Tag: cutting
Cutting to the Common Core: Disrupting Discourse
Kate Kinsella recommends launching an Academic Language Campaign to prepare diverse learners for the Common Core State Standards
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS, 2010)...
Cutting to the Common Core: Fostering Academic Interaction
Kate Kinsella offers an action plan to encourage second language learners to participate in constructive classroom discussion
A primary goal of English language development and...
Cutting to the Common Core with Lori Helman
Lori Helman shares her thoughts on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the teaching of English Language Learners (ELLs)
Language Magazine: How will implementation...
Cutting to the Common Core: Sticking to the Script
Timothy Shanahan reassesses the role of handwriting in literacy development
My father, who had no more than an eighth-grade education, wrote in a beautiful Palmer...
Cutting to the Common Core: My Students Can’t Read So How...
Hillary Wolfe recommends building strategic scaffolds to assist adolescent writing
One of the biggest instructional shifts resulting from the Common Core State Standards is the...
Cutting to the Common Core: Changing the Playing Field 2
In the second installment of a two-part article, Jeff Zwiers, Susan O’Hara, and Robert Pritchard present essential shifts for teaching Common Core Standards to...
Cutting to the Common Core: Academic Language Development Network
Susan O’Hara, Jeff Zwiers, and Robert Pritchard explain the mission of the Academic Language Development Network
The Academic Language Development Network (http://aldnetwork.org) is a...
Cutting to the Common Core: Analyzing Informational Text
Kate Kinsella tackles the particular challenges of preparing learners to be able to analyze and discuss complex informational text
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS,...
Cutting to the Common Core: Making Vocabulary Number One
Dr. Kate Kinsella offers strategies for prioritizing vocabulary for competent text analysis, discussion, and constructed response
Shifts in Text Emphases and Response Tasks
The Common Core...
Cutting to the Common Core: Decoding Complex Text
Rebecca Blum-Martínez offers a strategy to help English learners cope with the more complex language requirements of the Common Core
The adoption of the...
