Tag Archives: Common Core State Standards

The Core Shift Blast is Back!

The Core Shift Blast is back! Authored by K-6 ELA Program Coordinator Torrey Palmer, the blast provides insights into the Common Core so educators have an acute sense of what it takes to align instruction to the CCSS. The first … Continue reading

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Sierra Vista & Westergard Train on the Basal Alignment Project

Sierra Vista and Westergard trained on the Basal Alignment Project today. Listed below are the resources used for the training as well as other materials referenced during the 90-minute session. Training Materials BAP Training PowerPoint Tomas and the Library Lady Questions Pictorial … Continue reading

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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

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EdWeek Reports on Basal Alignment Project

Catherine Gewertz, of EdWeek, reports on the Basal Alignment Project (here). If you are trying to access these resources, click here.

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Resources from the Collaborating for Success Conference

Linked below are the materials shared at the Collaborating for Success Conference in San Francisco Bay on August 14th and 15th, 2012. Presentation Materials Engaging Teachers in the Shifts PowerPoint Packet Materials Additional Resources Day 1 PowerPoint for the CTP 1.0

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K-5 Text Genre Map

Denise Alterio, Judy Carr and Lynn Miler, working for the Sullivan County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, has created the following genre map (here). The map describes the elements of Shift 1—a balance of informational and literary text.

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Martinez’s Administrators Retreat Presentation

During his presentation at the Administrators Retreat this week, new Washoe County Superintendent Pedro Martinez makes mention of the Common Core at minute 35:50 (here).  The CCSS reference fits within a larger context in which Martinez asks how we can … Continue reading

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Vertical Progression of Standards

Maine has created K-12 vertical progression documents for each of the ELA strands. The stands and the accompanying documents are linked below. Reading K-12 Vertical Progression Informational Text / Literature Writing K-12 Vertical Progression Speaking & Listening K-12 Vertical Progression … Continue reading

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Opportunities for English Learners in the CCSS ELA

In a paper, as part of Stanford University’s Understand Language series (here) authors George C. Bunch, Amanda Kibler, and Susan Pimentel describe, for those “collectively responsible for education of English Learners,” what has to be done so the CCSS are … Continue reading

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Six = Three: The Shifts Described Two Ways

When the Office of Academics shared the instructional shifts last October with K-8 principals, we used several items made available through EngageNY. EngageNY produced videos around the shifts that included interviews with lead ELA author David Coleman;  close reading exemplars; and … Continue reading

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