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Tag Archives: Close Reading
Core Task implementation Project Session 4, Grades 3-5
The 4th session of CTiP for Grades 3rd through 5th focused on syntax and a look at the Language Standards. The session was like the other January sessions but with a closer look at assessment items similar to those students will see on … Continue reading
Dr. P. David Pearson: Implementing the CCSS: Comprehension, Close Reading, and the Common Core
Although Pearson acknowledges he’s had reservations about the implementation of the CCSS, he takes the time to outline specifically what he likes about the standards. You can see the list in the image below and by viewing the video presentation … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Professional Development
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, comprehension, Pearson, questions, schema
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Session 2 Materials from Literacy Unit Project
Teachers in grade 3rd through 5th gathered for the second session of the Literacy Unit Project. The aim of this endeavor is to have two to four units, matched to Enduring Understandings that stretch across all three grades, by the … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged Close Reading, Common Core, ELA, Literacy Units, PowerPoint, Rubric
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Core Task Project Instructional Moves Sourcebook
Over the course of the last three years, as teachers asked for assistance with the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, three questions consistently came up: What is the research that governs why we are being asked to shift … Continue reading
Instructional Move 3: You, Y’all, We
This is more food for thought than anything else. We have all become familiar with the approach “I, We, You.” That is, the teacher introduces a new concept and demonstrates how to do it—the I. Next, children work together on … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Management
Tagged BAP, Close Reading, Common Core, I we you, Read Aloud Project, Willingham, you y'all we
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Instructional Move 4: Close Reading
Three years ago, as I started my first work around close reading, Google searches revealed almost nothing. There were a couple of videos and some books but none of these were created specifically for a K-12 audience. Now, of course, there is … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading
Tagged Aspen Institute, Close Reading, Edmodo, example, Exemplar, Guide, History, king, PowerPoint, Social Studies, video
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Lemov’s 4 Imperatives of the Common Core
The New Schools Venture Fund hosted a conference on Common Core and included a session titled, Teaching Literacy in the New World of CCSS (video linked here). At minute 4:11 Doug Lemov, managing director of Uncommon Schools and author of … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, harder, nonfiction, pondiscio. lemov, uncommon schools
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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
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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
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Complex Text and Annotating with Technology
Tracy Watanabe has created a post describing strategies to help students navigate complex text. The post begins with an overview of text complexity followed by resources to scaffold students to successfully working with this outcome–with suggestions for integrating technology. She … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning
Tagged 21st Century Learning, annotating, Close Reading, Complex Text, iPad
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Core Task Project 