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Tracy Watanabe

Arizona's New Statewide Achievement Test - 0 views

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    Arizona's New Statewide Achievement Test
Tracy Watanabe

SBE-Adopted ELA/ELD Framework Chapters - Curriculum Frameworks (CA Dept of Education) - 0 views

  • Introduction to the Framework (PD
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    "State Board of Education (SBE)-Adopted ELA/ELD Framework Chapters"
Tracy Watanabe

wwwatanabe: Writing 2.0: Technology-Rich Approach to Common Core Writing - 0 views

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    lots of examples & ideas of tech-rich writing
Tracy Watanabe

My List: A Collection on "ELA #6: Point of View/Purpose" | Diigo - 0 views

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    ELA 6 - Craft & Structure -point of view/purpose/perspective instructional videos
Tracy Watanabe

My List: A Collection on "ELA #5: Text Structure" | Diigo - 0 views

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    Instructional Videos for ELA #5 Craft & Structure -- Text Structure
Tracy Watanabe

My List: A Collection on "ELA #4: Interpret Words/Word Choice" | Diigo - 0 views

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    "https://www.diigo.com/list/tracywatanabe/list-201402111942127" Craft & Structure #4 Interpret Words... List of instructional videos
Tracy Watanabe

Lego Just Got Told Off By A 7-Year-Old Girl - 1 views

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    Love this! True, I agree with her, but this is just an awesome example of opinion writing with supported arguments (claims backed by evidence) by a 7 year old. -- Love that she is writing for a real purpose and audience! What real purpose could we have our students write for? And actually mail the letters (and publish on our blogs).
Tracy Watanabe

Technology & Engineering Passages | ReadWorks.org | The Solution to Reading Comprehension - 0 views

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    Great STEM reading passages with CCSS questions -- Click on link to see passage and click on links for Teacher's Guide K-8th grade passages (Scroll down for middle school science) - Reading passages for students (STEM) -- with Teacher Guide (click on links to see) for Common Core
Garrett Kerr

http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/files/cal/pdf/close-reading.pdf - 1 views

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    So often we forget the "Write" at the end! Writing MUST be part of the reading process. It's not a separate subject or time of day.
Tracy Watanabe

Writing Prompts - 0 views

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    Pin by Ann Phillips on picture writing prompts | Pinterest "STORY STARTER: Although __________had never seen this house before, something about it seemed oddly familiar. **Common Core State Standards: L1, W3, W10, SL4 (uses clauses/transitions/commas, writes routinely within time frames, uses adequate volume) Lesson link: pinterest.com/... (Photo source link provided below)"
Tracy Watanabe

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

  • 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.
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    Great ideas for text sets (intertextual lessons/units) -- with specific resources & ideas
Tracy Watanabe

At an East San Jose high school, students react to new Common Core test | EdSource Today - 0 views

  • “With this test, you had to make your point and explain your answer,” said Desiree Jones. “In the future, you may have to do the same thing – back up your claim –where you work. You can’t just say, ‘That’s good.’ You’ll need to say what you think and why.”
  • Citing evidence, defending a position Desiree was referring to the performance assessment part of the test. It represents the biggest change from the state tests.
  • They were asked to take a position, using evidence based on what they read. They could use a split screen to cut and paste from the articles – a task that some students found difficult to do, especially for math problems, using their portable Chromebooks  – and they could write as much and take as much time as they wanted.
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  • Students said there were annoying aspects to doing a test on a computer, but overall they said they preferred it. They said it was cumbersome to type out a formula; they complained there was no scratch paper to solve math problems (actually, scratch paper is allowed, but a proctor on the first day misread the rules).
  • “Geometry concepts are hard to remember,” said Daisy De La Cruz, who is now taking Calculus. Desiree said, “In the past, questions went gradually from easy to hard. This one was jumbled.” Field tests are designed to test the validity of questions, not simulate actual tests that students will take starting next year. As a result, there was an intentional randomness in the question selection and order that caught students by surprise. Questions ranged from pre-algebra they took in middle school to graphing problems in pre-calculus, students said.
Tracy Watanabe

Visible Thinking Routines for Blogging | Langwitches Blog - 0 views

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    Fab -- love the infographic for blogging conversation! Love this for academic (online written) conversations/quality commenting & Making Thinking Visible routine!
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