Benefits of Collaboration: Common Core in Poughkeepsie
Kerri talks about the benefits of collaboration through this project.
Pacing
Kerri shares the challenges she had with pacing in the lesson.
Student Overview
Kerri offers an overview of her the students in her 9th-grade ESL class.
Increasing students' exposure to academic vocabulary
Kerri talks about the importance of exposure to academic vocabulary.
Cold read
Katie describes the pre-assessment that her students did before doing a close read of the text.
What I bring to the table
Andrea shares the expertise she offers as an ESL teacher working on the Common Core.
Useful strategies: Common Core in Poughkeepsie
Andrea describes some of the useful strategies she learned from professional development through the project.
Strategy: Embedded vocabulary
Andrea talks about the strategies she learned for using embedded vocabulary.
Struggle: Grade-level text
Andrea describes the challenges of choosing appropriate grade-level text.
Project reflection
Andrea talks about what she learned through this project.