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Tag Archives: Close Reading Strategy
Washoe Educators Finish Day 2 of the CTP-ESL Pilot
K-12 ESL teachers finished Day 2 of the CTP-ESL pilot. Their hard work is allowing Curriculum and Instruction to integrate WIDA into Core Task Project trainings. Further, they are identifying appropriate scaffolds to allow all learners to engage in the … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, English Learners
Tagged Close Reading Strategy, Core Task Project, CTP, Dawn Adams, ESL, Exemplars, K-12, Karen Perisho, Pete Cobin, SAP, scaffolds, WIDA
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Lafayette School District Trains on the Core Task Project
Linked below are the materials shared with K-5 educators in Lafayette, California. Participants took part in the Core Task Project during their professional development day on October 8th. The purpose of the presentation was to assist Lafayette in its implementation of … Continue reading
Washoe Teachers Pilot CTP-ESL
On Monday, the ESL & World Language Department partnered with the Curriculum & Instruction Department on the Core Task Project-ESL. The hope of this endeavor is to identity appropriate scaffolds for ELs, when employing the close reading strategy, and use … Continue reading
Posted in CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts, text complexity, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged Close Reading Exemplars, Close Reading Strategy, Core Task Project-ESL, CTP, CTP-ESL, David Coleman, English Learners, ESL, Karen Perisho, Pete Cobin Dawn Adams
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What is Close Reading?
What is Close Reading? Answer here.
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
Analyzing Texts: “Text Talk Time”
Teaching Channel recently posted this video in which the teacher facilitates a conversation around a careful analysis of a text. In “Text Talk Time,” children drive the discussion and answer their peers’ questions. Ms. Brewer, the teacher in the video, … Continue reading
“Keep it or Junk it” an ESL Perspective
Dr. Pete Cobin, ELL Consultant with Washoe County School District, reviewed the lesson “Keep it or Junk it” and shared the following: There are two things in particular that I noticed. The emphasis on “What are you thinking? How do … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, English Learners, Instructional Shifts, text complexity, Text-Dependent Questions
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Close Reading Strategy, Common Core State Standards, EL, ESL, instructional shifts, Peter Cobin
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“Keep it or Junk it”
Teaching Channel has posted a video that employs principles of the Close Reading Strategy. In the lesson, 5th grade teacher Jennifer Brouhard has her students identifying key concepts in the text with specific attention to vocabulary. You can access the … Continue reading
David Liben’s Keynote Address before the VSC
David Liben, in a keynote address (here) before the Vermont State Colleges (VSC), addresses a number of key parts of the Common Core including the history of the CCSS, the research on which it is based, and the importance of … Continue reading
Washoe Educators Describe the Core Task Project
This summer, Washoe County teachers volunteered to have their voices recorded so they could share their experiences with the Core Task Project. Thank you to Ann Warren, Kim Price, Loree Gerboth, Jodie Westmont, Linnea Wolters, and Curtis Coney. To watch … Continue reading
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