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It is (somehow) August.

And it is a great month to wear a mask.

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Pre-AP English 1 teachers collaboratively planning for the upcoming school year! @EverettSchools @BethShipe @CollegeBoard #Pre-AP

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Great night of music to benefit our students: check it out!

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Come for the resources, stay for the insight. @JenifferPithy shares her journey on understanding and promoting culturally sustaining pedagogy in her newest @corelaboratewa blog post. #WATeachLead https://t.co/NHJQp6c6ey

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@mrs_tilley Q9: I'm going to look into The End of Average as well as research what Google in Education has been up to. #WATeachLead

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@MsKarenFoley @TeachLearnHope Simple and effective! #WATeachLead

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@mrs_tilley A8: I love ideas from Rick Wormeli, especially around giving opportunities for reassessment. #WATeachLead

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@gleefuljen @mrs_tilley @GoogleForEdu Love this! #WATeachLead

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@mrs_tilley Actually, I got the idea from the SpringBoard curriculum. I apply it to my other (AP-level) courses.

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@mrs_tilley A7: We unpack the assessment at the beginning of the unit, and students measure their growth in relation to the identified skills as we work through the unit. After the unit assessment, students do a metacognitive reflection. #WATeachLead

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@MsKarenFoley Agree! #WATeachLead

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@MsKarenFoley A5: This is one area I would like to work on. It can be hard to make sure you are holding all students to rigorous standards while also making sure your assessments are at the right level--I hate to discourage kids! #WATeachLead

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@corelaboratewa @earlyest We all have areas for opportunity! #WATeachLead

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@mrs_tilley Q5: I like to make sure students can show their learning in a variety of ways--a speech, a poem, a story, a comic strip, a song, and advertisement...any of these could be ways for students to demonstrate imagery or voice or characterization, for instance. #WATeachLead

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@TheresaBuczek @mrs_tilley Yes! #WATeachLead

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@mrs_tilley Q4: Descriptive criteria is certainly the way to go, but the descriptors can be tied to numbers. For instance, our district (and others) has developed K-12 rubrics for 21st Century Skills (including creativity) that detail what each level of proficiency looks like. #WATeachLead

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@mrs_tilley Q3: Strategic grouping can work--either pairing those kids with students who are strong in that area and can help teach, or groups with similar areas for growth so I can give them differentiated supports. #WATeachLead

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@MsKarenFoley I'd love to hear specific ideas about tech-based formative practice. #WATeachLead

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@mrs_tilley Q2: For skills that will be eventually measured summatively (or on a standardized test), I like to give them opportunities to practice, analyze, and discuss in small groups as I listen in. Then we debrief and reflect on next steps. #WATeachLead