October 24, 2012

Tentative agenda

october24LiteracyFacilitation.docx

The Pathways to Common Core by Lucy Calkins; Chapter 3 Literal Understanding and Text Complexity Standards 1 and 10

Arkansas CCSS Strategic Plan

http://ideas.aetn.org/commoncore/strategic-plan 

Publisher's Criteria

K-2 http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Publishers_Criteria_for_K-2.pdf 

3-12 http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Publishers_Criteria_for_3-12.pdf 

Shanahan on Literacy

http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/ 

The Challenge of Challenging Text by Timothy Shanahan, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar12/vol69/num06/The-Challenge-of-Challenging-Text.aspx 

CCSSO Appendix A New Research on Text Complexity

E0813_Appendix_A_New_Research_on_Text_Complexity.pdf

International Reading Association CCSS Guidelines for Implementation

ira_ccss_guidelines.pdf

Arkansas Ideas for Resources

http://ideas.aetn.org/ 

Writing Strategy to use during research

Venn Diagram

Sketch to Stretch--using 4 square, draw pictures, add words,

Alphaboxes--using an ABC organizer to help with description

One topic-18 writing topics