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Tag Archives: NVACS
Principal Leadership Team Session 2
Educators gathered for the second session of the Principal Leadership Team inservice course. The focus was on the ELA Instructional Shifts and working to build capacity and a vision around these outcomes. The class is a unique opportunity for Washoe … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, leadership, NVACS, Principals, video
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Free Resources I’m Using to Help with SBAC and CCSS
Trying to have students secure all of the skills and content they will need to be successful with the Common Core, the Nevada Academic Content Standards, and Smarter Balanced can feel daunting. (Rather, IT IS daunting.) Consequently, I am trying … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, SBAC
Tagged CCSS, free, noredink, NVACS, SBAC, Smarter Balanced, typingclub
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Session 7 of Core Task implementation Project (The End)
The last session of the Core Task implementation Project concluded with a focus on writing and the instructional move, “Painted Essay.” The strategy, which fits well with Session 3 of CTiP and the In Common resources, gives practitioners a way … Continue reading
Posted in Core Task Project, Writing to Sources
Tagged blended, CCSS, In Common, Kahoot, NVACS, writing
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My Running Diary of an Anita Archer Presentation—Part 2 (Writing)
Beginning at minute 5:52, Dr. Anita Archer frames her presentation on Providing Explicit Instruction on Writing Arguments by outlining her “principles.” They include 1) breaking down complex skills into obtainable skills; 2) providing explicit instruction that involves modeling and guided … Continue reading
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Tagged anita archer, CCSS, motivation, NVACS, rubrics, video, writing
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Running Diary of an Anita Archer Presentation—Part 1
Anita Archer will be in Washoe County on May 15th to speak to our adminstrators and supervisors and then on May 16th to work with classroom teachers and instructional coaches. Many of us, however, will be unable to attend these events. … Continue reading
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Tagged anita archer, CCSS, cursive, Foundational Skills, NVACS, sentences, spelling, writing
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The Arts and the Common Core State Standards
By serendipitous luck, I found the following blog that focuses on art outcomes in the elementary grades. Author Meg Riley, apart from having students engage in the production of art works, annotates how she connects a lesson to history, aesthetics, and criticism. It … Continue reading
Session Materials–Denver Core Advocate Event
Listed below are the session materials that Nevada educators shared at the national “Taking the Next Step” Core Advocate Conference in Denver, Colorado. Chris Hayes, Angela Motter and I did a session on Core Knowledge and how Washoe teachers are … Continue reading
Posted in Core Task Project
Tagged angela motter, CCSS, Chris Hayes, Core Knowledge, coreadvoces, NVACS, tntp, Torrey Palmer
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Coherent Body of Knowledge Presentation Materials
Educators gathered to review the research and the opinions that have helped inform Washoe’s decision to focus on building a coherent body of knowledge using rich non-fiction. This included editorials by Deborah Meiers and Robert Pondiscio, research by cognitive psychologist … Continue reading
Posted in Content Knowledge
Tagged CCSS, IPG, Meiers, NVACS, Pondiscio, PowerPoint, Washoe, Willingham
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NASB Presentation Materials
At the Nevada Association of School Boards meeting in Reno, board members learned more about the Instructional Shifts and Washoe’s K-6 ELA implementation efforts. This included a review of student artifacts and some of the evidence that guided teachers as … Continue reading
March Session of CTiP for Grades 3 through 5
The March session of the Core Task implementation Project, for 3rd through 5th grade teachers, focused on academic vocabulary. Teachers, working with Basal Alignment Project lessons or close reads, reviewed two instructional moves to enhance these resources—Questions, Reasons, Examples and … Continue reading
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Tagged beck, Making Choices, NVACS, questions reasons examples
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Core Task Project 