Staff Resources
Smart Balanced Resources
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What is Close Reading?
One of the widespread anticipatory reactions to the Common Core State Standards is a new emphasis in guidance to practitioners on “close reading” (Brown & Kappes, 2012). Close reading is an approach to teaching comprehension that insists students extract meaning from text by examining carefully how language is used in the passage itself. It stems from the observation that many students emerging from the K-12 world are not ready to engage with complex text of the kind they must work with in college. Its ultimate goal is to help students strengthen their ability to learn from complex text independently, and thus to enhance college and career readiness. A characteristic of the implementation of close reading in classrooms is a prohibition on questions that draw on resources outside the text and a focus on support for claims from the text itself. It is argued by some that close reading will level the playing field by eliminating differences in comprehension associated with background knowledge.
(Catherine Snow, 2013)
Close Reading Resources
eacher Portal Log-in (Text Cert./ P.E.)
LAUSD Memo April 2015 about mandatory PE minutes and form
Great sites for ideas to do with your class out at PE
http://www.pegames.org/
https://physedgames.com/
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/pe/pe.html
http://www.sparkpe.org/physical-education-resources/common-core/
Smarter Balanced Assessment Resources
Common Core Resources
http://www.schooltube.com/video/d0f578f9c6d54baeba4f/Making%20Inferences
http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/
LAUSD Literacy Common Core District Link
Kindergarten Common Core "I Can" Checklist
1st Grade Common Core "I Can" Checklist
2nd Grade Common Core "I Can" Checklist
3rd Grade Common Core "I Can" Checklist
4th Grade Common Core "I Can" Checklist
5th Grade Common Core "I Can" Checklist
Common Core Standards Search Engine
ELA California Common Core Standards
Math California Common Core Standards
LAUSD Common Core Standards Link
Common Core Standards Initiative Link
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Responsible for developing Common Core Assessments)
K-5th Common Core Aligned Lessons for Literacy
Mrs. Warren's Common Core Website Links
http://oaklandk12-public.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Public/View/Default