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Critical Thinking Shifts in

Content Standards and ASPIRE

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Westbrook Christian School

August 2015

PowerPoint Presentation

Handouts


 

WATCH CLASSROOM DEMO Making the Declaration of Independence Come Alive (9 min)

Grades 9-10 / History / Independence

 

Mathematical Practice Standards 

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Additional Content Standards Resources

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ELA Vertical Alignment Charts - Great way to see how each standard evolves each year.

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Math FlipBooks - This resource developed by the Kansas DOE is intended to help teachers understand what each standard means in terms of what students must know and be able to do. You will find research, "unpacked" standards from many states, instructional strategies, and examples for grade-level standards in this resource.

Kindergarten FlipBook
Grade 1 FlipBook
Grade 2 FlipBook
Grade 3 FlipBook
Grade 4 FlipBook
Grade 5 FlipBook
Grade 6 FlipBook
Grade 7 FlipBook
Grade 8 FlipBook 

 

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ASPIRE Resources


Grade Level Sample Prompts (Exemplars)
Aspire Predicted ACT Score Correlations
Sample Aspire Student Report

 

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Classroom Videos

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Close Reading Strategies
Selective Highlighting: Reading with a Purpose
All Grades, ELA, Evidence

TEACHING PRACTICE Selective Highlighting: Reading with a Purpose (2 min)

All Grades / ELA / Evidence

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Literary Analysis Through Interactive Stations

Grades 9-12, ELA, EngagementCCSS: ELA.RL.11-12.2 ELA.SL.11-12.1a ELA.RL.9-10.2

LESSON IDEA (COMMON CORE) Literary Analysis Through Interactive Stations (5 min)

Grades 9-12 / ELA / Engagement

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