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Creating Cross-Curricular Text Sets for the Middle Grades | MiddleWeb - 0 views

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text set commoncore intertextual

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 21 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • To design the text set, each person thought about a theme in the anchor text to explore. In this way, different people designed different text sets around a common anchor text. Next, each preservice teacher began to put a text set together. These requirements framed the assignment: The text set needed to include 6-8 texts, including the anchor text. The text set had to include both narrative and informational genres. The text set had to include both print and digital texts. The text set needed to include texts of varying complexity.
  • The authors inspired us to include both narrative and informational texts. The goals of this assignment were to help preservice teachers (1) understand what a text set is and (2) experience putting a text set together. Although the task seemed daunting at first, most preservice teachers were satisfied with their outcomes. The challenges we ran into included: Selecting an anchor text; Deciding on a theme in the anchor text to explore through the text set; Making informed choices about other texts to include.
  • These standards can seem daunting to preservice teachers. A text set assignment like the one described here is one way  teacher educators can help prepare our university students to plan curriculum and instruction that helps students make deeper connections.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 21 Apr 14
     
    Great ideas for text sets (intertextual lessons/units) -- with specific resources & ideas
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Tools for Examining Text Complexity -- by Karin Hess - 2 views

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hess text complexity

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 30 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 30 Oct 12
     
    Tools for Examining Text Complexity toolkit for dissecting text / text complexity
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debrennersmith: Writing and Reading Lessons: Getting to the heart of the common core st... - 2 views

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commoncore text complexity information literacy shift scaffolding standards task ELA

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 08 May 12 - No Cached
  • *Standards - what we teach *Text Complexity - what we teach with *Focus on comprehension Scaffolds - how we teach *The Task - how we measure what we teach Comprehension Standards - What's new? NOT the same cake with different frosting
  • Key ideas and details - what is author saying Standard 1Standard 2Standard 3 Craft and Structure - How is the author saying itStandard 4Standard 5Standard 6 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas - Why is the author saying itStandard 7Standard 8Standard 9 Text Complexity and RangeStandard 10
  • NEW ADDITIONS to think about when thinking about the CCSS 1. More on character development (characters who change from beginning to end) 2. Summary includes theme 3. Paraphrasing 4. Vocabulary: tier2, tier3, figurative language (simile, personification, idioms), TONE (where did the character have a bad attitude,  a good attitude, change attitude) 5. Genre, text structure 6. Text to text connections 7. Broader definition of text (digital, live, video) 8.Illustrations part of message (picture shows mood of character) 9. Point of view / perspectives (values and belief systems) NO LONGER TEACHING in CCSS: text to self connections because it takes students away from the texts Creative thinking
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Lexile Analyzer® - 1 views

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lexile commoncore

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 10 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • The Lexile® measure of text is determined using the Lexile Analyzer®, a software program that evaluates the reading demand—or readability—of books, articles and other materials. The Lexile Analyzer measures the complexity of the text by breaking down the entire piece and studying its characteristics, such as sentence length and word frequency, which represent the syntactic and semantic challenges that the text presents to a reader. The outcome is the text complexity, expressed as a Lexile measure, along with information on the word count, mean sentence length and mean log frequency.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 10 Jul 12
     
    You can scan your text (or type it in) to see the complexity of what you've written (or text in any website).
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wwwatanabe: Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with iPads--Part 2 - 0 views

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close-reading annotate annotation ipad ipad app

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 04 May 13 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 04 May 13
     
    "In Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Tech--Part 1, the focus was how to do a close reading. In Part 2, the focus is how to annotate with iPads, and insights gained from a lesson done with students in first through third grades."
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AIMS to PARCC Transition - 2 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 30 Jul 12
     
    "Dear Arizona Educator,   In an effort to foster the successful transition to Arizona's Common Core Standards and the PARCC assessment, the Arizona Department of Education is providing the following information regarding the Spring 2013 and 2014 AIMS assessments and the changes that are necessary to effectively transition to the PARCC assessment.   Changes to the Spring 2013 and 2014 AIMS Assessments Although the AIMS assessment will remain the same concerning the blueprints and format, the passages and items will have several changes as outlined below.  The focus of the AIMS test will be to move closer to the expectations of the PARCC assessment. --------------------- Passages In order to prepare for the expected rigor of the PARCC passages, the AIMS passages will contain an increase in text complexity as well as higher Lexile levels.  The language used will have sophisticated text, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Items Many of the AIMS items are written at the Concept level, allowing for multiple Performance Objectives within a Concept to be addressed in a single item.  The item's complexity will be raised through selecting items at the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels of 2 and 3. Please note the attachment - Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels (Table 1) and Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Table 2). To further support the transition from the AIMS assessment to the PARCC assessment, the test items have been aligned to the 2003 (Reading), 2004 (Writing), and 2008 (Mathematics) Standards as well as to Arizona's Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Language Arts. -----------------------   Transitioning to Arizona's Common Core Standards and the PARCC Assessment Since Arizona's Common Core Standards are the building blocks of the PARCC assessment, the following documents are provided to help make the transition a little smoother from the old standards/AIMS assessment to the new Common Core Standards/PARCC assessment.  The English Languag
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3 Digital Tools to Encourage Close Reading - 0 views

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close-reading

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  • Dr. Doug Fischer defines close reading this way: “Close reading is a careful and purposeful re-reading of the text.”
  • (PARCC) defines it this way:
  • ... and explains its importance:
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  • Close reading is a great approach to turning “complex” into “simple” by providing concrete steps to decode material.
  • Here are three approaches to evaluating whether students have closely-read the complex text: Ask questions that are open-ended and require evidence. Ask questions that require students to think and understand what they're reading. Ask questions that plumb the depths of the text being read .while considering only information contained there, not from outside sources
  • Three digital tools make close reading happen: iAnnotate Snap! Learning Reading A-Z
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wwwatanabe: Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Diigo--Part 3 - 1 views

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close-reading commoncore

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 30 May 13
     
    This is based on the PD we did on Tuesday morning with AJHS.
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Kelly Gallagher - Building Deeper Readers and Writers - 1 views

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ELA commoncore Kelly Gallagher literacy reading Writing

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 17 May 12
     
    Theresa showed us this one for great lessons esp for text complexity and some of the shifts in ELA
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Teaching Higher Order Thinking Skills In Middle School - 1 views

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Bloom's taxonomy questions text complexity textual evidence Teaching Channel

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 26 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Higher Order Questions: A Path to Deeper Learning Grades 6-8, ELA, Literature Common Core Standards: ELA.RL.6.1 ELA.RL.6.5 ELA.SL.6.1c
  • Create higher order questions in order to analyze and discuss a text
  • Questions to Consider How does Ms. Francisco help her students develop higher order questions? What do students learn from both writing and discussing questions? How do students test the validity of their questions? Why is this step important?
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  • ELA.RL.6.1, ELA.RL.6.5, ELA.SL.6.1c
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