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Tracy Watanabe

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
Tracy Watanabe

From Common Core Standards to Curriculum: Five Big Ideas by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins - 2 views

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commoncore unpacking Wiggins McTighe

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 25 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 25 Sep 12
     
    Big Idea # 1 - The Common Core Standards have new emphases and require a careful reading. Big Idea # 2 - Standards are not curriculum. Big Idea # 3 - Standards need to be "unpacked." When working with the Common Core, we recommend that educators "unpack" them into four broad categories - 1) Long term Transfer Goals, 2) Overarching Understandings, 3)  Overarching Essential Questions, and 4) a set of recurring Cornerstone Tasks. Big Idea # 4 - A coherent curriculum is mapped backwards from desired performances. Big Idea #5 - The Standards come to life through the assessments.
Tracy Watanabe

Late Elementary (Grades 3-5): English Language Arts: Reading Standards for Informationa... - 1 views

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ELA english resources lesson standards informational_expository

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 02 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 02 Jul 12
     
    "As you work to integrate Common Core standards into your classroom, it may help to look at sample lessons. In this set, you can see lessons, presentations, and assessments working with informational text (grades 3-5). Remember that you can search the site by grade level and common core standard and that other subject areas besides Common Core are included on the site." --Vicki Davis
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NAESP | National Association of Elementary School Principals - 0 views

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commoncore leadership

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 23 May 12 - No Cached
  • Principal leadership is critical in the transition to Common Core State Standards. NAESP has developed this checklist to help you determine what bodies of knowledge and skill sets you will need to gain as you prepare to lead your school into using the new standards.
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