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moving to common core

by Nicole

May 29, 2013

our school is changing over to common core next year. We are told there are no funds for resources, no training on Common Core (but we can use our own time to go to a CTA summer institute if we want, and have to create entirely new units based on common core standards which we don't fully understand yet, and no new resources will be provided - oh, but we need to copy for all our classes the texts and nonfiction books we find ourselves so that every student can do close reading strategies with them. Oh, and the school has only one copier. Feeling set up to fail. Any suggestions???

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mess Sounds about right for the way things are done today. First, look at what you already teach. Then look at the CC standards. Match them up. It will help you weed out what you don't need and you will already have some of the units, although they may need tweaking. What are seven or eight things thy MUST know by the end of the year? Base your units on...See More

Jun 4, 2013

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mrsd On 6/04/13, mess wrote: > Sounds about right for the way things are done today. First, > look at what you already teach. Then look at the CC > standards. Match them up. It will help you weed out what you > don't need and you will already have some of the units, > although they may need tweaking. What are seven or eight > things th...See More

Jun 4, 2013

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mrsd - stupid autocorrect On 6/04/13, mess wrote: > Sounds about right for the way things are done today. First, > look at what you already teach. Then look at the CC > standards. Match them up. It will help you weed out what you > don't need and you will already have some of the units, > although they may need tweaking. What are seven or eight > things th...See More

Jun 4, 2013

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the Common Core Standards? On 5/29/13, Nicole wrote:

How is Common Core different from any other previous standards? Have you ever read the old story "The Emperor Has On No Clothes?" I'd be happy to be told I'm wrong - it would restore my faith in the system - but I don't see how Common Core is anything but the same standards we've long had with some differences in...See MoreOn 5/29/13, Nicole wrote:

How is Common Core different from any other previous standards? Have you ever read the old story "The Emperor Has On No Clothes?" I'd be happy to be told I'm wrong - it would restore my faith in the system - but I don't see how Common Core is anything but the same standards we've long had with some differences in how it's organized and worded.

By coincidence, I spent all of yesterday reading the Common Core Standards for ELA. There is NOTHING in them that wasn't in every other set of standards that have come for the last 20 years. There was Nothing that was new in them. They were organized differently and the sentences were worded differently but those two minor differences aside, the Common Core Standards are the same standards we've been given to use in Reading/Writing instruction for the last 20 years.

I seriously doubt if any of your administrators have read the Common Core Standards or any of the standards that preceded them. They are very time-consuming to read and they are written in long, obtuse sentences that are difficult to read and absorb and - they go on and on and on.

You do not have to create entirely new units to be in conformity with the 'new' Common Core Standards. Last night I wrote new numbers - the Common Core numbers - next to every objective in every lesson plan I have. I changed Nothing in my lesson plans because it's not necessary.

Don't your students already have copies of your texts and nonfiction books? If not, how can they read them, close reading or not? In any case, there are many 'listening' standards - have your students listen to a reading and you'll be meeting the listening standards.

But I went carefully through the ELA and L standards for 6th through 8th and I saw nothing in there about 'close reading' - I know the phrase and was taught the concept in grad school but I didn't see it in there. I will check again and report back on "Close Reading and the Common Core Standards."

> our school is changing over to common core next year. We > are told there are no funds for resources, no training on > Common Core (but we can use our own time to go to a CTA > summer institute if we want, and have to create entirely > new units based on common core standards which we don't > fully understand yet, and no new resources will be provided > - oh, but we need to copy for all our classes the texts and > nonfiction books we find ourselves so that every student > can do close reading strategies with them. Oh, and the > school has only one copier. Feeling set up to fail. Any > suggestions???

Jun 15, 2013

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Deb ms/IA Do not throw out your current curriculum! Go through what you already have in place and pair it up with the CC standards. Unless you are adopting new curriculum there is no need to go find all new stuff. You will be surprised at how many standards you already do within your current curriculum.

You can look up many close readings online an...See More

Jun 28, 2013

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