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Tag Archives: Common Core
PSA on the Common Core State Standards
The Council of Great City Schools has created several Public Service Announcements around the Common Core. Described as an explanation of the CCSS, the videos are an approachable way to give parents and community member’s context for why the CCSS … Continue reading
Publisher’s Criteria Webinar
The Council of Great City School and Student Achievement Partners hosted a webinar describing the Common Core State Standards Publisher’s Criteria (here). You can download the criteria for K-2 here and for 3-12 here. The webinar highlights key features of … Continue reading
Thinking Common Core Scoop.it! Page
If you haven’t found the Scoop.it! page “Thinking Common Core,” you may want to take a few minutes to visit. Recent links include video on improving discourse in the classroom, updates on the 2014-2015 CCSS assessments, and strategies for successfully … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged assessment, Cathy Schmidt, CCSS, Common Core, discourse, implementation, Scoop.it!, video
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CTP Goes to Hawaii
The Core Task Project was shared in Hawaii—regretfully the person writing this post couldn’t go with. Participants walked through the CTP with the same content explored here and here. You can retrieve what was shared in Hawaii in the links … Continue reading
Posted in Core Task Project
Tagged Close Reading Exemplars, Common Core, Core Task Project, CTP, Hawaii, Learning, Professional Development
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America Achieves Films in Reno
America Achieves is in Reno filming our peers implementing the Common Core. Educators selected for the filming included Loree Gerboth, Chris Hayes, Michelle Herschbach, Sara Holm, Kim Price, Janelle Turnier, and Jodie Westmont. America Achieves hopes to have the video … Continue reading
The read-aloud and Common Core
In a piece for Educational Leadership, William Himmele and Pérsida Himmele describe the important of read-alouds in the Common Core. This includes a chance to introduce more nonfiction to students and to build a “bank of academic vocabulary.” You can … Continue reading
Close Reading
Erica Beaton has put together the following Prezi on Close Reading. As you flip through the presentation, explicit connections are made from this instructional approach to the standards, to the 2014-2015 assessment and to College and Career Readines Erica has … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, College and Career Readiness, Common Core, Erica Beaton, SBAC
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K-2 Edmodo Resource Folder Added
Kindergarten Program Coordinator, Kacey Edgington, has created an Edmodo folder for those working with early literacy outcomes. You will find a number of helpful resources aligned to K-2 outcomes and you will be able to participate in conversations related to … Continue reading
Guidance for the ELA Common Core
The International Reading Association recently released a document entitled “Literacy Implementation Guidance for the ELA Common Core State Standards” (here). The document was created to contend with “confusion” and “conflicting messages” governing the implementation of the CCSS. Among the recommendations: … Continue reading
Core Task Project 