Aaron Grossman
Categories
- 21st Century Learning
- Academic Vocabulary
- Adult Education
- Anthology Alignment Project
- Basal Alignment Project
- CCSS
- CCSSO
- Classroom Management
- Close Reading
- College Board
- Common Core State Standards
- Complex Text
- Content Knowledge
- Core Shifts Blast
- Core Task Project
- CTiP
- Culturally Responsive Teaching
- DBQs
- Differentiation
- English Learners
- Informational Text
- Instructional Shifts
- Math
- NEA
- Nevada Ready!
- Next Generation Science Standards
- Parent University
- PreK
- Professional Development
- Read-aloud Alignment Project
- SBAC
- Social Emotional Learning
- Social Studies
- Student Achievement Partners
- text complexity
- Text-Dependent Questions
- Uncategorized
- Writing to Sources
Archives
- March 2022
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- June 2016
- May 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets
Tag Archives: Common Core State Standards
Big Ideas Underlying the Common Core
In a piece for EdWeek, Sarah Sparks reports on the research “infusing” Common Core. The story is a reminder that many of the practices we currently employ remain completely appropriate. It also serves as a reminder that some things may … Continue reading
Cautions about CCSS Implementation
In an archived webinar, educational consultant and author Grant Wiggins provides two key cautions as educators work with the Common Core. The first of these stem from a teacher’s temptation to over scaffold for children (minute 11:00). He argues that to … Continue reading
An Authentic Close Read
In a video on Youtube, a teacher posted her use of the close reading strategy with Martin Luther King’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” The video is as authentic as you can get with students wrestling with a series of … Continue reading
Linking Instruction and Assessment
During the Hug Vertical meeting, we facilitated a conversation linking the “instructional shifts” and SBAC, to sound assessment and classroom practices. Explicit in the message is that the shifts enable us to reach the standards, the coming 2014-2015 assessment and materials … Continue reading
6th Grade Teachers Train on Shift 1 and the BAP
On Election Day, 6th grade middle school teachers gathered to learn more about Shift 1—building a coherent body of knowledge—and the Basal Alignment Project. The 6th grade BAP code for Edmodo is 4k33tz. If you are unfamiliar with Edmodo, you … Continue reading
The BAP in Boston Public Schools
The following post is written by Sandra Bergantz, a 5th grade teacher in the Boston Public Schools. Sandra worked in Washoe last year and attended the Title Core Task Project trainings in May. She is using the Basal Alignment Project … Continue reading
North Carolina’s Live Binder
With some frequency, this blog links to resources developed by North Carolina. For example the Progression View (here), the ELA Text Exemplars document (here) and a letter from David Burleson (here) are all items that support the move to the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Live Binder, NC, North Carolina, progressions, video
Leave a comment
CTP Shared at San Francisco Bay Area CCSS Summit
Contra Costa County Office of Education hosted the San Francisco Bay Area Common Core State Standards Summit. The conference, titled, “Next steps to the Common Core: Approaches to Implementation,” focused on critical topics related to the CCSS. You can click here … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged Bill Honig, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, CTP, Hung-Hsi Wu, Kathy Glass
1 Comment
District Personnel Train on Shift 1
Instructional coaches from throughout the district gathered to review the importance of building a coherent body of knowledge. Attendees watched the following review of the MetaMetrics study measuring what children read from high school to college to career (here). This … Continue reading
Text Complexity: 7 Actions to Take Right Now
Through the following webinar (here), Dr. Freddy Hiebert, researcher and member of the Common Core State Standards advisory committee, outlines seven actions educators can take to engage children with complex text. She draws the listeners’ attention to the consciousness of … Continue reading
Core Task Project 