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Tag Archives: BAP
Communications Leaders Meeting September 18, 2012
Washoe’s K-6 Communication Leaders attended their first ELA meeting and learned what efforts are being supported to align literacy instruction to the Common Core State Standards. Areas of emphasis included the Basal Alignment Project, the Core Task Project, and the Close … Continue reading
Assistant Principals and Deans A&S Meeting, September 17 2012
District Assistant Principals and Deans gathered Monday to learn more about specific initiatives. Included was a short K-6 session on “Aligning “Literacy Instruction to the CCSS.” A&S Aligning Literacy Instruction PowerPoint Aligning Literacy Instruction to the CCSS Handout Messaging and … Continue reading
Washoe Starts the 6th Grade Basal Alignment Project
Under the stewardship of staff from Curriculum & Instruction and the Striving Readers Grant, Washoe County has started a 6th grade version of the Basal Alignment Project. The process is just beginning with a completion date of December 2012 having … Continue reading
Core Shift Blast: Shifting with the BAP
The Core Shift Blast was emailed this morning. You can subscribe to it by emailing Torrey Palmer at TFPalmer@washoeschools.net. You can retrieve previous blasts by clicking here. This week the primary focus is on the Basal Alignment Project (BAP). A … Continue reading
NCTQ and the BAP
The National Council on Teacher Quality posted on the Basal Alignment Project this week. Rob Rickenbrode, writing for the NCTQ describes, the BAP as an “innovative and elegant workaround to the problem” of having basal materials not aligned to the CCSS. … Continue reading
Presentation materials from 9/7 before IS’s
On Friday, K-6 ELA staff from C&I focused on “Aligning Literacy Instruction to the CCSS.” They looked at Learning Outcomes outlined in the standards, current PL and PD offerings from C&I, and reviewed the Basal Alignment Project. Below are the … Continue reading
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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EdWeek Reports on Basal Alignment Project
Catherine Gewertz, of EdWeek, reports on the Basal Alignment Project (here). If you are trying to access these resources, click here.
The Louisiana BAP Experience
As many of you know, the Basal Alignment Project involved districts coming together to work towards the same outcome: assisting teachers in taking current materials and more closely aligning them to the Common Core. Whitney Whealdon, an English Language Arts … Continue reading
Pictorial Guide to Accessing BAP Materials
If you are having difficulty accessing the Basal Alignment Project materials you may want to use this pictorial guide (here). It includes a more thorough set of directions that moves you through registering, finding the BAP group, and locating the … Continue reading
Posted in Basal Alignment Project, Common Core State Standards
Tagged BAP, Basal Alignment Project, CCSS, Guide, SAP
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Core Task Project 