Close Reading, Grade 10. Teaching Strategies: Independent Reading Strategy For Students. Close Reading and the CCSS, Part 1 - Common Core State Standards TOOLBOX. Blocked from YouTube? No Problem. Watch this video on... SchoolTube: Watch Now >>TeacherTube: Watch Now >> Link to this post: Do you have two minutes to learn about close reading? Watch a brief interview with Dr. Douglas Fisher about close reading and the Common Core State Standards.
Transcript How would you describe close reading? Dr. A close reading is a careful and purposeful reading. It really is getting to what Louise Rosenblatt talked about as a transaction between the reader and the text. Is close reading part of addressing the Common Core State Standards? In Part 2 of the interview, Doug will talk about what close reading looks like in the classroom. Enter your email address in the subscribe box at the top of this page to sign up for updates. Www.mhecommoncoretoolbox.com. Close Reading and the CCSS, Part 2 - Common Core State Standards TOOLBOX. CCSS_reading.pdf. Building planes in the sky. Kid President's Pep Talk to Teachers and Students! TechIntegrationAssessmentRubric.pdf. To Make Science Real, Kids Want More Fun. Hide captionHands-on science activities like making bubble mitts at the Mission Science Workshop teach students about things like surface tension.
Justin Jach/Courtesy of Mission Science Workshop Hands-on science activities like making bubble mitts at the Mission Science Workshop teach students about things like surface tension. Are American kids being adequately prepared in the sciences to compete in a highly competitive, global high-tech workforce? A majority of American parents say no, according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. Nearly one-quarter of all parents said their child's school today doesn't put enough emphasis on science curricula. "We want to see these kids get excited about science and math. Hall says her state has created a culture of testing that has resulted in high rates of teacher burnout and low expectations. 'It's Just Another Class' "There's no enthusiasm from the teachers.
Getting Kids Psyched For Science. NRLPD apptx.pdf - Dropbox. Cognitive-Demands-chart.docx - Dropbox. Universal Design for Learning Guidelines. UDL Principles and Practice. TIPC - 101510 Draft-1 copy.pdf. Scientific Practices. Hummingbirds at Home: the effects of climate change on feeding behavior | National Audubon Society Birds. Planning a vacation to an exotic location several time zones away is usually cause for joy and excitement, but what if you arrived at the airport only to discover your flight departed the day before and no one told you?
What if your road trip to your favorite mountain lake was marred by a lack of signs to tell you where the gas stations are? These challenges are similar to what hummingbirds may be confronting as they deal with the impacts of global climate change. Hummingbirds may be without the information they need to find their important nectar sources after migrating to their breeding areas. Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007) IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007. Fig 1. Historic changes in temperature, sea level, and snow cover. A growing body of research (McKinney, et al. 2012) indicates flowers are blooming earlier because of warming temperatures. Left map: National Audubon Society, Right map: Courtesy of the U.S. Map 1. References: Amy M. Fireflies.