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Tag Archives: Complex Text
7 Word Facts and Implications for Instruction
In a presentation for Reading Plus, University of California professor and http://www.textproject.org founder Dr. Elfrieda H. Hiebert shares her “best stuff” around vocabulary and the Common Core (video here and Powerpoint here). Below are some highlights from her speech entitled, … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary
Tagged academic vocabulary, Complex Text, Dr. Hiebert, strategies, word families
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Diagnosing Breakdowns in Comprehension
It a video discussion for Reading Rockets, panelists Isabel Beck, Nanci Bell, and Sharon Walpole discuss the components for reading comprehension and share strategies to promote student learning with this outcome. At minute 3:27, Dr. Walpole explains where breakdowns in … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged beck, bell, CCSS, Complex Text, comprehension, strategies, vocabulary, walpole
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Complex Text and Annotating with Technology
Tracy Watanabe has created a post describing strategies to help students navigate complex text. The post begins with an overview of text complexity followed by resources to scaffold students to successfully working with this outcome–with suggestions for integrating technology. She … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning
Tagged 21st Century Learning, annotating, Close Reading, Complex Text, iPad
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How “Integration” Makes these Standards Different
Common Core State Standards work team member and CEO of http://www.textproject.org Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert takes two minutes, in the video here, to address the integration of CCSS into classroom practice. She describes a key difference between the CCSS and state … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Complex Text, Hiebert, reading, speaking, work team, writing
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Multiple Texts with Close Reading
Dr. Timothy Shanahan responds to a teacher’s question about using multiple texts with the close reading method (here) He notes that once you have read a text closely “then it is perfectly reasonable to wonder about how this work connects … Continue reading
Posted in Close Reading
Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, compare, Complex Text, contrast, Shanahan
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Complex Text: It’s Complicated
Laura Varlas shares a piece for Education Update on the importance of text complexity and strategies for accessing standard 10 (here). She underscores the importance of keeping instruction anchored in the text with these notes: Instructional time: Complex texts take time, … Continue reading
In 77 Seconds: Accessible vs. Dumbed-Down Text
Dr. Freddy Hiebert takes literally 77 seconds to compare accessible and dumbed-down text. She notes that dumbed-down text relies on short sentences, bizarre topics , and phonetically regular words. This is contrasted with assessable text that Hiebert defines as complex … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Complex Text
Tagged assessable text, Complex Text, dumbed-down text, Hiebert
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Shanahan on CCSS Policy (Webinar)
Text Project has posted a free webinar on the Common Core with CCSS Work Team member Dr. Timothy Shanahan (here). Shanahan moves viewers through some familiar stuff including the genesis of CCSS and the “Big Changes to ELA.” The changes … Continue reading
What Principals Need to Successfully Implement CCSS
Mel Riddile, in a piece for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, describes the skills school leaders will need in order to be successfully implement the CCSS. Riddile highlights a number of ideas including “Students will be expected to … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, implementation, NASSP, Riddile
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