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A Non-Freaked Out, Focused Approach to the Common Core — Part 3 — Close Reading

April 18, 2013 By Dave Stuart Jr. 35 Comments

Update from Dave: Welcome to one of the most popular posts on the blog. This post is kind of old and doesn’t reflect my latest thinking, so let me point you toward some more recent things I’ve written in case you’re curious: An Obituary for Close Reading Moving Forward with Close Reading Purposeful Annotation: A […]

A Non-Freaked Out, Focused Approach to the Common Core — Part 2 — Complex Texts

April 4, 2013 By Dave Stuart Jr. 20 Comments

Recently, I posted an overview of the non-freaked out approach to the Common Core that I’ve been experimenting with in my ninth grade world history and comp/lit (ELA) classes during the last year and a half or so. In this post (Part 2), I’m going to dive into the what, why, and how of getting […]

The Non-Freaked Out, Focused Approach to the Common Core

March 15, 2013 By Dave Stuart Jr. 25 Comments

When I set out in June 2012 to blog through the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), I was, as long-time readers know, a diehard standards avoider. To me, standards were nothing more than codified wish lists created by committees. They were useful for getting good grades on School of Ed lesson plans, and that was […]

How to NOT Freak Out about the Common Core

January 30, 2013 By Dave Stuart Jr. 6 Comments

Here’s what’s up: despite our circumstances, a majority of the 3.5 million of us teachers still want to do something that matters with our careers; we still want to impact student achievement in a way that promotes long-term flourishing for our kids. And when something like the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) come out, our frontal […]

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