I’m working through the PD modules recently posted to the achievethecore.org website.  My notes from the 46 min introductory webinar are below (my thoughts included). Student Achievement Partners Claim no intellectual property to modules/materials—use them at will Receive no state/local funding Have no financial connections to textbook ...

Yesterday, ODE produced tip sheets for school boards, superintendents, and teachers about what they should be doing right now to continue (hopefully not “begin”!) implementing the common core. In summary, School Boards should be creating an implementation timeline reviewing curriculum crosswalks checking out these simulated letter grades for ...

The Ohio Resource Center offers free resources and lesson plans for teachers.  We are on the cusp of realigning ALL of these resources to be common core friendly, but in the meantime, I have pulled together a sample unit plan for 9-10 grade reading informational text. Using original materials created by ORC contributors, I realigned the original ...

I’ve been a little absent lately from my blog, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping up with the lastest common core news.  Check out some of my recent reads: States wanting to leave the common core:   In Indiana, legislators recently voted down a bill that would have removed the state from adopting common core standards.  The bill argued ...

This is bound to be one doozy of a blog post! This summer, I did some unguided, personal work on developing “I can” statements for the CCSS.  I thought creating learning targets would be as easy as taking exactly what was written in the standard statement, making sure the words were “student-friendly,” rewording as necessary and adding “I can” to ...

This morning, I attended an Achieve 3000 webinar on ELA for the Common Core.  Below are the notes I took as the presentation went on–there was some repeated information (things I’ve already heard), but also a LOT of new stuff!  I draw your attention to these new bits of info with bolded, underlined, and/or italicized formatting.  I’ll post the PDF ...