Tag Archives: Wiggins

Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common Core

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The original post with these materials became corrupted and the links would not open. Thanks for your patience as we rebuilt the links. On May 20th and 21st, educators moved through a new course offering—Advancing Literacy Practice with the Common … Continue reading →

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Complex Text: It’s Complicated

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Laura Varlas shares a piece for Education Update on the importance of text complexity and strategies for accessing standard 10 (here). She underscores the importance of keeping instruction anchored in the text with these notes: Instructional time: Complex texts take time, … Continue reading →

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