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Category Archives: Instructional Shifts
SAP/Danielson Group Training Overview
Educators gathered to review content from the Student Achievement Partner and Danielson Group training (blog post here) from September 25th and 26th. The morning started with a chance to watch the Charlotte Danielson Keynote (video here) that launched a project … Continue reading
Administrative & Supervisory Meeting, September 13th
Close reading, Growth Mindset, and Core Actions 1 and 3, from the Instructional Practice Guides (IPG), were the focus on the most recent A&S meeting. Elementary principals applied the IPG with video of Washoe 3rd grade teacher Chris Hayes filmed … Continue reading
Shift 6 Focus: Direct and Indirect Vocabulary Instruction
“Students who have a high vocabulary, tend to be very good comprehenders” begins a video on the value of vocabulary instruction by Dr. Nell Duke. In the six-minute clip, several important strategies are suggested with evidence to support. They include … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, Instructional Shifts
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core, Nell Duke, Shift 6, Tier 2, vocabulary, word study
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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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Toolkits and Guides for the CCSS
The current issue of Implementing the Common Core Standards (ICCS) features the TOOLKIT for Evaluating Alignment of Instructional and Assessment Materials to the Common Core State Standards developed by Student Achievement Partners and the CCSSO. The purpose of the document, … Continue reading
Posted in CCSSO, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners
Tagged Achieve, aligned, CCSS, CCSSO, counselors, materials, Rubric, SAP
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August 2nd A&S Meeting Materials
The Instructional Practice Guides were included in the August 2nd Administrative and Supervisory meeting. For the 400 in attendance, work centered on learning the context and basic construct of the guides before engaging in an application piece. You can download … Continue reading
NEW Instructional Practice Guides (aka Evidence Guides)
The Evidence Guides, which were shared as part of the inservice course Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core, have been updated by Student Achievement Partners and are now called the CCSS Instructional Practice Guides. The guides remain in grade level … Continue reading
Teachers Reflect on CCSS, the ‘Shifts,’ and Close Reading
In a video produced by EngageNY, educators in New York reflect on their implementation of the Common Core. Teachers address topics including the instructional shifts, close reading, and text-dependent questions. You can watch the video here.
Posted in Instructional Shifts
Tagged Close Reading, EngageNY, instructional shifts, New York, teachers, video
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Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core
Washoe educators moved through a third offering of the inservice course, Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core. The 15-hour class touches on a number of important features of the CCSS that enable practitioners to match classroom practice to the standards, … Continue reading
Anthology Alignment Project Update
If you haven’t signed up for the Anthology Alignment Project, and you work in grades 6th through 10th, it is worth a look. As the project leaders note, the AAP is a free “library of revised lessons for common Anthologies (6th-10th grades), each … Continue reading
Core Task Project 