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Have you read Chapter 5 in Pathways? She tells how to apply the standards to informational text with colleagues. So a friend (who teaches 6th Core) and I tried it. I supplied a short newspaper article and we spent 75 minutes discussing it in terms of standards 1-6. It was amazing! We got really deep.

Next time we're going to use a text set so we can explore stds. 7-9. I recommend this kind of work highly. We learned a lot!

Only problems: 1. Sometimes it was hard to separate our thinking into numbered standards. That's really not all bad since we were super-delving. 2. I had a really good text-to-world connection that we both thought helped our comprehension yet Calkins prohibited.

I hope you'll try it.

Judy
Praline Which book are you reading? Is it Pathways to Common Core: Accelerating Achievement? Would it be useful in first grade?

On 6/19/12, judy5ca wrote: > Have you read Chapter 5 in Pathways? She tells how to apply > the standards to informational text with colleagues. So a > friend (who teaches 6th Core) and I tried it. I supplied a &g...See More
Jun 25, 2012
judy5ca Yes, that's the book. I'm really liking it a lot because it's helping me understand the standards. I think it's good for all grades--she refers from K-12. In fact, I think it should be required reading for all teachers. Judy

On 6/25/12, Praline wrote: > Which book are you reading? Is it Pathways to Common Core: > Accelerating Achiev...See More
Jun 26, 2012
Praline Thank you for the response. I will have to keep that in mind.I guess I need to feed my Amazon account some more.lol

This year in first grade we are concentrating more on the Math Common Core.One book that was mentioned was Math Work Stations- Independent Learning You Can On K-2 by Debbie Diller. I realize that that is a book full of center...See More
Jun 26, 2012
PMo OOOO - I just started this one, too. I was TRYING to just concentrate on vocabulary research this summer, but common core intervenes, and I do love Ms. Calkins -- good HEAVENS, but there are a lot of new standards. She is helping me, as I begin this book, to begin to think about the change. I had heard that this wasn't that informative a book, but ...See More
Jun 26, 2012
judy5ca Yes, I agree, PMo, I'm really loving this book. We (as a school district) spent 2 days last spring 'unpacking' the new standards, but reading this book is ever so much more helpful to me. I'm a slow reader to begin with, but this one is taking forever. I'm only on p. 130. I suppose it's good: I could decide the text is so rich I'm absorbing, but I ...See More
Jun 27, 2012


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