, has put together the following Prezi describing text complexity (here). It proves a nice introduction to standard 10 and the implications for looking at text complexity through quantitative and qualitative measures as well as … Continue reading
“The Complex Matter of Text Complexity”
Robert Rothman, writing for the Harvard Education Letter, shares insight and research governing the inclusion of text complexity in the Common Core State Standards. In short, high school students are practicing with texts that are well below what they will … Continue reading
“Keep it or Junk it” an ESL Perspective
Dr. Pete Cobin, ELL Consultant with Washoe County School District, reviewed the lesson “Keep it or Junk it” and shared the following: There are two things in particular that I noticed. The emphasis on “What are you thinking? How do … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, English Learners, Instructional Shifts, text complexity, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Close Reading Strategy, Common Core State Standards, EL, ESL, instructional shifts, Peter Cobin
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The Core Shift Blast is Back!
The Core Shift Blast is back! Authored by K-6 ELA Program Coordinator Torrey Palmer, the blast provides insights into the Common Core so educators have an acute sense of what it takes to align instruction to the CCSS. The first … Continue reading
Sierra Vista & Westergard Train on the Basal Alignment Project
Sierra Vista and Westergard trained on the Basal Alignment Project today. Listed below are the resources used for the training as well as other materials referenced during the 90-minute session. Training Materials BAP Training PowerPoint Tomas and the Library Lady Questions Pictorial … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, Basal Alignment Project, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Instructional Shifts, text complexity, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged academic vocabulary, BAP, Basal Alignment Project, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, instructional shifts, Jonna AuCoin, Sierra Vista, text-dependent questions
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Core Task Project 