Aaron Grossman
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Advancing Literacy Practice with the Core 7/22&7/23
Washoe educators worked through the last summer session of the inservice course Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common Core. This is the fourth posting about the course and you can access many of the materials included in the session here. … Continue reading
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Tagged Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, David Pearson, Evidence Guides, Joe Wilhoft, SAP, SBAC
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Changes to Nevada Education
The Las Vegas Sun has written an article describing the changes to state law, now that the current legislative session has ended, that will impact what we do in our classrooms. This includes new graduation requirements, new class size ratios, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Doughman, class size, Common Core, ELL, HSPE, Kindergarten, Las Vegas Sun
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Nevada CRT Practice on Edmodo
If you have been looking for the Standard of the Week resource, you can find it on Edmodo using code krdoxd. (New Edmodo users can access it using these directions.) Please note, the resource is matched to parts of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, CRT, Nevada, practice, State Test
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CRT Instructional Materials
The Nevada Department of Education released instructional materials matched to the 2012-2013 state tests. You can access them here.
What Principals Need to Successfully Implement CCSS
Mel Riddile, in a piece for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, describes the skills school leaders will need in order to be successfully implement the CCSS. Riddile highlights a number of ideas including “Students will be expected to … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, implementation, NASSP, Riddile
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The Brain on Close Reading
Those of you who are employing the close reading strategy in your classroom may find this Standford news article interesting (here). Researches are demonstrating that close reading increases neural activity and “how cognition is shaped not just by what we … Continue reading
The WCSD Writing Philosphy
Washoe’s 7-12 ELA Program Coordinator, Kim Cuevas, was instrumental in crafting and sharing a “Writing Philosophy” within the district. The document has eight elements including the importance of teachers using a mentor text, graphic organizers, and conferencing with their students. … Continue reading
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Tagged conferencing, elements, graphic organizers, Kim Cuevas, mentor text, WCSD, Writing Philosophy
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GE Conference Materials from July 19th
Below are the materials we shared at the 2012 GE Developing Futures In Education Conference in Orlando, Florida. The purpose of the presentation was to assist districts in their implementation of the Common Core. PowerPoint presentation for morning and afternoon … Continue reading
Striving Readers July 17th Materials
Thanks for those who could take part in the Striving Readers Professional Learning Day on July 17th. Below are the resources we used including instructions on how to access the Basal Alignment Project materials. Basal Alignment Project instructions PowerPoint for … Continue reading
Core Task Project 