CMC-South Presentation on Implementing the CA ELD Standards in Math
CORE’s Director of Math, Dean Ballard, delivered a presentation, “Implementation of ELD Standards in Math Classrooms,” at the CMC (California Mathematics Council) South on October 28, 2017. Download his presentation below.
On-Demand Webinar: Making Special Education “Special:” Ensuring Maximal Instead of Minimal Benefits
The 2017 Supreme Court Ruling on Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1 re-affirmed that special education can, and should, deliver more to students with disabilities. The way to achieve improved outcomes is with fewer but better IEP goals and progress monitoring. Unfortunately, IEP goals have become a procedural compliance process disconnected from intervention intensity that doesn’t lead to the kind of progress monitoring that has been shown to be among the most powerful tools in an educator’s toolbox.
During this one-hour webinar conducted by Dr. Mark Shinn you will learn:
- How the ruling is consistent with the Office of Special Education Program’s Results Driven Accountability (RDA) Initiative.
- How appropriately intensive, research-based intervention(s) driven by scientifically sound, easily measurable IEP goals reduce the achievement gap.
- How progress monitoring practices drive intervention intensity and effectiveness.
- Strategies to improve instruction and academic achievement for students with disabilities in your district.
Lesson Model Video: Introducing Open and Closed Syllables
In this video the teacher introduces the concept of open and closed syllables to 2nd and 3rd graders. Notice her review of the sound spelling cards before she starts the lesson to review long and short vowel sounds. Watch for the teacher’s clear and effective reinforcement techniques.
This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 272-275 in the updated 2nd edition.
CORE Academic Quarterly Newsletter, Fall 2017
Welcome to the Fall 2017 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter!
The cool nights of autumn are upon us. We at CORE hope that your school year has started off well and the year ahead will be full of learning, fun, and new horizons.
In this issue of the Academic Quarterly, in the Reading Expert section, we summarize a recently published study by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), An Exploration of Instructional Practices that Foster Language Development and Comprehension: Evidence from Prekindergarten through Grade 3 in Title I Schools. For those of you who are Tim Shanahan fans, he is one of the authors.
In the Marvelous Mathematician, we correlate the practices recommended in Visible Learning for Mathematics with the recommendations in the IES Practice Guide, Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning.
In the Leadership Corner, we feature a series of webinars for effective principal practices.
Happy reading!
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Lesson Model Video: Syllable Division Strategy – VC/CV
In this video, the teacher introduces a more advanced concept of multisyllabic reading – vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel (VCCV) syllable division to a second grade class. Watch how the teacher guides them through the process step by step.
This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 276-282.
