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Tag Archives: instructional shifts
Core Task implementation Project Session 2 Materials
For session two to the Core Task implementation Project (CTiP), educators focused on the Speaking and Listening Standards, Accountable Talk, and the instructional move Quiz, Quiz, Trade. Teachers reflected on actions steps from session one and district supported curricular resources. … Continue reading
Posted in CTiP
Tagged Accountable Talk, Common Core, CTiP, icebreaker, instructional shifts, PowerPoint, quiz quiz trade
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CTP shared with ToPPP
The Core Task Project was shared with educators working with the Teachers and Principals of Pupils Promise grant this week in Washington, D.C. The session focused on the instructional shifts and dispositions matched to the Common Core State Standards. Linked … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Core, dispositions, instructional shifts, Washington DC
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Nevada Education Advocates Summit
Educators and community members from throughout the state gathered for the first Nevada Education Advocates Summit. The event was a teacher-led effort to outline the features the Nevada Academic Content Standards. The day was highlighted by a keynote address by … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged CCSS, Erquiaga, instructional shifts, NACS, Nevada, summit
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Updated ‘Planning for the Core’ Templates
If you are planning for the next academic school year with an eye on the instructional shifts and attention to the Basal Alignment Project, Read Aloud Project, and the close read exemplars, the documents below will help. Each is a … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged BAP, CCSS, close reads, instructional shifts, planning, RAP, template, tool
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Core Task Project Shared on EdWeek Webinar
EdWeek generously allowed us to share the Core Task Project (CTP) with their community. During the one-hour webinar, the CTP was described including its history, resources used during implementation, and how it has moved from a three week professional learning … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, EdWeek, instructional shifts, PARCC, PowerPoint, webinar
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WCSD Educators Share the Core Task implementation Project at IRA
Educators from Washoe County had the opportunity to present on the Core Task implementation Project (CTiP) at the International Reading Association’s Annual Conference in New Orleans. Their symposium focused on “Embracing the Common Core Shifts: An Inquiry-Driven Model for Sustainable Change.” … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, instructional shifts, International Reading Association, IRA, PLC, Washoe
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Common Core ELA Shift Song
Shawn Leer, an Implementation Specialist in Area 5, has written and recorded the following song about the Common Core. Titled, “You Gotta”, Shawn has cleverly managed to describe the instructional shifts and the Instructional Practice Guides (IPG) in lyrical form. … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards
Tagged CCSS, Common Core Song, informational text, instructional shifts, IPG, Shawn Lear, Washoe
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Common Core Exemplar Videos and Free Lesson Plans
Washoe County School District teachers Loree Gerboth and Sara Holm were filmed for a project developed by America Achieves with videos being created to provide examples of what Common Core looks like in the classroom. The videos by Gerboth and … Continue reading
Posted in Instructional Shifts
Tagged America Achieves, annotations, CCSS, Common Core Videos, Gerboth, Holm, instructional shifts, lesson plans, Washoe, WCSD
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Bridging CCSS Efforts Between UNR and WCSD
Faculty from the University of Nevada, Reno College of Education and personnel within Washoe County School District’s Office of Academics met to discuss work around the Common Core State Standards. The day started with an overview of the ELA/Literacy instructional … Continue reading
Winter Professional Development Opportunities
Washoe County School District’s Curriculum & Instruction Department is offering a range of half-credit literacy inservice courses to support teachers with Common Core outcomes. The courses build backwards from the instructional shifts with classes on building content knowledge, shift 1 … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, inservice, instructional shifts, Kate Ferro, Kellie Oliver, Nevada, Professional Development, Washoe, WCSD
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Core Task Project 