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Tag Archives: CCSS
David Liben and Vocabulary Research
David Liben, from Student Achievement Partners, will be in Reno on August 20th and 21st working with Washoe educators around Common Core implementation. As we countdown to his arrival, the following article (here), on the CCSS vocabulary research base, may … Continue reading
Resources from the Collaborating for Success Conference
Linked below are the materials shared at the Collaborating for Success Conference in San Francisco Bay on August 14th and 15th, 2012. Presentation Materials Engaging Teachers in the Shifts PowerPoint Packet Materials Additional Resources Day 1 PowerPoint for the CTP 1.0
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading Exemplars, Coleman, Common Core State Standards, Fisher, instructional shifts, Lazarus, SAP, Shanahan, Student Achievement Partners, Text Complexity, text-dependent questions, WestEd
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K-5 Text Genre Map
Denise Alterio, Judy Carr and Lynn Miler, working for the Sullivan County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, has created the following genre map (here). The map describes the elements of Shift 1—a balance of informational and literary text.
Martinez’s Administrators Retreat Presentation
During his presentation at the Administrators Retreat this week, new Washoe County Superintendent Pedro Martinez makes mention of the Common Core at minute 35:50 (here). The CCSS reference fits within a larger context in which Martinez asks how we can … Continue reading
Vertical Progression of Standards
Maine has created K-12 vertical progression documents for each of the ELA strands. The stands and the accompanying documents are linked below. Reading K-12 Vertical Progression Informational Text / Literature Writing K-12 Vertical Progression Speaking & Listening K-12 Vertical Progression … Continue reading
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
5 Myths about the Common Core
Robert Rothman, writing for the Harvard Education Letter, describes five myths about the Common Core. He notes: Perhaps the main idea of the Common Core ELA standards is the notion that students should read increasingly complex texts in order to be prepared … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Content Knowledge
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Complex Text, myths
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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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Opportunities for English Learners in the CCSS ELA
In a paper, as part of Stanford University’s Understand Language series (here) authors George C. Bunch, Amanda Kibler, and Susan Pimentel describe, for those “collectively responsible for education of English Learners,” what has to be done so the CCSS are … Continue reading
An Open Letter from Washoe Basal Alignment Project Contributors
In a letter addressed to their colleagues (here), Washoe educators, who participated in the Basal Alignment Project, share their experience and describe the implications for our students. They highlight the challenge of the BAP including identifying major themes, important academic … Continue reading
Core Task Project 