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Category Archives: Content Knowledge
The Arts and the Common Core State Standards
By serendipitous luck, I found the following blog that focuses on art outcomes in the elementary grades. Author Meg Riley, apart from having students engage in the production of art works, annotates how she connects a lesson to history, aesthetics, and criticism. It … Continue reading
Coherent Body of Knowledge Presentation Materials
Educators gathered to review the research and the opinions that have helped inform Washoe’s decision to focus on building a coherent body of knowledge using rich non-fiction. This included editorials by Deborah Meiers and Robert Pondiscio, research by cognitive psychologist … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, IPG, Meiers, NVACS, Pondiscio, PowerPoint, Washoe, Willingham
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A Closer Look at Text Complexity and Using Rich Nonfiction
The Melton Elementary staff reviewed evidence describing why all students should be working with complex texts and rich nonfiction. This included looking at the MetaMetrics study on Lexiles and Dr. Tim Shanahan’s review of the ACT study, “Reading Between the … Continue reading
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Tagged ACT Study, Core Knowledge, Lexiles, Melton, nonfiction, Shanahan, Washoe
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OSP Review of Core Knowledge Implementation
The Office of School Performance reviewed the current implementation of Core Knowledge. The 15-minute presentation focused on current supports and conditions for success. You can review the PowerPoint that was shared here.
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Tagged CCSS, conditions, Core Knowledge, OSP, PowerPoint, Washoe
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110 Core Knowledge Teacher Created Supplements Added to 63000resources.com
If you are implementing Core Knowledge, consider visiting the Core Knowledge section, from the ELA tab, at http://www.63000resources.com. These are the resources currently in the Edmodo group but feedback, from Core Task implementation Project sessions, consistently included a request to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st, 2nd, Core Knowledge, flipcharts, K, lessons, notebooks, PowerPoint, vocabulary documents, wind in the willows
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Broad Knowledge Drives Literacy
In a piece (here) included in the The Herff Jones Achievement Series, the case is made for how a “broad academic knowledge base” leads to strong literacy development. To make the point, the following example is shared: If a hunter … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Content Knowledge, pondscio, shift 1, The Herff Jones Achievement Series, Willingham
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Free Resources to Build Foundational Skills and Content Knowledge
Finding materials that are free, vetted, and well-matched to the Common Core is a popular request. One set of free resources, that build content knowledge (shift 1) while simultaneously addressing foundational skills are the Beginning Reads, from http://www.textproject.org. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged books, CCSS, Common Core, Content Knowledge, fluency, Foundational Skills, free, informational text, phonemic awareness, phonics, printable, shift 1
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What is “Developmentally Appropriate”
If you aren’t visiting Thinking Common Core, you may want to take few minutes to look over what is there. The site curates relevant CCSS content including a recent blog post by Dr. Dan Willingham. In the post, Willingham challenges … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, cognitive, Core Knowledge, Montessori, Piaget, Piagetian, Willingham
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2013-2014 Professional Development ‘Sessions’
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
Posted in Basal Alignment Project, Content Knowledge, Instructional Shifts, Professional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Writing to Sources
Tagged Alberti, CCSS, Common Core, David Coleman, Edmodo, ELLs, ESL, Nevada, Professional Development, Robert Pondiscio, SAP, SEL, Washoe
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Preparing Our Students to be Informed Citizens
Robert Pondiscio, in an editorial for CNN, describes the importance of teaching civics and history in our public schools. Although the Common Core are not referenced specifically, Pondiscio helps build the case for why all of our students should have … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Citizen, Citizenship, CNN, Pondiscio, shift 1
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Core Task Project 