Tag Archives: text-dependent questions

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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Gaining Access to the Read Aloud Project for K-2

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Educators, from throughout the country, are gathered in Las Vegas to train on the Read Aloud Project (RAP). RAP is an effort to create Common Core-aligned lessons for K-2 picture, informational, and chapter books. Lessons include text-dependent questions, Language exploration, … Continue reading →

Posted in Read-aloud Alignment Project, Student Achievement Partners | Tagged 1st, 2nd, CCSS, Charlotte’s Web, Common Core, Kindergarten, RAP, read-aloud, SAP, science, Social Studies, text-dependent questions | Leave a comment

Administrative & Supervisory Meeting, September 13th

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Close reading, Growth Mindset, and Core Actions 1 and 3, from the Instructional Practice Guides (IPG), were the focus on the most recent A&S meeting. Elementary principals applied the IPG with video of Washoe 3rd grade teacher Chris Hayes filmed … Continue reading →

Posted in Instructional Shifts, Professional Development | Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, Core Actions, instructional shifts, NAESP, Principals, School Leaders, text-dependent questions | Leave a comment

Teaching Annotation

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Annotation seems to be a popular subject judging from the email I received asking for direction with this instructional approach. The following might help. In an article that appeared in The Reading Teacher, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey describe a … Continue reading →

Posted in Close Reading, Text-Dependent Questions | Tagged 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, annotating, annotations, CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, Kindergarten, scope and sequence, text-dependent questions | 1 Comment

Anthology Alignment Project Update

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

If you haven’t signed up for the Anthology Alignment Project, and you work in grades 6th through 10th, it is worth a look. As the project leaders note, the AAP is a free “library of revised lessons for common Anthologies (6th-10th grades), each … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Vocabulary, Anthology Alignment Project, Basal Alignment Project, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, Text-Dependent Questions | Tagged AAP, Glencoe, HMH, Holt, SAP, text-dependent questions, Timeless Voices | Leave a comment

New “Link” for Washoe’s 6th Grade BAP

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

In order to access the Washoe’s 6th grade Basal Alignment Project resources on Edmodo, you will have to use this link. If you are already a member, you should have no trouble accessing the resources. The link is for new … Continue reading →

Posted in Basal Alignment Project, CCSS | Tagged 6th Grade, BAP, Basal Alignment Project, Houghton Mifflin, text-dependent questions | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Close Reading, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project | Tagged 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, Cathy Schmidt, Close Reading, Exemplar, Jana Barclay, Kacey Edgington, Kindergarten, PreK, text-dependent questions | 2 Comments

Core Shift Blast 10: TDQs

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Text-dependent questions are the focus of Core Shift Blast 10. Explicit connections are made with this instructional shift and the Basal Alignment Project and the coming assessments. Linnea Wolters and Stephanie Barragan share their experiences using the Guide to Writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Shifts Blast, Text-Dependent Questions | Tagged Core Shift Blast, CTiP, Linnea Wolters, Stephanie Barragan, text-dependent questions, Torrey Palmer | Leave a comment

Session 4 of Leading the Core

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

District administrators gathered for the fourth session of Leading the Core. The focus of this session was on teacher observations, close reading look fors, text-dependent questions and tools to build site capacity. All of the resources are posted in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, Instructional Shifts | Tagged Close Reading, Core Task Project, NASSP, NEA, school leadership, Text Complexity, text-dependent questions | Leave a comment

Lemmon Valley Trains on the CCSS

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Lemmon Valley reviewed the district’s Three Year K-6 ELA plan for accessing the Core and building district capacity. Participants engaged in a close reading of the Shel Silverstein poem, “Whatifs” followed by using a text complexity rubric and a guide … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project | Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project, implementation, Rubric, Shel Silverstein, text-dependent questions, Whatifs | 1 Comment