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Writing Instruction and the Common Core
If you have questions about writing and the Common Core, the following LearnZillion webinar will help. Joey Hawkins, the founder of the Vermont Writing Collaborative and author of Writing For Understanding: Using Backward Design To Help All Students Write Effectively, … Continue reading
Scaffolded Writing Lessons
This blog, along with the district, have been on quasi-hiatus during the winter break. We’re back to work and we’ll be focusing on writing and Core Action 2, from the Instructional Practice Guides, over the next couple of months. To … Continue reading
How Writing can Improve Reading
In a guide shared by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Alliance for Excellent Education, Vanderbilt professors Steve Graham and Michael Hebert describe the evidence for how writing can improve reading. Among the recommendations: Have Students Write About … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnegie, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Michael Hebert, Shift 5, Steve Graham, writing to sources
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Teaching Students to Write Terribly
In a piece posted at Slate, writer and editor Matthew J.X. Malady, examines the writing section of the SAT. Through a series of interviews with college professors and those who prep students for the SAT, it becomes clear that the … Continue reading
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Tagged CCSS, Common Core, SAT, Shift 5, writing to sources
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Core Shifts Blast 12: Writing to Sources
The Core Shifts Blast is back with strategies, ideas, notes, and materials to match instruction to Shift 5—Writing to Sources. If you missed the writing training last month, you will find an overview of the sessions as well as links … Continue reading
Writing to Sources Training Materials
This week, fifth grade teacher teams, from Washoe’s 63 elementary schools, have been training on Shift 5: Writing to Sources. The training, which addresses the NV-DOE required formative writing task, integrates discussion around the CCSS and SBAC rubrics as well … Continue reading
Will the SAT Align to the CCSS?
At the 2012 Annual AP Conference, College Board President David Coleman describes what may have to change about the SAT to align with the “finest qualities” of CCSS. He notes that the emphasis of writing without source material, as currently … Continue reading
Willingham and Writing
University of Virginia psychology professor Dr. Daniel Willingham, describes how writing makes children better thinkers in a piece for the Atlantic Monthly (here). He summarizes several pieces of research in buttressing his claim but cautions that writing without purpose will … Continue reading
NASSP and their Suggestions for CCSS Implementation
The Alliance for Excellent Education recently taped a webinar describing what has to be done in order to implement the Common Core State Standards well. Dr. Mel Riddile, Associate Director for High School Services, National Association of Secondary School Principals … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Content Knowledge, Instructional Shifts, Text-Dependent Questions, Writing to Sources
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core, instructional shifts, Mel Riddile, NASSP, Text Complexity, text-dependent questions, writing to sources
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Presentation Materials from Libens & Etienne August 20th
Below are the resources David Liben, Meredith Liben and Rachelle Etienne of Student Achievement Partners (SAP) used as part of their presentation with Washoe educators on August 20th. The work session centered on delving deeper into the “instructional shifts” with … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Vocabulary, Common Core State Standards, Complex Text, Instructional Shifts, Student Achievement Partners, Text-Dependent Questions, Writing to Sources
Tagged academic vocabulary, CCSS, Common Core, David Liben, instructional shifts, Meredith Liben, Rachel Etienne, SAP, Student Achievement Partners, Text Complexity, text-dependent questions, writing to sources
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Core Task Project 