The Basal Alignment Project has gone live. As described in the press release, “Dozens of freely-available, revised questions and tasks for widely used 3rd-5th grade texts in basal reading series. Click here to sign up on Edmodo. Use code ‘etuyrm’ to join BAP group.”
A number of Washoe educators participated in the project and their hard work enabled us to take part in the effort.
This summer, Washoe County teachers volunteered to have their voices recorded so they could share their experiences with the Core Task Project. Thank you to Ann Warren, Kim Price, Loree Gerboth, Jodie Westmont, Linnea Wolters, and Curtis Coney.
To watch the video, click here.
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 sessions.
Agenda for what was covered during the sessions including Essential Questions and Objectives.
Notetaker participants used during the presentation.
The CTP packet and summary statement that was shared.
Additional Resources
Brief Guide to Writing Text-Dependent Questions written by Student Achievement Partners.
Notetaker for video in which David Coleman describes the Close Reading Strategy.
For those unfamiliar with the “instructional shifts” this notetaker, linked to a speech by David Coleman, describes what will shift instructionally to meet the new CCSS outcomes.
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 July 17th including links to video content (e.g. Sandra Alberti of SAP)
Notetaker for video content and presentation materials
Whatifs Close Reading exemplar with questions
Core Task Project 