On Monday, educators at North Star School continued their work on aligning instruction to Core Action One (for details on Core Action One, see the
Instructional Practice Guides).
Teachers and administrators engaged in professional learning that supported their planning for alignment to Core Action One. Mathematics teachers focused on planning for rigor, while ELA/Literacy teachers focused on using annotations to support the increased use of complex text. The PPT for the entire session can be found
here, resources to explore rigor in Mathematics can be found
here, and annotation resources for ELA/Literacy can be found
here.
Teachers also collaborated in their subject area groups to reflect on their work over the past month that aligned with Core Action One and determine next steps for deeper work with complex text in ELA/Literacy or rigor in Mathematics.
The
mathematics materials in this sessions borrowed from those developed for the
Nevada Core AdvocatesSummit and can be found
here. The the annotation resources for ELA/Literacy are based on those developed by the WCSD
history-social studies department and adapted Innovations High School science teachers.