Tag Archives: CCSS

CL’s Meet to Learn about SS Units and Evidence Guides

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Curriculum Leaders gathered to learn more about the Evidence Guides and social studies units for grades 4th through 6th. The units focus on important grade level outcomes from mining to Colonial America to Ancient Egypt. CLs reviewed one unit, Colonial … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Content Knowledge, Student Achievement Partners | Tagged ancient Egypt, CCSS, Colonial America, Common Core, Evidence Guides, instructional shifts, Nevada, social studies units, Student Achievement Partners, units | Leave a comment

Assessment and Instruction in the Era of CCSS

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

University of North Carolina Greensboro professor Dr. Karen Wixson shares a webinar on the CCSS and the instructional shifts. There are several key pieces of information that are worth reviewing including: a) the “claims” are driving the assessment and not … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Instructional Shifts, SBAC | Tagged CCSS, instructional shifts, Karen Wixson, North Carolina, performance task, webinar | Leave a comment

Educators Work through CTP Materials

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

At Teach Fest, Learnzillion educators worked through elements of the Core Task Project. They talked about the close reading strategy, identified features of complex text and studied the guide to writing text-dependent questions. The Powerpoint can be found here and … Continue reading →

Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts | Tagged 2013, 3rd grade, CCSS, Close Reading Exemplar, Learnzillion, San Francisco, SAP, Teachfest | Leave a comment

Reflecting on the Anthology Alignment Project

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Cristal Cisneros, the SIOP and Curriculum Implementation Specialist at Dilworth STEM Academy, shares her experience with the Anthology Alignment Project (AAP). The AAP is a collaborative effort, across districts, to align grade 6-10 anthologies in a manner similar to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Basal Alignment Project, Common Core State Standards, Student Achievement Partners | Tagged AAP, Anthology Alignment Project, CCSS, Cristal Cisneros, Dilworth, Washoe County School District | Leave a comment

Sharing the Common Core with Parents

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The World of Inquiry School has posted a video (here) of site educators moving parents through the Common Core State Standards. They start with having parents discuss page 7 of the introduction and then review two key learning targets: 1) … Continue reading →

Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, Instructional Shifts, Text-Dependent Questions | Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, instructional shifts, parents, World of Inquiry School | Leave a comment

A “Chat” on Close Reading

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

LPS Elementary instructional coaches have started a series of Youtube videos around close reading and the Common Core (here). The first video was shared last week with the promise that more are to follow. In the first video, the presenters … Continue reading →

Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards | Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, douglas fisher, Liz Barton, LPS Elementary, video | 1 Comment

Evidence Guides for CCSS Implementation

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

At the April 19th Administrative and Supervisory Meeting, district leaders explored the CCSS Guides for Planning and Practice. Developed by Student Achievement Partners, the guides aim “to provide concrete examples of what the Common Core State Standards for English Language … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Informational Text, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, Text-Dependent Questions, Writing to Sources | Tagged CCSS, Danielson Group, Evidence Guides, instructional shifts, Student Achievement Partners | 3 Comments

School Psychologists Review Shift 1

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

School district psychologist learned more about the “instructional shifts” with specific attention to shift 1—building a coherent body of knowledge with rich non-fiction text. The videos, which included a review of a MetaMetrics study and a presentation by Robert Pondiscio, … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Content Knowledge, Instructional Shifts, NEA, Student Achievement Partners | Tagged CCSS, Cohesive body of knowledge, Common Core State Standards, informational text, Robert Pondiscio, shift 1 | Leave a comment

Wagner’s 21st Century Learning Skills and the CCSS

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Teach Indy has helpfully posted a professional development video that overviews the Common Core State Standards, the instructional shifts, and several PARCC performance tasks here. In addition to the aforementioned, the presenters in the video make explicit connections between Tony … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Instructional Shifts | Tagged 21st Century Learning, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, communication, imagination, PARCC, performance tasks, Tony Wagner | Leave a comment

Flipped PD

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Sheleen DeLockery, working in School District 62 in Illinois, has put together the following flipped professional development around the ELA “instructional shifts” (here). Sheleen moves viewers through the shifts using video content and print resources and she has all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Instructional Shifts | Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, District 62, Illinois, Sheleen DeLockery | Leave a comment