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Reading Closely for Textual Details

Empower students with a critical skill at the heart of the CCSS: Reading complex texts closely to analyze textual details and deepen understanding

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Kim Muncie's curator insight, May 6, 2013 9:36 AM

Reading units grades 6-12 with great non-fiction texts!

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Close Reading Exemplars

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These lessons give full materials needed, including the readings, questions, activities,and formative assessments.  Use these sample lessons as a template to create your own lessons using different texts.

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May 4, 2013 7:33 PM
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Assessment Blueprints and Test Specifications | PARCC

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For those who wanted more specifics, dig in!  I just skimmed the ELA Text Selection Powerpoint, and it certainly gives you enough information to choose texts for your classes.

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May 2, 2013 10:50 AM
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The 'Monster' at the End of the Common Core

The 'Monster' at the End of the Common Core | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Laura Thomas argues that progressive educators have become so accustomed to the burden of instructional mandates that they may be missing opportunities presented by the common standards.
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"I think that, if we're as smart and committed as we say we are, we can use the common core as a stepping stone to better outcomes for all of our kids."  Sums up how I view the Common Core!

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May 1, 2013 3:12 PM
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Teaching 'The Great Gatsby' With The New York T...

Teaching 'The Great Gatsby' With The New York T... | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
In honor of the new film, we update an old post with new resources and teaching ideas. Do your students still relate to Gatsby and see the “flawed world” of America today in Fitzgerald’s portrait of the Jazz Age?
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Here's a great title to use with CCSS! US History, anyone?

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April 30, 2013 5:24 PM
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Will Common Core Make "Mockingbird" Extinct?

Will Common Core Make "Mockingbird" Extinct? | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Welcome to the Verizon Thinkfinity Community! This page is a great place to start: ask questions, join in a discussion, search groups, and make friends.
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If you've been paying attention, you know the answer is NO!

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April 28, 2013 10:59 PM
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Complex Texts and a Non-Freaked Out Approach to the Common Core | Teaching the Core

Complex Texts and a Non-Freaked Out Approach to the Common Core | Teaching the Core | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
How do we incorporate the Common Core's complex texts in a way that students will read, engage with, debate, and discuss? Join us as we explore non-freaked implementation.
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Read this, follow all the links, come back and read it again.  

Mark Gillingham's curator insight, April 29, 2013 4:12 PM

This is a remarkable self-analysis of teaching with novels in grade 9. I've very impressed with the attention to students, text, and accountability. The motivational speeches are good too. 

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April 22, 2013 6:22 PM
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Getting Kids Engaged with Primary Sources | Cool Tools - The Digital Shift

Getting Kids Engaged with Primary Sources | Cool Tools - The Digital Shift | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
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Great ideas for using primary sources!

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April 21, 2013 7:07 PM
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Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners: 327 Common Core Aligned Playlists from MentorMob & LearnZillion

Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners: 327 Common Core Aligned Playlists from MentorMob & LearnZillion | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
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Susan Oxnevad shares this great list of CCSS-aligned playlists of resources.  I love the idea of using these for differentiated learning!

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April 17, 2013 11:42 AM
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I.N.K.: A Painless Way to Accomplish Common Core State Standards: Using Nonfiction Books and the Library of Congress

I.N.K.: A Painless Way to Accomplish Common Core State Standards: Using Nonfiction Books and the Library of Congress | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
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Carla Killough McClafferty shares an easy way to use primary source documents and nonfiction from your library! I love lessons that show ways to meet the CCSS without telling you to buy anything new.

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April 11, 2013 3:44 PM
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Paying Attention to Technology: Reviewing a Technology - ReadWriteThink

Paying Attention to Technology: Reviewing a Technology - ReadWriteThink | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Students read and analyze technology reviews to establish the characteristics of the genre. They then compose their own reviews on a technology of their choice.
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this could easily be adapted for middle school. 

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April 10, 2013 10:12 AM
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The Role of Questioning in a World of Common Core

The Role of Questioning in a World of Common Core | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Question-Asking: Intentional and Powerful When teachers carefully select and craft their questions, students respond with thinking, wondering, reflection and overall cognition – in other words, the...
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"In critical Literacy students disrupt the commonplace; they question text, identify bias, evaluate and respond to information from multiple viewpoints."  The phrase "disrupt the commonplace" will frame my work with students from now on!

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April 8, 2013 3:10 PM
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Reading in Science Class: Strategies for CCSS

Reading in Science Class: Strategies for CCSS | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
CCSS activities that bring literacy lessons into the science lab.

 

Teachers are expected to incorporate literacy instruction throughout the curriculum, and students are expected to read (and understand) as much informational text as they do fiction.

 

"it’s really about teaching kids the skills to become good scientists, which includes being good readers.” Scientists, she says, have to be able to read articles and journals—review the research—before they can build experiments or projects of their own."


Via Mel Riddile
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For the mnenomic OPTIC alone, this article is worth reading! Share with science teachers looking to incorporate CCSS into their curriculum.

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May 5, 2013 5:04 PM
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CCSS: Printable Resources from Booklist

CCSS: Printable Resources from Booklist | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it

Links to CC-related material from Booklist and its related sites, blogs, and newsletters.

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Useful information, especially for library staff analyzing their existing collection for books for teachers to use with CCSS lessons.

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May 5, 2013 1:54 PM
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How Fiction and Nonfiction Can Interact in the Common Core Classroom

How Fiction and Nonfiction Can Interact in the Common Core Classroom | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Lauren Davis has been Senior Editor at Eye On Education since May 2011. She is the author of the popular white paper "5 Things Every Teacher Should be...
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Podcast from Lauren Davis that gives examples on incorporating nonfiction into your ELA classroom.

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May 3, 2013 5:33 PM
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: If Common Core Standards become our straight jacket, we'll hate what education becomes #ccchat

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: If Common Core Standards become our straight jacket, we'll hate what education becomes #ccchat | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it

"Savvy schools will know that Common Core standards are guidelines. Struggling schools will interpret Common Core standards as straight jackets."

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Vicki highlights a point that some schools and districts aren't getting.  Share this with those who are afraid of the straitjacket!

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May 1, 2013 3:27 PM
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Grading with the Common Core

Grading with the Common Core | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Great strategy for grading students with the Common Core. Here is a quick tip to help teachers, students and parents assess how students are learning with the new Common Core Standards.
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Quick strategy that helps the student focus on the areas they need to improve in.  

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May 1, 2013 3:08 PM
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Writing From Sources For CCSS ELA/Literacy Instruction

Writing From Sources For CCSS ELA/Literacy Instruction | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Petrosky explains the importance of explicitly teaching students to use a repertoire of academic language for introducing, citing, and explain text references in their essays for the ELA/literacy CCSS.
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The examples in the section The Moves that Make the References are useful ways of teaching students about writing argument and informational/explanatory texts.

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April 28, 2013 11:27 PM
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Common Core Practice | Reading The Times and Responding in Code

Common Core Practice | Reading The Times and Responding in Code | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
This week our classroom collaborators decided to experiment with learning Web design via a tool that makes it easy. For each prompt, their students did an extension activity involving Web design, examples of which we’ve linked to.
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April 28, 2013 10:48 PM
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A Non-Freaked Out Approach to Close Reading & the Common Core | Teaching the Core

A Non-Freaked Out Approach to Close Reading & the Common Core | Teaching the Core | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Here, Dave Stuart and Erica Beaton share their approach to close reading (R.CCR.1) and a non-freaked out approach to the Common Core State Standards.
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Close reading of this blog post should be required of all ELA teachers! 

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April 21, 2013 11:32 PM
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Digital Storytelling and the Common Core

A presentation connecting digital writing with standards-based curriculum (DS and the CCSS Prezi: http://t.co/rldODPamEC #sigds)

Via Darren Burris, Deb Gardner
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:

Solid information on why digital story telling is a great tool that aligns with several anchor standards.  (But please, let's move past elementary school fonts when presenting to our peers! My eyes can't take it.)

Rita Godwin's curator insight, April 24, 2013 7:17 AM

Good resources on how to tie Common Core with digital storytelling. Another reason why we are useful!

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Partner in Education

Partner in Education

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Be sure to click the blog tab to read Dr. Dea's insightful posts about the Common Core.  Many of the posts have lessons that she walks through to give a complete understanding of a specific standard. 

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April 16, 2013 12:30 PM
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"Common Core In A Nutshell"

"Common Core In A Nutshell" | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
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Good introduction for teachers new to the Common Core (are there any out there?)

Jay Bansbach's curator insight, April 18, 2013 8:35 AM

Excellent to frame for most audiences.

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April 11, 2013 3:28 PM
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Nonfiction as Mentor Text

Nonfiction as Mentor Text | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it

"Many people still hold to the belief that nonfiction writing is “just the facts,” often synonymous with formulaic, dull writing. Nothing could be further from the truth! For years, authors of all genres have honed their writing by reading literary nonfiction by the likes of David McCullough, Anna Quindlen, John McPhee, Susan Orlean, and so many others."


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Brook Grove Meiller's curator insight, April 10, 2013 9:30 AM

Change your mind about nonfiction.

Matt Weld's curator insight, April 14, 2013 8:30 PM

Great article that talks about how authors of nonfiction use the same skills in their craft that we are asking of students.  Links at the end to other good, related articles, too.

Gail Donahue's curator insight, April 17, 2013 11:11 AM

This could be excellent background reading for content area teachers when trying to implement writing across the curriculum.

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April 8, 2013 3:22 PM
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Common Core & Close Reading: An Outcome not a Reading Strategy

Common Core & Close Reading: An Outcome not a Reading Strategy | Common Core State Standards SMUSD | Scoop.it
Seems like everywhere I go, educators are asking "What is this 'close reading' thing and how do I teach it?" The buzz on close reading has become so great that many think close reading is simply an...

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Mary Reilley Clark's insight:

I love this point from Dr. Dea:  Therefore, I suggest two types of close reading for such [scrupulously written] documents: one that values the rhetorical or literary nature of the text–art and a second that explores the relationship of the art within the frame–the disciplinary context.

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