Aaron Grossman
Categories
- 21st Century Learning
- Academic Vocabulary
- Adult Education
- Anthology Alignment Project
- Basal Alignment Project
- CCSS
- CCSSO
- Classroom Management
- Close Reading
- College Board
- Common Core State Standards
- Complex Text
- Content Knowledge
- Core Shifts Blast
- Core Task Project
- CTiP
- Culturally Responsive Teaching
- DBQs
- Differentiation
- English Learners
- Informational Text
- Instructional Shifts
- Math
- NEA
- Nevada Ready!
- Next Generation Science Standards
- Parent University
- PreK
- Professional Development
- Read-aloud Alignment Project
- SBAC
- Social Emotional Learning
- Social Studies
- Student Achievement Partners
- text complexity
- Text-Dependent Questions
- Uncategorized
- Writing to Sources
Archives
- March 2022
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- June 2016
- May 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets
Tag Archives: CCSS
Nevada Students and Educators Describe Common Core
In a video posted here, a number of students and educators explain why they support the Common Core. The video was developed by the Nevada Ready! initiative, an effort by the Nevada Department of Education and the Nevada State Board … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, College and Career Readiness, Common Core, Nevada, NVACS
Leave a comment
Updated ‘Planning for the Core’ Templates
If you are planning for the next academic school year with an eye on the instructional shifts and attention to the Basal Alignment Project, Read Aloud Project, and the close read exemplars, the documents below will help. Each is a … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged BAP, CCSS, close reads, instructional shifts, planning, RAP, template, tool
Leave a comment
Core Task Project Shared on EdWeek Webinar
EdWeek generously allowed us to share the Core Task Project (CTP) with their community. During the one-hour webinar, the CTP was described including its history, resources used during implementation, and how it has moved from a three week professional learning … Continue reading
Posted in Core Task Project
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, EdWeek, instructional shifts, PARCC, PowerPoint, webinar
Leave a comment
WCSD Educators Share the Core Task implementation Project at IRA
Educators from Washoe County had the opportunity to present on the Core Task implementation Project (CTiP) at the International Reading Association’s Annual Conference in New Orleans. Their symposium focused on “Embracing the Common Core Shifts: An Inquiry-Driven Model for Sustainable Change.” … Continue reading
Posted in CTiP
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, instructional shifts, International Reading Association, IRA, PLC, Washoe
Leave a comment
New Materials Posted at 63000resources
Additional resources have been added to http://www.63000resources.com. As with everything at 63000resources, the items are free and well matched to a highly core aligned classroom. The materials include A syntax section where you will find an overview of “Juicy Sentences.” … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Gerhke, Jessie Leidy, juicy sentences, PowerPoint, syntax, text talk, UNR
Leave a comment
Strickland on Literacy and Early Education
Dorothy Strickland, a Validation Team Member, for the Common Core State Standards, testifies to the value of promoting literacy outcomes with young children. Strickland, Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Institute for Early Education Research and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor … Continue reading
Posted in PreK
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Dorothy Strickland, early literacy, PreK, PreK-3rd, validation team
Leave a comment
CCSS through the Lens of Social Emotional Learning
In a brief presentation just posted on Youtube, Dr. Nancy Markowitz makes the case that absent attention to Social Emotional Learning (SEL), student will be unable to meet the academic expectations of the Common Core. Dr. Markowitz builds her case … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged CASEL, CCSS, Common Core, Dr. Nancy Markowitz, P3, PreK-3rd, SEL, Self-Awareness
Leave a comment
Kindergarten Readiness Resources
Kindergarten teacher Haley Snyder has created a webpage detailing how parents can support their children with the Nevada Academic Content Standards/Common Core. There are three specific areas to help families including sections on, What is Common Core, Kindergarten Prep, and Parent & … Continue reading
Posted in CCSS
Tagged Alice Smith, CCSS, Common Core, Haley Snyder, Kindergarten, parents, Readiness, Washoe
Leave a comment
Washoe Shares CCSS Implementation Efforts with NV LCE
Several Washoe educators had the opportunity to describe the district’s implementation efforts around the Nevada Academic Content Standards and the Common Core to the Nevada Legislative Committee on Education. The presentation outlined how Washoe has leveraged free resources and internal professional … Continue reading
Posted in Nevada Ready!
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, CTP, Legislative Committee on Education, NACS, Social Studies, unit
Leave a comment
Superintendent of Public Instruction Erquiaga on Common Core
Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Dale Erquiaga was recently interviewed on KNPR’s State of Nevada. The interview provides context for why Nevada adopted the Common Core State Standards (minute 1:26), the potential impact on student learning (4:43), and some of … Continue reading
Posted in Nevada Ready!
Tagged assessment, CCSS, Common Core, Erquiaga, interview, Nevada Academic Content Standards
Leave a comment
Core Task Project 