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Category Archives: Instructional Shifts
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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Pinnacle Posts on the BAP
Pinnacle has posted a story on Washoe’s participation in the Basal Alignment Project. You can read the entire article by clicking here.
Introducing the Common Core and the Shifts
Kevin Hodgson has put together a Prezi (here) as an introduction to the Common Core State Standards and the “instructional shifts.” Keep in mind, if you choose to watch, that Nevada is part of SBAC and not PARCC.
“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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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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NASSP and their Suggestions for CCSS Implementation
The Alliance for Excellent Education recently taped a webinar describing what has to be done in order to implement the Common Core State Standards well. Dr. Mel Riddile, Associate Director for High School Services, National Association of Secondary School Principals … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Content Knowledge, Instructional Shifts, Text-Dependent Questions, Writing to Sources
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core, instructional shifts, Mel Riddile, NASSP, Text Complexity, text-dependent questions, writing to sources
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Striving Readers Presentation Materials from August 21st
As part of the launch of Striving Readers, Student Achievement Partners members David Liben, Meredith Liben and Rachelle Etienne shared literacy resources matched to the Common Core. Their work focused on the “instructional shifts” and the Close Reading Strategy. Resources … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, Text-Dependent Questions, Writing to Sources
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading Exemplars, Common Core, David Liben, Meredith Liben, Rachel Etienne, SRG, Striving Readers Grant
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Presentation Materials from Libens & Etienne August 20th
Below are the resources David Liben, Meredith Liben and Rachelle Etienne of Student Achievement Partners (SAP) used as part of their presentation with Washoe educators on August 20th. The work session centered on delving deeper into the “instructional shifts” with … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, Text-Dependent Questions, Writing to Sources
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core, David Liben, instructional shifts, Meredith Liben, Rachel Etienne, SAP, Student Achievement Partners, Text Complexity, text-dependent questions, writing to sources
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A Clever Look at Shift 4—Text-Dependent Questions
Implementation Specialist Elena Kelley put together the following video describing shift 4—text-dependent questions. Clever work that deserves the 95 seconds it will take to watch.
Tennessee Pilots the “instructional shifts”
For those who have been integrating the “instructional shifts” in their classroom, looking over how Tennessee is piloting the move to the CCSS might prove interesting. Click here to view Tennessee’s learning modules that are based on the ELA shifts.
Core Task Project 