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Tag Archives: shift 1
Read Aloud Project Inservice, April 17th
Kindergarten through second grade teachers trained with the Read Aloud Project (RAP) resources and with the text, Desert Giant. To give the RAP some context, and to explain why building a coherent body of knowledge is vital to comprehension, participants … Continue reading
Posted in Read-aloud Alignment Project
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, desert giant, Meiers, Pondiscio, Read Aloud Project, read alouds, shift 1
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Broad Knowledge Drives Literacy
In a piece (here) included in the The Herff Jones Achievement Series, the case is made for how a “broad academic knowledge base” leads to strong literacy development. To make the point, the following example is shared: If a hunter … Continue reading
Posted in Content Knowledge
Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Content Knowledge, pondscio, shift 1, The Herff Jones Achievement Series, Willingham
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CCSS and Skills Based Reading Instruction
As we move deeper into Common Core implementation, knowing the position of skills instruction and how to build a “coherent body of knowledge” becomes paramount. This was the focus of Friday’s professional learning with video from Dr. Tim Shanahan and … Continue reading
Free Resources to Build Foundational Skills and Content Knowledge
Finding materials that are free, vetted, and well-matched to the Common Core is a popular request. One set of free resources, that build content knowledge (shift 1) while simultaneously addressing foundational skills are the Beginning Reads, from http://www.textproject.org. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Content Knowledge
Tagged books, CCSS, Common Core, Content Knowledge, fluency, Foundational Skills, free, informational text, phonemic awareness, phonics, printable, shift 1
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Preparing Our Students to be Informed Citizens
Robert Pondiscio, in an editorial for CNN, describes the importance of teaching civics and history in our public schools. Although the Common Core are not referenced specifically, Pondiscio helps build the case for why all of our students should have … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Citizen, Citizenship, CNN, Pondiscio, shift 1
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School Psychologists Review Shift 1
School district psychologist learned more about the “instructional shifts” with specific attention to shift 1—building a coherent body of knowledge with rich non-fiction text. The videos, which included a review of a MetaMetrics study and a presentation by Robert Pondiscio, … Continue reading
Why Knowledge Matters
In a piece for the Washington Post, cognitive scientist Dan Willingham explains why knowledge matters. He writes, “a knowledge-based curriculum… is most likely to meliorate achievement gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students.” You can read the entire article here.
Award Winning Nonfiction Books
The National Council of Teachers of English through the Committee on the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children shares an annual award for nonfiction writing. For those looking for quality informational text in the elementary grades, this is … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Informational Text
Tagged informational text, NCTE, Orbis Pictus; nonfiction, shift 1
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6th Grade Teachers Train on Shift 1 and the BAP
On Election Day, 6th grade middle school teachers gathered to learn more about Shift 1—building a coherent body of knowledge—and the Basal Alignment Project. The 6th grade BAP code for Edmodo is 4k33tz. If you are unfamiliar with Edmodo, you … Continue reading
District Personnel Train on Shift 1
Instructional coaches from throughout the district gathered to review the importance of building a coherent body of knowledge. Attendees watched the following review of the MetaMetrics study measuring what children read from high school to college to career (here). This … Continue reading
Core Task Project 