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Tag Archives: Common Core State Standards
Instructional Move 1: Text at the Center of Instruction
Positioning text so that it is at the center of instruction is challenging, to say the least. Thus, as part of Core Task Project and Core Task implementation Project trainings, specific moves have been integrated to assist with this goal. The first … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Management, Complex Text
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, CTiP, CTP, signals, text talk
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Instructional Move 5: Teaching Conflict & Characterization
Jon Corippo, Apple Distinguised Educator and Google Certified Teacher, describes how he teaches students to identify the five types of conflict within text. Begin watching Corippo’s explanation at minute 9:55 for full context or at minute 12:25 if you simply … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning
Tagged Apple, CCSS, characterization, Common Core State Standards, conflict, Corippo, Google
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Instructional Move Number 10: Cold Call
“Cold Call” is outlined in Doug Lemov’s book Teach Like a Champion. The move involves calling on students whether they have their hands up or not. The technique has the advantages of keeping the pace of the class moving, increasing … Continue reading
CTP at ToPPP Grant Showcase
The ToPPP Grant Showcase, a 13-member consortium in Washinton, D.C., is featuring school leaders, partner organizations, teachers, representatives from PARCC and the Core Task Project. They have gathered these educators to spur dialogue around the question: How can collaboration support … Continue reading
Posted in Core Task Project
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, CTP, PARCC, Washington D.C.
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The Business Roundtable and their Endorsement of CCSS
The Business Roundtable and their Endorsement of CCSS If you have wondered why the business community has endorsed the Common Core, you can learn why in a video posted here. At minute 21:10, Scott Fast, Executive Director of Accenture Foundation … Continue reading
Writing Instruction and the Common Core
If you have questions about writing and the Common Core, the following LearnZillion webinar will help. Joey Hawkins, the founder of the Vermont Writing Collaborative and author of Writing For Understanding: Using Backward Design To Help All Students Write Effectively, … Continue reading
Common Core Site Updated
If it has been some time since you visited http://www.corestandards.org, it is worth returning. The website has been revamped and now includes more targeted areas including a specific section for parents. Further, the site is more comprehensive with answers to … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSSO, Common Core State Standards, myths and facts, NGA, parents, resources, website
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Sunday Videos and Reads
Listed below are a few things that might help with your Common Core implementation efforts. (And keep you busy on a Sunday afternoon) The California Department of Education has produced the following seven-minute video that explains how to read the … Continue reading
Common Core Aligned Discussion Lessons
Teachers in the Northern Nevada Teaching American History Project have developed a number of Common Core aligned Discussion Lessons. The lessons can be downloaded by visiting http://www.projecttahoe.org and clicking on the Teacher Resource link. Each lesson posted on the page implements … Continue reading
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged 19th Century America, Civil Rights, Civil War (Prewar- Reconstruction), Colonial America, Common Core State Standards, Depression Era, Early Constitutional Issues, Federalism, Individual Rights vs. The Common Good, Modern Issues, Post WWII- Cold War, The 1920s, Vietnam, WWII
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‘Simplifying the ELA Common Core; Demystifying Curriculum’
In a piece for the Kappa Delta Pi Record, Mike Schmoker and Carol Jago describe how you can break through the myriad ELA/literacy standards and immediately get of the “essence” of CCSS. In short, this involves focusing on “simple ‘instructional … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, curriculum, ELA, Jago, Schmoker, shifts
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Core Task Project 