1. Project to Ignite Learning and Advance Literacy Understandings

4. and Learn the Common Core Reading and Writing Standards

5. One Model: One Model: The Research The Research Project Project

6. Protect Basic Strong Important Standards Learning

7. Empower students to to learn learn on their own own

8. Create a Web Site Reporting Research Findings

9. Specific Guidelines Guide The ThePath

10. Teamwork with PeersHelps the thework

11. Big Idea Essential Question in kid-friendly terms guides the research Big Idea Essential Question in kid-friendly terms guides the research

12. Need to Know Need to Know Propels Learning learning Propels Learning learning

13. Students follow the path on ontheir own own

14. Rules: Thesis Statement is on Web Site Home Page Thesis Statement no more than 30 words Web site Constraints

15. OnLine Access to Library Data Base

16. Students Located, Contacted Experts in via internet search, e-mail, Skype interview Extended web site

17. Vast Amount of Material Available Vast Amount of Material Available

18. Expository/Argument Close reading inference central idea Non-fiction text Evaluate visuals

19. texts address similar themes Read complex text proficiently Produce coherent Writing with Peer Review, Revisions Research

20. What’s different: Create web site Concise statements Word Limit Add visuals, videos, sound What’s different: Create web site Concise statements Word Limit Add visuals, videos, sound

21. Almost all 20 Common Core ELA Standards in Reading and Writing Reading and Writing are well learned in are well learned in this technology based this technology based research project research project

22. On-Line Library data bases Interview experts, email Team process adds ideas Presentation to Adults

27. Connor’s Team Didn’t Win

29. C onnor’s Team Won at the State Science Fair

30. Lost Opportunities Write up research Lost Opportunities Write up research

31. Lost Opportunities: Write up research All Do Web Site Lost Opportunities: Write up research All Do Web Site

32. Lost Opportunities Write up research All do Web Site All do Project Lost Opportunities Write up research All do Web Site All do Project

33. BE CREATIVE!

34. PARCC TESTS PARCC TESTS AREN’T AREN’T STANDARDIZED STANDARDIZED They’re Criterion Referenced Referenced

35. CRITERION REFERENCED: Show what is Tested in advance Test what is shown

36. PARCC TESTS AREN’T PARCC TESTS AREN’T Tests Tests They’re Assessments of learning to Guide what is Taught of learning to Guide what is Taught

37. PARCC TESTS PARCC TESTS AREN’T AREN’T High Stakes High Stakes Assess to Guide Assess to Guide LEARNING LEARNING

38. Freedom to teach Is also freedom not to teach Local control is in how teaching and how teaching and learning is done learning is done

39. State Standards: 1989 State Standards: 1989 Governors’ Conference Governors’ Conference 2002 President Bush No Child Left Behind act 2002 President Bush No Child Left Behind act  With full Bipartisan Congressional VOTE Congressional VOTE

40.  Core Standards in 2009 2009  40 States adopted Common Core Common Core  10 States are Race to the Top to the Top

41. Advantages to Common Core: Commonality across schools and states schools and states Build grade to Grade Build grade to Grade

42. Advantages to Common Core: Common high Common high learning learning Challenging assessment

43. Good new national materials for teachers High Achieving students: Minimal Competency Minimal Competency Can move on to higher Expectations Expectations

44. Standards make a good difference! Common is better! Common is better!