Aaron Grossman
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Tag Archives: CCSS
UNR Students Explore the Instructional Shifts and IPGs
Students at the University of Nevada, Reno explored content, matched to the Common Core, in order to develop an understanding of the “role of the teacher in curriculum development and implementation.” Dr. Margaret Ferrara’s preservice teachers worked through David Coleman’s … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged CCSS, Coleman, Common Core, Ferrara, instructional practice guides, IPGs, PowerPoint, university of nevada reno, UNR
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Social Emotional Learning
In a TEDx speech shared at the University of Nevada, Reno, Trish Shaffer describes the importance and value of Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Shaffer highlights studies that demonstrate the academic value of using SEL strategies in the classroom. Shaffer argues … Continue reading
Valuing the ‘Non-Cognitive Dimensions’ of Students
In January, College Board President David Coleman shared a vision for making sure more low-income students are allowed to take part in higher education. The video is linked here and you can hear Coleman outline this effort as part of … Continue reading
Posted in College Board, Social Emotional Learning
Tagged CCSS, College Board, David Coleman, Determination, Grit, Khan, Resilience, Social Emotional Learning
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New Close Reading Exemplar: We are the Ship
Cathy Schmidt, Elementary Training Coordinator with Striving Readers, has written the following close reading exemplar for an excerpt from Kadir Nelson’s book, “We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.” We currently have the exemplar tagged to the … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading
Tagged 3rd, 4th, 5th, baseball, Cathy Schmidt, CCSS, Close Reading, Exemplar, negro league, Nelson
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Common Core Exemplar Videos and Free Lesson Plans
Washoe County School District teachers Loree Gerboth and Sara Holm were filmed for a project developed by America Achieves with videos being created to provide examples of what Common Core looks like in the classroom. The videos by Gerboth and … Continue reading
Posted in Instructional Shifts
Tagged America Achieves, annotations, CCSS, Common Core Videos, Gerboth, Holm, instructional shifts, lesson plans, Washoe, WCSD
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Administrative and Supervisory Meeting, January 24th 2014
At the winter Administrative & Supervisory meeting, governance worked through content matched to the Instructional Practice Guides and the Common Core. This included a focus on writing, within the context of CCSS, and Core Action 2—employ questions and tasks that … Continue reading
Gaining Access to the Read Aloud Project for K-2
Educators, from throughout the country, are gathered in Las Vegas to train on the Read Aloud Project (RAP). RAP is an effort to create Common Core-aligned lessons for K-2 picture, informational, and chapter books. Lessons include text-dependent questions, Language exploration, … Continue reading
Free Programs to Help Students Learn to Type
As many of you know, portions of the 2014-2015 PARCC and SBAC assessments will require students to type their responses to questions. (You can take the SBAC practice test here.) Consequently, there is a renewed push to help students become … Continue reading
Posted in CCSS, SBAC
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, elementary, free, keyboarding, PARCC, SBAC, tutorial, typing
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Vocabulary and Complex Texts
Dr. Freddy Hiebert, in a video webinar posted here, explains the importance of vocabulary in determining the complexity of text. Hiebert notes that ten percent of the words in text are considered complex with text, used to inform, having a … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, text complexity
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core, free resource, Hiebert, lesson, Shift 6
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Blue Friday, A Focus on Writing
Implementation Specialists, site coaches, and personnel from district departments gathered to review content that will be shared with elementary schools on February 5th. The focus for the 5th is on writing with professional learning around Dr. Louisa Moats, the writing … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged BAP, blue friday, CCSS, Common Core, In Common, scaffolded writing, Shift 5
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Core Task Project 