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Common Core Exemplar Videos and Free Lesson Plans

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

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 | Leave a comment

Administrative and Supervisory Meeting, January 24th 2014

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

At the winter Administrative & Supervisory meeting, governance worked through content matched to the Instructional Practice Guides and the Common Core. This included a focus on writing, within the context of CCSS, and Core Action 2—employ questions and tasks that … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Professional Development, Read-aloud Alignment Project | Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Edmodo, In Common, RAP, Read Aloud Project, text specific questions, Washoe, writing | Leave a comment

Guide to Close Reading

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Tennessee has created a Guide to Close Reading that answers the following questions: What is close reading? Why is close reading important? How is close reading done? The guide answers these questions with explicit links to the standards, assessment, and lifelong … Continue reading →

Posted in Close Reading | Tagged CCSS, Close Reading, Common Core, Guide, Tennessee, university of nevada reno, Washoe, what is close reading | Leave a comment

Winter Professional Development Opportunities

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

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 →

Posted in Professional Development | Tagged CCSS, Common Core, inservice, instructional shifts, Kate Ferro, Kellie Oliver, Nevada, Professional Development, Washoe, WCSD | Leave a comment

NEA Members Gather to Learn more about Washoe’s CCSS Efforts

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Nevada State Education Association members met to learn more about the implementation of the Common Core in Washoe County. Participants reviewed the district’s K-6 3 Year ELA/Literacy Implementation Plan and the 2013-2014 CCSS Professional Learning Overview. You can retrieve the … Continue reading →

Posted in NEA | Tagged CCSS, Common Core, Incline, instructional shifts, NEA, Nevada, Reno, sparks, Washoe, WEA | Leave a comment

David Liben in Washoe September 6, 2013

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

David Liben, from Student Achievement Partners, will be visiting Reno this Friday and will conduct a Q&A with instructional leaders and classroom teachers. If you have a burning question, please share in the comment section and we’ll have David answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Student Achievement Partners | Tagged assessment, Common Core, ELL, ELs, guided reading, Nevada, Reno, SAP, Washoe | Leave a comment

Parent University: Promoting Literacy in the Home

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The Parent University course, “Promoting Literacy in the Home,” was finished and shared this week. The class introduces key parts of reading to parents with specific steps they can take to promote these outcomes. The PowerPoint links to video content … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Parent University | Tagged CCSS, Common Core, great schools, parents, reading, Reno, sparks, Washoe | Leave a comment

Free Instructional Videos Matched to CCSS

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

America Achieves, which visited Reno last October, has posted new videos and lesson plans matched to the Common Core State Standards. All of the resources are free and highlight instruction in ELA/literacy and math that demonstrate close reading, deeper learning, … Continue reading →

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2013-2014 Professional Development ‘Sessions’

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Washoe’s elementary teachers worked through a number of Common Core sessions as part of the district’s professional development launch. The sessions, all of which can be accessed on Edmodo (group link here) include content to connect to CCSS in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Basal Alignment Project, Content Knowledge, Instructional Shifts, Professional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Writing to Sources | Tagged Alberti, CCSS, Common Core, David Coleman, Edmodo, ELLs, ESL, Nevada, Professional Development, Robert Pondiscio, SAP, SEL, Washoe | Leave a comment

May 23, 2013 CTP Session Resources

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The last session of Core Task Project, for the 2012-2013 was completed with teachers working through the resources listed below. The CTP will continue to be offered next year with sessions scheduled for September 12th 2013, November 7th 2013, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Common Core State Standards, Core Task Project | Tagged Core Task Project, CTP, Jodie Westmont, Kim Price, Washoe | Leave a comment