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Tennessee Pilots the “instructional shifts”

For those who have been integrating the “instructional shifts” in their classroom, looking over how Tennessee is piloting the move to the CCSS might prove interesting. Click here to view Tennessee’s learning modules that are based on the ELA shifts.

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Inservice Course Materials from August 14th and 15th

Below are the material used in the Inservice Course: Aligning Literacy Instruction to the Core. The class is an overview of what has to “shift” in order to meet the new CCSS outcomes. This is an introductory course that will … Continue reading

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David Liben and Vocabulary Research

David Liben, from Student Achievement Partners, will be in Reno on August 20th and 21st working with Washoe educators around Common Core implementation. As we countdown to his arrival, the following article (here), on the CCSS vocabulary research base, may … Continue reading

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Resources from the Collaborating for Success Conference

Linked below are the materials shared at the Collaborating for Success Conference in San Francisco Bay on August 14th and 15th, 2012. Presentation Materials Engaging Teachers in the Shifts PowerPoint Packet Materials Additional Resources Day 1 PowerPoint for the CTP 1.0

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K-5 Text Genre Map

Denise Alterio, Judy Carr and Lynn Miler, working for the Sullivan County Board of Cooperative Educational Services, has created the following genre map (here). The map describes the elements of Shift 1—a balance of informational and literary text.

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NAESP and the CCSS

The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has produced a series of webinars to inform administrators as they transition staff to the Common Core. At minute 19:43, in a video series they title “Dialogues on the Common Core,” (here) … Continue reading

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“The Challenge of Challenging Text”

Writing for Educational Leadership, Dr. Timothy Shanahan, Dr. Douglas Fisher, and Dr. Nancy Frey discuss what teachers can do to assist students with gaining access to complex text. (The entire article can be found here.) They begin with breaking apart … Continue reading

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Six = Three: The Shifts Described Two Ways

When the Office of Academics shared the instructional shifts last October with K-8 principals, we used several items made available through EngageNY. EngageNY produced videos around the shifts that included interviews with lead ELA author David Coleman;  close reading exemplars; and … Continue reading

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SFA Aligns itself to the “instructional shifts”

Sad Sam sat. Sad Sam was happy. It was Ms. Tad’s birthday. If those sentences mean anything to you, then you were likely a Success For All teacher at some point. Thus, you may find it interesting to read that SFA has … Continue reading

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Differentiation and the “instructional shifts”

If you are someone who has been trying to make the connection between differentiation and the Common Core, you may want to take the time to watch the following webinar by with Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson (here). If you don’t … Continue reading

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