CC Complex Text Explained "A lot of reading skills students can apply with a simple text, but can't do so much with a challenging text."- Dr. Timothy Shanahan Blocked from YouTube? Does the information in this chart* cause you concern? *CCSS Appendix A: CCSS Lexile Bands How will you help ALL of your students access the required complex text? You may be thinking, why should I give my struggling readers such difficult text when I know they can’t read it? In a blog post from this summer, Dr. So why is the common core making such a big deal out of having kids read hard text? You can view the summary or download the ACT report right here. Watch Dr. Dr. www.mhecommoncoretoolboxtn.com
7 Great Strength-Based Universal Design for Learning Apps for Students with Special Needs | The rapid pace of new educational technologies has made it so that students with special needs can accomplish many things that were difficult or even impossible for them only a few years ago. The following list contains some of the best apps I’ve seen for kids with neurodiversities in communication, reading, sociability, attention, and behavior. Dragon Naturally Speaking - This is a speech-to-text application that enables students who have problems putting their ideas down via pen and pencil or keyboard, to nevertheless develop their writing abilities. Students speak into the microphone of the computer and this software then translates the spoken word into printed text. This app is great for students who have strong oral language abilities but problems with written expression. Proloquo2Go - this is an alternative and augmentative communication app that allows students who have difficulty speaking or cannot speak at all, to nevertheless communicate with others. Share This.
Ohio ODE - Mathematics Common Core State Standards and Model Curriculum Skip navigation Skip to main content SAFE | State Agencies | Online Services Follow Home > Academic Content Standards > Mathematics Mathematics Contact Information Mathematics Consultant (P) 614- 644-5887 ann.carlson@education.ohio.gov Mathematics Consultant (P) 614-728-2373 annika.moore@education.ohio.gov Mathematics Consultant (P) 614-387-7561 yelena.palayeva@education.ohio.gov Mathematics Consultant (P) 614-644-6814 brian.bickley@education.ohio.gov The State Board of Education has adopted the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics as part of Ohio's suite of Ohio's New Learning Standards for academic learning. Ohio's New Learning Standards Information on the College and Career Ready (Common Core) Standards. Model Curricula These mathematics Model Curricula were written by Ohio educators to support the implementation of Ohio's New Learning Standards for mathematics. In October 2013, Career Connections strategies were added to the Instructional Strategies in the model curricula.
Tasks, Units & Student Work - Common Core Library Keywords (optional) Enter keywords (e.g., K.OA.3, informational text, arguments, quadratic equations, etc.) Grade (select at least one) Subject (select one) NYC educators and national experts are developing Common Core-aligned tasks embedded in a unit of study to support schools in implementing the Citywide Instructional Expectations. Educators may choose to adopt these resources in their entirety or adapt the materials to best address students’ diverse needs. Search a growing assortment of Common Core-aligned tasks, units and student work by keyword, grade level, subject area and Common Core Learning Standard. The components of the Common Core-aligned tasks with instructional supports include: Unit overview and task description Teacher-annotated student work representing a range of performance levels Rubrics used to assess student work Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles Other instructional support materials NEW!
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) Common Core Hub Overview The Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) provide a consistent framework to prepare students for success in college and/or the 21st century workplace. CCGPS Professional Video Learning Sessions View these professional learning sessions produced by the Georgia Department of Education in partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting on the Common Core (GPS). Putting the Common Core into Practice: Presented by Cynde Snider from the Georgia Department of Education Georgia’s Promising Practices in RTI: Presented by Paula Freer from the Georgia Department of Education Mathematics CCGPS Professional Learning Sessions English Language Arts CCGPS Professional Learning Schedule 6TH -12TH Teachers of History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Thoughtful Classroom Framework The Thoughtful Classroom Framework - Harvey Silver Observation 360 is compatible with any classroom framework, including the Thoughtful Classroom Framework from Silver, Strong, and Associates. The Framework is a comprehensive system for observing, evaluating, and refining classroom practice. Learn More about Harvey Silver and the Thoughtful Classroom Framework Learn More about the Thoughtful Classroom Framework About Observation 360 The all-new, fully redesigned Observation 360 gives you an improved user interface, a full workflow process capability, and more of the features you need to make every teacher effective. Observation 360 has been fully redesigned to provide features tailored to your district’s needs and to fully integrate with School Improvement Network’s Teacher Effectiveness System. Key Benefits: Workflow process templates help you to manage your entire teacher evaluation process and integrate it with personalized professional development throughout the entire school year.
About the EdSteps Skills EdSteps does not believe that these are the only five skills students should learn or even that these are the most important five. These skills are the five that the initiative will start examining, with the hope of adding additional skills over the next few years. To prepare for collecting and rating student work, EdSteps formed separate workgroups for each skill area. Each workgroup is comprised of about 10-20 people, representing state departments of education, researchers, professors from colleges and universities, and other leading advocates and educators. The task of each workgroup is to bring together the best research, evidence and thinking to define the skill or competency area, determine what types of student work to collect, and then determine a meaningful process to review the student work samples. The differences in these workgroups is one reason for the slight variances in the collection and review process for each skill. Resources: Here are a few helpful resources:
The Most Useful Resources For Implementing Common Core — I Hope You’ll Contribute More (NOTE: Readers have begun to contribute some excellent ideas in the comments. I’ll get around to adding them to the body of this post but, until then, be sure to review the comments, too!) I’m obviously not a real big fan of Common Core standards, and am a bit skeptical about its practical impact on what happens in the classroom. Nevertheless, they’re here, and I thought it would be useful to readers and to me to begin to collect some practical and helpful tools. I’m starting off with a few today, and hope readers will contribute a whole lot more — for all subjects and grade levels. You might also be interested in these other lists: The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners The Best Articles Sharing Concerns About Common Core Standards The Best Resources For Learning About The “Next Generation” Of State Testing My Ed Week post, Best Ways to Prepare Our Students for CCSS in Language Arts . ASCD has a free newsletter called The Core Connection .
The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary Use magic to teach and learn academic language in my new NY Times post that includes a student interactive and teaching ideas. Enriching Academic Vocabulary: Strategies for Teaching Tier Two Words to E.L.L. Students is the headline of another one of my posts for The New York Times. This is latest in my “The Best….” series of lists. One way this list is different from the others is that I don’t rank them in terms of which ones I like the best. You might also be interested in The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn Vocabulary. Here are, in my opinion, The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary: An Academic Writing Module: Paragraphs is designed for student self-access, and has many interactive exercises. Using English For Academic Purposes has a lot of good online activities. Carolyn Zierenberg, a talented teacher at our school, put together a simple multilingual (English/Spanish/Hmong) glossary of academic vocabulary. When To Teach Vocabulary Related
Moving the Common Core State Standards from Adoption to Implementation to Sustainability This blog post is cross-posted on The Hunt Institute’s blog, The Intersection. If you’re an educator in one of the 46 states that has adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), you’ve not only been learning about the standards and what they mean for you and your students, but you’ve most likely begun implementing them as well. As you’ve been busy moving forward, you probably still have a great deal of questions. Does your district or school have the technological capacity to administer the new computer-based assessments? How can you better leverage technology for teaching to the standards? You’re not alone. So what are your colleagues saying about the standards? We’ve compiled the findings and our own recommendations in a free report, “Fulfilling the Promise of the Common Core State Standards: Moving from Adoption to Implementation to Sustainability.” You’ll find the full report on our EduCore™ site.
Teaching With Math Tasks "Math Tasks 101" with David Smith, mathematics specialist for the Utah Office of Education November 6, 2012 View the Recording on PD 360 Learn how to create a classroom culture of math engagement and real-world problem solving through math tasks. David A. Smith is a mathematics specialist for the Utah Office of Education. At the webinar on November 6, Mr. Additional resources discussed in the webinar: Teaching with Math Tasks: 4th Grade Classroom with Kalina Potts Tuesday, November 13, 2012 View the recording on PD 360 Teaching with Math Tasks: 8th Grade Classroom with Travis Lemon Tuesday, November 27, 2012 View the recording on PD 360 Additional resources shared by Travis Lemon: www.mathematicsvisionproject.org (for Math Tasks ideas) Lemonmath.weebly.com (Travis Lemon's website) Book: "Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions" by Margaret S.
A Close Look at Close Reading As teachers and schools continue to wrestle with implementing the Common Core Standards, I hear more and more talk—and more and more questions—about the term ‘close reading’. Interestingly enough, the term doesn’t appear in the actual Standards, though it crops up repeatedly in many Standards-related material, including the now famous—or infamous—videos of Standards author David Coleman dissecting Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” And Text Complexity co-author Douglas Fisher has said that close reading is “the only way we know how students can . . . really learn to provide evidence and justification,” as the Common Core requires. So what exactly do we mean by ‘close reading’? I think this because, by definition, analysis involves thinking about how the parts contribute to the whole, which presupposes an understanding or vision of the whole. My own vision of close reading is better captured in some of the guidelines colleges provide students. 1. Like this:
Perspectives and Resources This Module illustrates different research-based reading strategies that may be used with the response-to-intervention model to improve reading skills. This Module was developed in collaboration with the Tennessee State Improvement Grant and the Tennessee Department of Education. Work through the sections of this Module in the order presented in the STAR graphic above. View Module Outline If you want to learn more about how to navigate an IRIS Module, please view our Navigating an IRIS STAR Legacy Module video. Copyright 2015 Vanderbilt University.
Common Core State Standards » TextProject The Common Core State Standards is the first effort by American states (43 to date) to set the same goals for student learning. Within the standards, explicit text levels are given across the grades to ensure that high school graduates are college and career ready. Beginning with the grade 2-3 band, target text levels have increased from previous recommendations. The Standards provide little guidance, however, on how to support the many students who struggle with current grade-level texts. TextProject has responded rapidly to this need with research-based resources that will guide and inform educators, parents, and community leaders. Featured Resources Benchmark Texts: Stepping Up Complexity Adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represents the first time that explicit complexity levels have been set for grade-level texts. Reading Research Report #10.01 An Examination of Current Text Difficulty Indices with Early Reading Texts Hiebert, E.H. & Pearson, P.D. (2010). Text Matters