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Anne Marie Littrell

Word Wall Activities - 0 views

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    Very fun word wall activities. Some mention bean bag toss toward a marked off shower curtain. Great for lower elementary but could easily be adapted to middle school curriculum. If you are looking for a way to make better use of your word wall, read this!
Kenneth Griswold

4 Tools for Building Academic Vocabulary - 0 views

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    There is a wealth of research to suggest that vocabulary knowledge is the single best predictor of student academic achievement across all curriculum areas. via Feedly
Anne Marie Littrell

Week in the Classroom"Wiki Collaboration Across the Curriculum" | K12 Online Conference - 0 views

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    Article and video on how to effectively use wikis in your classroom.
Kenneth Griswold

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers | PARCC - 0 views

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    Mississippi is a member state in the Partnershiop for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), the organization responsible for developing the next generation assessments which will be used to assess Common Core Standards in English and math.   The site provides a wealth of resources for assessment and teaching for common core standards.
Kenneth Griswold

Common Core State Standards Initiative | Home - 2 views

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    The home for the Common Core State Standards initiative.  The website is easy to navigate and provides all of the standards and appendices for Math and ELA.
Kenneth Griswold

Where the Common Core Meets Common Sense | November Learning - 1 views

  • Research shows that students primarily use one search engine and then only look at the first page of results.
  • our students have weaker research skills as a result of not being taught the rigor and discipline of using Google and other search tools across the curriculum in all grade levels
  • Our general analysis is that our students don’t know that they don’t know.
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  • common sense and the Common Core.
  • Most states will have to rethink their approach to teaching critical analysis of all kinds of information, as the standards require that students be able to: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism; Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research; and Interpret mathematical results in the context of a situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.
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    This article from Alan November discusses "web literacy" and the kinds of skills essential for digitally literate students and where these skills are found in the Common Core State Standards.   He makes a compelling argument for teaching these skills to students and provides some ideas about how it may be accomplished.
Kenneth Griswold

PBS Teachers | Resources For The Classroom - 0 views

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    All of the great classroom resources from PBS, organized by grade level and content area.  To find great content, begin with great content-producers like PBS.
Kenneth Griswold

Illuminations: Welcome to Illuminations - 0 views

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    This is a free, easy to navigate resource for Mathematics at all grade levels.
Kenneth Griswold

Literacy units for CCSS: free - 1 views

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    Excellent free units made available from Odell Education. Units on Close Reading and making evidence based claims for grade 6-12 are available here. All materials are included including the texts. Each unit is designed to be 3 weeks long. The materials and models here are very well aligned to Common Core standards and could serve as excellent models for teachers adapting to teaching the new standards.
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