10 Ways Common Core Lessons Are Different: Part 2
Teaching a Common Core lesson means you, as a teacher, guide students through more advanced ways of understanding and using knowledge. Common Core advocates this higher-level approach with the goal of helping students become career and college-ready critical thinkers... read more 10 Ways Common Core Lessons Are Different: Part 1
Mr. Smith, the principal, walks into teacher Ann Lassen’s fifth- grade classroom to observe the class. He sees Mrs. Lassen presenting information to the class. Sometimes she uses PowerPoint, sometimes a document camera, and sometimes she just talks. He sees the... read more
How to Craft a Learning Objective from a Common Core State Standard
Frequently at DataWORKS, we are asked what it takes to craft a standards-based Learning Objective for use in the classroom. As many of you know, Common Core State Standards are often verbose and complex. This presents the problem of creating a concise Learning... read more
Assessing the Common Core Assessments
Teachers throughout the country are preparing their students for the new Common Core Assessments. This does not mean they are teaching to the test; rather, it means they are evaluating what kinds of questions are being asked – and then deciding how to modify their... read more