Opening Presentation on October 7
Kate Gerson and Dave Abel present on Bringing Inquiry to Life: Reading, Research and Writing. In this presentation, they discuss the rigors of secondary research and some of the best strategies and Writing Standards 7-9.
Opening Presentation on October 8
David Liben presents on What it takes to Succeed in the Era of the Common Core
- How to choose words for teaching http://achievethecore.org/page/974/vocabulary-and-the-common-core-detail-pg
- Featured Lessons on achievethecore.org: http://achievethecore.org/page/752/close-reading-sample-lessons-list-page
- ELA/Literacy lesson bank including RAP, BAP, & AAP: http://achievethecore.org/page/788/ela-literacy-lesson-bank-content-list-page
- Text Dependent Questions Resources from achievethecore.org: http://achievethecore.org/page/710/text-dependent-question-resources
- Short Guide to Creating Text Dependent Questions:http://achievethecore.org/page/45/short-guide-to-creating-text-dependent-questions-detail-pg
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‘Both And’ Paper by David & Meredith Liben: http://bit.ly/1oWZ7ai
- ELA SCASS Navigating Text Complexity: http://www.ccsso.org/Navigating_Text_Complexity/Showroom_Models.html
- ReadWorks: http://www.readworks.org/
- Reading A-Z: http://www.readinga-z.com/
- EBSCO Databases (state membership): http://cdn.lexile.com/m/cms_page_media/135/RTData_July_13.pdf
- Webinar on Finding Texts at Different Lexile Levels:http://achievethecore.org/page/927/webinar-on-finding-texts-hidden-resources-at-your-fingertips-detail-pg
- American Reading Company Webinar on Finding Texts at Different Lexile Levels: http://www.americanreading.com/
- Light Sail: http://www.lightsailed.com/
- Curriculet: http://www.curriculet.com
- Starting in the spring full text sets will begin to be loaded up on www.achievethecore.org
- Nonfiction Text Sets from TC Reading and Writing Project http://readingandwritingproject.com/resources/book-lists-classroom-libraries-and-text-sets-for-students/text-sets.html
Opening Presentation on October 9
Peter Coe presents math Studio Talk video series where educators have an opportunity to see and discuss the information being presented
