Graphite on Twitter: Top 22 picks for #backtoschool! Get your classroom #edtech-ready: #CCSS... Top Picks for Back-to-School 2014. Talk to Parents About the Common Core. Sometimes I think we get so busy trying to unpack and implement Common Core that we forget one of our important roles in making this implementation stick: helping our larger communities, especially parents, to understand it, too. With back-to-school nights on the horizon and parent communications getting underway, we wanted to fill your backpocket with some resources you can turn to when parents start to ask questions. I’m sure that not only will parents find these helpful, but these succinct and friendly resources will continue to bolster your confidence as well.
Five Resources to Help Parents Understand the Common Core 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Show Parents What Common Core Looks Like in Class Many parents (and teachers, too) will want to see what Common Core looks like in practice. One of these skills is using collaborative discussion to communicate an argument and cite evidence that supports their opinion in order to synthesize information.
Three Take Away Messages for Parents. Say What? 5 Ways to Get Students to Listen. Ah, listening, the neglected literacy skill. I know when I was a high school English teacher this was not necessarily a primary focus; I was too busy honing the more measurable literacy skills -- reading, writing, and speaking. But when we think about career and college readiness, listening skills are just as important.
This is evidenced by the listening standards found in the Common Core and also the integral role listening plays in collaboration and communication, two of the four Cs of 21st century learning. So how do we help kids become better listeners? Strategy #1: Say it Once Repeating ourselves in the classroom will produce lazy listening in our students. Of course you don't want to leave distracted students in the dust so for those few who forgot to listen, you can advise them to, "ask three, then ask me.
" Strategy #2: Turn and Talk One way to inspire active listening in your students is to give them a listening task. Strategy #3: Student Hand Signals Motivating Words. September is Common Core Q&A Month! As the new school year begins, many teachers throughout America will be implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for the first time. But we’ve been hearing from you, our growing community on Teaching Channel, that many teachers feel uncertain about the “right” way to do this. So we’re very excited to tell you about a back-to-school special we’re launching on September 3rd, the day after Labor Day.
Back to School with Teaching Channel September Special: Questions About the Common Core? Ask the Experts! Throughout September, Teaching Channel is bringing together top experts on the CCSS to answer questions for our community of more than 320,000 teachers. Among those answering questions will be CCSS experts and educators from Student Achievement Partners (SAP), a nonprofit founded by authors of the standards, and people from PARCC and Smarter Balanced who are creating the CCSS assessments. Have a question? Here’s the schedule: P.S. Connecting the Common Core to iOS Apps K-3 - Home. Working Smarter, not Harder: 3 Ways to Collaborate Around the Common Core (Part 1) The Coach and the Gradual Release of Responsibility (Part 4): Coach as Consultant. Multiplication Warm Up Activity. The Problem with Silos.
I've noticed a trend in the way many teachers approach reading. They take the standards and divide them up separate silos, safely assessing each one and then moving on to the next one. This fails for a few reasons. First, students don't have enough time to practice the skills. If teachers truly have fourteen standards and divide them up per day, students might get two to three days to work on a particular skill. Students then get stuck into a mindset of cramming, testing and dumping. Learning is much more of a rhizome than a silo. A different approach involves dividing up concept and skill standards. I then divide the remaining skill standards and rotate these each week so that students practice each of the ten skills twice a week. The biggest difference, though, involves a shift in focus. I'm not sure that this approach will work in every context. Common core brings rigor, anxiety to classrooms School is in session at Elite Scholars Academy and there's something new this year other than notebooks, pencils and clothes -- the academic standards.
The year-round Clayton County charter school is one of the first in the state teaching the much-anticipated "Common Core" standards, a new academic road map designed to ensure Georgia students are ready for college and on pace with other states. Forty-five states have adopted the changes to math and language arts, which will have Georgia teachers introducing concepts such as multiplying large numbers and understanding the role of adverbs in earlier grades. Elite Scholars Academy and other metro year-round schools offer a look at what schools across the state can expect when classes begin next month. In these schools, leaders are watching closely to ensure teachers are meeting the new standards, and looking for ways to support those who might be struggling. Georgia adopted the standards in July 2010. "At first I was frightened. How Common Core will change testing in schools - The Answer Sheet.
This was written by Stephen Krashen, professor of linguistics at the University of Southern California (emeritus), to explain how the adoption of the Common Core State Standards will change testing in the nation’s schools. This first appeared on Diane Ravitch’s blog. By Stephen Krashen How much testing? At first glance, the assessments now being developed to accompany the Common Core standards do not appear to be much more than we already have, at least in terms of subject-matter covered and grade level.
According to the organizations working on developing standards and tests (PARCC and SBEC), as is the case with NCLB there will be summative end-of-the-year tests in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school and these additions: Writing is added as a component of language Third grade teachers learn how to teach to Common Core math standards in Tennessee. There is reason to suspect there will be a lot more. More Subjects Similar statements are made in the Blueprint for Reform (U.S. The U.S. Teaching Strategies For Improving Student Internet And Keyword Research.
We Give a Sheet (Part 2): Pesuadements. Mapping Media to the Common Core / Curriculum. 10 Must-See Common Core Resources. Home » Education The Common Core resource contest is coming along nicely! Thank you for all of the great resources you've been sharing. Here are some of your favorite shared resources so far: Common Sense Media"This website has free downloadable lessons for digital literacy and citizenship.
Within the lesson are the listed NETS standards the lesson aligns with. " - jfulsaas55Gilder Lehrman History Site to support Common Core in Social Studies"I used the resources from this site several times and the students and I love it. Interested to learn more about the Common Core? The best part? Click here to take a look at SimpleK12's Common Core webinars. Is your favorite Common Core resource missing from this list? Share this post with your friends and colleagues: