Tag Archives: Exemplar

Session 3 Materials from DC CTP

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Educators in Washington, D.C. gathered for the third session of the DC Core Task Project. Session three focused on text complexity, text-dependent questions, and crafting questions to the Malcolm Xs speech, Message to the Grass Roots You can access all of the … Continue reading →

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Instructional Move 4: Close Reading

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Three years ago, as I started my first work around close reading, Google searches revealed almost nothing. There were a couple of videos and some books but none of these were created specifically for a K-12 audience. Now, of course, there is … Continue reading →

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Social Studies Close Read Exemplars Get a New Link!

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Periodically, Edmodo switches things up and the links to the social studies close reading exemplars change. If you have been struggling accessing, a) it’s not our fault –at least we don’t think it is and b) you can now use … Continue reading →

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New Close Reading Exemplar: We are the Ship

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Cathy Schmidt, Elementary Training Coordinator with Striving Readers, has written the following close reading exemplar for an excerpt from Kadir Nelson’s book, “We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.” We currently have the exemplar tagged to the … Continue reading →

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PreK-2 Draft of “No, David!” Exemplar

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Personnel in the Office of Academics have been working on a PreK-2 close reading exemplar for David Shannon’s picture book “No, David!” Linked here is a draft of the exemplar and we need your help in getting it to a … Continue reading →

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Washoe Trains on the Primary Core Task Project

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Aaron Grossman

Kindergarten Coordinator Kacey Edgington moved K-2 teachers through a primary version of the Core Task Project. You can access all of the content from the presentation by clicking on the links below. Primary Core Task Project PowerPoint 6=3 Shift Display … Continue reading →

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Urban Collaborative Learns about the CTP

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Aaron Grossman

Washoe County was afforded the opportunity to share the Core Task Project with the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative in Pittsburg. The Collaborative’s fall 2012 conference focused on meeting the needs of diverse learners and “the challenges of the Common … Continue reading →

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