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Category Archives: Core Task Project
The CCSS: Starting Now
In the December 2012/January 2013 issue of Educational Leadership, the Core Task Project is shared as part of the answer to this question: “What can you do to move your school or district forward in implementing the Common Core State … Continue reading
Educators Train on Updated CTP
Washoe educators participated in a slightly modified version of the Core Task Project. The handouts and materials have been updated including a new video link as well as a new exemplar. You can download all of the content used during … Continue reading
Washoe Trains on the Primary Core Task Project
Kindergarten Coordinator Kacey Edgington moved K-2 teachers through a primary version of the Core Task Project. You can access all of the content from the presentation by clicking on the links below. Primary Core Task Project PowerPoint 6=3 Shift Display … Continue reading
Urban Collaborative Learns about the CTP
Washoe County was afforded the opportunity to share the Core Task Project with the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative in Pittsburg. The Collaborative’s fall 2012 conference focused on meeting the needs of diverse learners and “the challenges of the Common … Continue reading
Posted in Core Task Project
Tagged CCSS, Core Task Project, CTP, Exemplar, Lazarus, students with disabilities, Urban Collaborative
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Bishop Manogue HS Trains on the CTP
Staff from Bishop Manogue gathered today to review the Close Reading Strategy via video and a Close Reading Exemplar. Below are the resources shared with this audience. CTP Manogue PowerPoint Coleman Describing the Close Reading Strategy Notetaker Grades 9-10 Exemplar … Continue reading
Lafayette School District Trains on the Core Task Project
Linked below are the materials shared with K-5 educators in Lafayette, California. Participants took part in the Core Task Project during their professional development day on October 8th. The purpose of the presentation was to assist Lafayette in its implementation of … 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
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America Achieves Films in Reno
As some of you may already know, America Achieves was in Reno to film Washoe educators describing their experience with the Core Task Project and the Close Reading Strategy. The video will likely be posted in February and other districts … 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
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Inservice Course Materials from August 14th and 15th
Below are the material used in the Inservice Course: Aligning Literacy Instruction to the Core. The class is an overview of what has to “shift” in order to meet the new CCSS outcomes. This is an introductory course that will … Continue reading
Posted in Basal Alignment Project, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Coleman, Common Core, Dane Linn, Exemplars, inservice course, instructional shifts, Lazarus, Wilhoit
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