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Category Archives: Professional Development
Core Task implementation Project, Session 5: Syntax
The focus for the February sessions of the Core Task implementation Project (CTiP) has educators working with the importance of teaching syntax—both why and how. This learning started with a video from Dr. Lily Wong Fillmore followed by reading how … Continue reading
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Tagged Diedrichsen, juicy sentences, notetaker, PowerPoint, syntax, Wong Fillmore
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CTL 746 Presentation Materials
Students in Dr. Margaret Ferrara’s CTL 746 class—a course focused on the principles of curriculum development—moved through some foundational pieces on the Nevada Academic Content Standards and the Common Core. Participants learned about the instructional shifts, the Instructional Practice Guides, … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Core, IPG, Margaret Ferrara, NVACS, university of nevada reno, UNR, Willingham
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Darling-Hammond & Polikoff on Standards and Assessment
In a presentation before the Maryland State Education Association, Stanford professor Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond and University of Southern California professor Dr. Morgan Polikoff overview the Common Core State Standards and contextualize previous state standards and assessments. Certainly worth watching the … Continue reading
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Tagged assessments, CCSS, Common Core, Darling-Hammond, Polikoff, skills
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Core Knowledge Overview Session Materials
At the district’s February 6th Blue Friday, Implementation Specialists could attend a session to overview the Core Knowledge materials and a second session on specific Core Knowledge implementation successes and challenges. Both sessions included opportunities to clarify misconceptions including the … Continue reading
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Tagged Core Knowledge, founational skills, plan-do-study-act, PowerPoint
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Ed Leadership 703 Presentation Materials
Listed below are the presentation materials shared in Educational Leadership 703 course at the University of Nevada, Reno. This was part of an effort to inform graduate students about the Common Core, the instructional shifts, and the implications for classroom … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, PowerPoint, university of nevada reno, UNR
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Diagnosing Breakdowns in Comprehension
It a video discussion for Reading Rockets, panelists Isabel Beck, Nanci Bell, and Sharon Walpole discuss the components for reading comprehension and share strategies to promote student learning with this outcome. At minute 3:27, Dr. Walpole explains where breakdowns in … Continue reading
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Tagged beck, bell, CCSS, Complex Text, comprehension, strategies, vocabulary, walpole
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10 Websites, with Free resources, to Assist with CCSS Implementation
If you are looking for help with the implementation of Common Core, the websites listed below will help. Most include free curricular resources, well matched to the CCSS, that any educator can opt into and/or they can be used to … Continue reading
Posted in CCSS, Instructional Shifts, Professional Development
Tagged Angela Orr, CCSS, Common Core, curriculum, Edmodo, free, hamilton, Katie Anderson, resources, Scherr
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Literacy Unit Project, Session 3
Third through fifth grade teachers continued to make progress on developing literacy units, mapped to essential understandings, that stretch across all three grades. Those EUs have been finalized and include: How does conflict and compromise shape culture? How does setting … Continue reading
Dr. P. David Pearson: Implementing the CCSS: Comprehension, Close Reading, and the Common Core
Although Pearson acknowledges he’s had reservations about the implementation of the CCSS, he takes the time to outline specifically what he likes about the standards. You can see the list in the image below and by viewing the video presentation … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Professional Development
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, comprehension, Pearson, questions, schema
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November 4th Presentation Materials–with Pondiscio Video Links
As part of the November 4th Professional Learning Day, K-3 educators from 18 different sites gathered for a Core Knowledge Rendezvous. The day focused on a taped presentation by Robert Pondiscio (part 1 here and part 2 here) followed by … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Core Knowledge, notetaker, Prezi, Robert Pondiscio
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Core Task Project 