ccss reading standards: 5 critical moves for implementation across the curriculum

by Cheryl Becker Dobbertin

COMMON COREUNIT BY UNIT

A slide show for book study groups

Across the Curriculum

5 Critical Moves for

Implementing the Reading Standards

Why Plan Differently for the Common Core?“ You may be wrestling with the idea

of working even harder than you already do. Fortunately, the real change will come not through harder work, but through smarter work.”

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What are the “5 critical moves” for implementing the Common Core ELA/Literacy standards that this author is recommending?

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According to the author, when does planning happen? How does this compare to your current practices?

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How can you work as a grade level, department, or other team to create engaging contexts for reading?

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How can targets sharpen your assessment planning?

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According to this chapter, why is planning a critical aspect of helping students to become better readers?

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How can tiering tasks ensure that all students have access to complex texts?

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From Cheryl Becker Dobbertin’s Common Core, Unit by Unit (Heinemann 2013)

5 actions to change readers’ lives—and meet the standards

“Knowing where you’re going is an essential step to getting there.”

“Student-shared goals engage, support,

and hold students accountable for curriculum,

complex texts, and sharing their understanding.”

“Differentiate by design, not by default.”

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“ Teachers know that the quality of the work that happens with learners is directly impacted by the quality of the work that happens when the learners aren’t present.”

How can my colleagues and I help each other with our unit planning as we implement the Common Core?

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