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Tag Archives: Close Reading
‘Amidst the Controversy’
During the question and answer portion of a speech given before the Strategic Data Project, College Board President David Coleman is asked, “Where is the Common Core right now amidst the controversy from the Tea Party?” The answer stretches from … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, College Board
Tagged Close Reading, College Board, David Coleman, Strategic Data Project, Tea Party
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Skimming vs. Close Reading/Critical Reading
In several video posts from Robert Schombs, viewers are introduced to critical reading and strategies to effectively use this close reading method. In the post here, Schombs juxtaposes critical reading and non-critical reading as illustrated in the graphic below. In … Continue reading
Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common Core
The original post with these materials became corrupted and the links would not open. Thanks for your patience as we rebuilt the links. On May 20th and 21st, educators moved through a new course offering—Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts, SBAC
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core Class, NAESP, NASBE, NASSP, NEA, performance task, Wiggins
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Social Studies Units Link
The 4th through 6th grade social studies units will all be completed by June 3rd and will be available at this link. The units all include close reads and integrate social studies and Common Core State Standards. You can view … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Content Knowledge, Informational Text
Tagged Close Reading, Close Reading Exemplar, Edmodo, Social Studies, units
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Sharing the Common Core with Parents
The World of Inquiry School has posted a video (here) of site educators moving parents through the Common Core State Standards. They start with having parents discuss page 7 of the introduction and then review two key learning targets: 1) … Continue reading
Close Reading and Poetry Inservice Course
University of Nevada Reno professor Dr. Steven Gerhke will be leading an inservice course on close reading and poetry this fall. Kindergarten through sixth grade teachers can take part in the class and learn more about performing close readings of … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, inservice, poetry, Steven Gerhke, UNR
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First Person Account of Close Reading
In a piece for Teachers.net, English teacher Sarah Powley describes her experience with close reading. She matches here experience from when she started as a novice educator to a veteran in noting the limitations of the materials she was using … Continue reading
Session 4 of Leading the Core
District administrators gathered for the fourth session of Leading the Core. The focus of this session was on teacher observations, close reading look fors, text-dependent questions and tools to build site capacity. All of the resources are posted in the … Continue reading
Core Task Project 