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Tag Archives: Core Shift Blast
Core Shift Blast 9: English Learners and the Common Core
A new Core Shift Blast is available and the focus is on strategies to allow English Learners access to the Common Core. This includes a Position Statement from the ELL Department on the role of close reading and its value … Continue reading
The Last Core Shift Blast of 2012
The final Core Shift Blast of 2012 has been shared. This week the focus is on work currently in place to support the move to the CCSS as well as a list of future offerings. If you are not a … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Shift Blast, CTP, Torrey Palmer
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Text Complexity and Emergent and Early Readers
Are you curious about increasing rigor and text complexity for emergent and early readers? Core Shift Blast 6 offers some help in this area and includes field notes from Sun Valley kindergarten teacher Laurie Johns. Click here to read the … Continue reading
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Tagged Core Shift Blast, emergent readers, Laurie Johns, Text Complexity, Torrey Palmer
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Engaging Students with Complex Text
Torrey Palmer shared Core Shift Blast number 5 today and you can download it here. The focus this week is on engaging students with complex text. Practitioners, who have been using “Text Talk Time” in their classroom, may find the … Continue reading
Core Shift Blast September 25, 2012
The Core Shift Blast was sent today and it includes an excellent overview of the Basal Alignment Project and the Core Task Project. Corrin Cathcart, a fifth grade teacher at Brown Elementary, describes her experience with the BAP rewrites and … Continue reading
Core Shift Blast: Shifting with the BAP
The Core Shift Blast was emailed this morning. You can subscribe to it by emailing Torrey Palmer at TFPalmer@washoeschools.net. You can retrieve previous blasts by clicking here. This week the primary focus is on the Basal Alignment Project (BAP). A … Continue reading
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