Last weekend we were able to finish our lesson plan that goes with the story The Bremen Town Musicians retold by Carol Pugliano-Martin. If you would like to check it out here is the link: The Bremen Town Musicians.
We attended a great workshop on Thursday through Smekens Education Solutions Inc. It was titled, Strategies for Teaching Reading With Small Group Instruction. The presenter, Kristi McCullough has a wealth of knowledge. Her ideas were appropriate for grades two through six and could be readily implemented. This was the same company that put on the writing conference that Kim went to in August, and this one was just as inspiring as that one. As Kim mentioned before, if you ever have a chance to go to one of their workshops, jump on it! Here is the link to their website: Smekens Education Solutions Inc.
One of the teachers in our building found a great website that unpacks the Common Core State Standards for all grade levels. We found this to be so useful because it makes the vague language of the CCSS more understandable. We hope you find this site as useful as we did.
Another thing we keep reading and hearing about concerning the Common Core is teachers using exemplar texts with their students. These texts are samples of the complexity and rigor of the texts the students will be required to read and comprehend on the PARCC assessment. We found a website that has these texts as well as activities that accompany them. Here is the site: Exemplar Texts and Tasks.
Next week we will be back with some fun activities we did with our students. It's a full week with zero interruptions so hopefully we will have a lot to share with you.
Kim and Anne
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