PARCC: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Hillary Marchel <[email protected]>wrote: > http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-assessment > State leaders in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College > and Careers share one fundamental goal: building their collective capacity > to dramatically increase the rates at which students graduate from high > school prepared for success in college and the workplace > > > Hillary Marchel > Reading Specialist > Reading Recovery Teacher > Hawthorn Elementary North > [email protected] > > On Jun 25, 2013, at 5:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > I just got Lucy Calkins book today. I'm not a big fan of hers, but I > will read the book word for word. > > I understand that CCSS is about what to teach, but when I (sometimes) > don't understand what the standard means, I'm not sure what to teach. I'm > also not sure how exacting the standards will be. > > What does PARCC stand for? > > Jan > > > > > > Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]>: > >> Have you read Lucy Calkins book Pathways to the Common Core? I got a > lot of my > >> questions answered by reading it. Common Core is not a how-to manual... > It's > >> what to teach- not how to teach it. Calkins keeps it real-- and > research based. A great read for perspective-- common core has some good > aspects-- in fact the > >> only area I'm worried about is text complexity-- but Calkins does a > great job in > >> explaining how good teachers should think about that. ( as always-- > it's the > >> tests that are worrisome--still waiting on the PARCC...) > >> > >> The standard you quoted is more about analysis and less about the > Bible. We want > >> our students to analyze cultural references in current texts and > consider how > >> the author uses/changes/adjusts material to make his or her point. > >> By common law-- you can teach about religion in public schools-- but > you can't > >> proselytize... You can't try to convert kids to a religion. Kids are a > captive > >> audience and we as teachers are agents of the state-- which is why the > supreme > >> court does not allow us to lead prayer in school. its like the state > forcing a > >> religion on kids. I don't want to get into whether or not prayer should > or > >> should not be allowed--I am just explaining how I understand Supreme > Court > >> rulings on this issue dictate what we can or cant do. Basically, you > can share > >> religious texts... Even engage in close reading of them... But you are > treating > >> them as a cultural artifact in the school setting. > >> Jennifer > >> > >> On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:11 PM, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I'd love a conversation about the Common Core State Standards. I > cannot > >> figure out how I am supposed to understand what the standards mean > without > >> seeing sample test questions. The standards seem extremely challenging > to me. > For example, one of the 8th grade standards for literature is > >> > Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of > events, or > >> character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works > such as the > >> Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. > How > modern is "modern'? I really fear the Bible part. Whose Bible? What am > >> I allowed to say about the Bible in a public school? All the "or's" in > the > >> sentence make me think I'm supposed to pick what to emphasize, but I > don't > >> believe that's true. > Where do I look to find someone who can answer > my questions? > >> > Jan > >> > > >> > > >> > Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]>: > >> >> We've been quiet... As we often are in early summer. Who wants to > get things > >> >> started? > >> >> > >> >> Sent from my iPhone > >> >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > -- *Christine Greco* Grade 3 Room 209 Harris Elementary School 60 High School Street Woonsocket, RI 02895 Phone (401)767-4855 Fax (401)767-4857 [email protected] <[email protected]> Assessment is the thinking teacher's mind work. It is the intelligence that guides our every moment as a teacher.-- Lucy Calkins _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
