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Empower students to explore research through a web-based project, enhancing their reading and writing skills while mastering Common Core Standards. Collaborate online, present findings, and spark curiosity with engaging content.
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Projectto Ignite Learning and Advance Literacy Understandings
One Model: The Research Project
Empower students to learn on their own
Create a Web Site Reporting Research Findings
Specific Guidelines Guide The Path
Teamwork with Peers Helps the work
Big Idea Essential Question in kid-friendly terms guides the research
Need to Know Propels Learning learning
Students follow the path on their own
Rules:Thesis Statement is on Web Site Home PageThesis Statement no more than 30 wordsWeb site Constraints
Students Located, Contacted Experts in via internet search, e-mail, Skype interviewExtended web site
Expository/ArgumentClose reading inference central idea Non-fiction text Evaluate visuals
texts address similar themes Read complex text proficiently Produce coherent Writing with Peer Review, Revisions Research
What’s different:Create web site Concise statements Word Limit Add visuals, videos, sound
Almost all 20 Common Core ELA Standards in Reading and Writing are well learned in this technology based research project
On-Line Library data bases Interview experts, email Team process adds ideas Presentation to Adults
Lost Opportunities Write up researchAll do Web Site All do Project
PARCC TESTS AREN’T STANDARDIZED They’re Criterion Referenced
CRITERION REFERENCED: Show what is Tested in advance Test what is shown
PARCC TESTS AREN’T Tests They’re Assessments of learning to Guide what is Taught
PARCC TESTS AREN’T High Stakes Assess to Guide LEARNING
Freedom to teach Is also freedom not to teach Local control is in how teaching and learning is done
State Standards: 1989 Governors’ Conference • 2002 President Bush No Child Left Behind act • With full Bipartisan Congressional VOTE
Core Standards in 2009 • 40 States adopted Common Core • 10 States are Race to the Top
Advantages to Common Core: Commonality across schools and states Build grade to Grade
Advantages to Common Core: Common high learning Challenging assessment
Good new national materials for teachers High Achieving students: Minimal Competency Can move on to higher Expectations
Standards make a good difference! Common is better!