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"Effective vocabulary instruction is a key foundation to helping students acquire a wide and diverse vocabulary. Students need both direct and indirect instruction in vocabulary and word meanings as well as multiple exposures to words. It is through multiple exposures and repetition that students begin to understand the nuances of words and how to use them when speaking and writing."
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With Common Core State Standards coming into play quickly the issue of vocabulary is coming into play in a new way. This post provides a look at six strategies to use with vocabulary instruction. Get a great look at the strategies and learn some of the lessons that have been learned. 
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This three-minute video explains how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get…
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A quick overview that may help bring a better understanding of the reason for the Common Core State Standards as well as the reason for them.
CurieSPK1's curator insight,
December 29, 2012 2:44 PM
Great video. Does it clarify some things? You be the judge!
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Is text complexity a new way to look at text? This post notes that the Common Core State Standards have explicitly identified text levels, which has not been done in the past. The seven actions below are detailed in the post, and you may choose to download it as a pdf. Action 1 - Focus on Knowledge Action 2 - Create connections Action 3 - Activate Students' Passion Action 4 - Develop vocabulary Action 5 - Increase the Volume Action 6 - Build Up Stamina Action 7 - Identify Benchmarks
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A look at how PBS LearningMedia's "vast selection of rich digital media resources provides a great opportunity for blended learning that can engage students with compelling content, and directly align curriclum to the new standars." This post looks at the four central components in the Common Core State Standards (English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects) and suggests examples of media found in the PBS Learning Media materials that may be used to address the standards. Specifically it addresses the following: * Emphasisis on informational text * The focus on argument * The push for media literacy * Encouraging online collaboration and exchange of ideas Many great suggestions are provided within each of the areas listed above.
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Are you looking for a resource with great tools to help you with the Common Core Standards? You may want to check out achievethecore.org. They provide "free, high-quality resources to educators now doing the hard work of implementing these higher standards." This link goes directly to a page called "Steal These Tools" with additional information also available on the website
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"Over the last few years, student products have changed. The Common Core State Standards force us to focus specifically on new sets of criteria. And so we find ourselves independently developing new rubrics and assessments. Happily, my/our dear friend Kathy Schrock stepped up to address the wheel-reinvention issue. Her updated assessment Guide covers assessment options for a variety of new products, including wikis, Glogs, blogs, threaded discusssion, and tweets. And her latest content includes CCSS-aligned assessments."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Not only does this post discuss the assessments that Kathy Schrock has developed you will find links too many other resources of value!
CurieSPK1's curator insight,
December 29, 2012 2:43 PM
Great reading for teachers experiencing CCSS assessment issues.
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In the 2014-2015 school year it is expected that most schools will be testing students on computers. The question is are schools ready, and is the necessary infrastructure available, so that the Common Core tests may successfully be administered online?
This post explores this issue. Did you know that "All devices must have a 10” screen, a keyboard, internet access, and the ability to disable features that could be used to cheat during the test"? or that "in addition to computers, iPads, Android tablets, and Chromebooks running on newer operating systems will be able to be used for testing"? The post also links to some posts that explore issues that Wyoming experienced with online testing and notes that "Adaptive testing is really beneficial and can pinpoint a student’s learning level more closely."
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The Common Core State Standards may "share many features and concepts with existing standards" but "the new standards also represent a substantial departure from current practice in a number of respects." This post looks at the differences in Mathematics and ELA, providing an explanation with some details for each difference. In Mathematics the differences listed are; * Coherence * Skills, Understanding, and Application * Emphasis on Practices In English Language Arts the differences listed are: * Focus on Evidence * "Staircase" of Text Complexity * Speaking and Listening * Literacy in the Content Area
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Are you looking for ideas for projects that are not papers, but that will help students "acquire subject matter, practice critical thinking and develop transferable information fluency and technology skills through a variety of creative activities"? If so, this post is for you! Joyce Valenza has begun a list of alternative to the paper which connect to the Common Core State Standard College and Career Readiness for Writing. You can add to this list by going to Google Doc (the link is in the post).
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An overview that covers: • Lead High-Level, Text-Based Discussions
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With Common Core State Standards coming into play quickly the issue of vocabulary is coming into play in a new way. This post provides a look at six strategies to use with vocabulary instruction. Get a great look at the strategies and learn some of the lessons that have been learned.