Education Week - October 17, 2012 - BB2

Everything starts with the right text
Part 4: Guided Practice Lesson 12

1 Meets the Common Core’s text complexity expectations
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Read this excerpt from the official transcript of the decision made by members of the United States Supreme Court. Use the Study Buddy and the Close Reading to guide your reading.
Genre: Public Document

by using multiple leveling criteria as recommended in the Common Core documentation

The issue to be decided in the Brown v. Board of Education case was the “problem” of whether segregated schools provided equal education and were therefore constitutional, or legal, under the Fourteenth Amendment. As I read, I’ll think about what each sentence adds to the overall explanation of the Supreme Court’s decision, as well as how it helps develop the key concept in each paragraph. To start, I’ll figure out what decision the court needs to make in this case.

Which extensive 2 Uses anchoice explainsamount of authentic text from acclaimed what the Supreme Court

authors and publications is basing its decision on? genres

from Brown v. Board of Education
delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren (1954)
1 In approaching this problem, we cannot turn the clock back to 1868, when the Amendment was adopted, or even to 1896, when Plessy v. Ferguson was written. We must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in American life throughout the Nation. Only in this way can it be determined if segregation in public schools deprives these plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws. Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment. In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.

3 Incorporates a wide range of informational and literary 4 Deepens understanding of science and social studies topics 5
Which sentence in paragraph 2 presents the main idea? Demands close reading and frequent interactions with text

through lesson themes that encourage integration of academic knowledge

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What is the key concept in paragraph 2? Underline details in the paragraph that develop this idea.

Which sentences in paragraph 3 the reasoning behind the court’s decision?

In which paragraph does the court state its final decision? Circle details that explain more about 3 We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of this decision. Strengthens students’ ability to use higher-order thinking to children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though

Teach both the “how” and the “why” of math
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the physical facilities and other more than one be equal, solve multi-step problems, problems with “tangible” factors maycorrect deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational answer, and problems requiring analysis and explanation opportunities? We believe that it does.

Part 4: Common Core Performance Task

Lesson 15

2 Not only builds conceptual understanding throughout each
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Put It Together
16 Use what you have learned to complete this task.

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3 Embeds Standards for Mathematical Practice in every lesson 4 Requires strategic thinking and complex reasoning to complete
Performance Tasks modeled after Common Core expectations

A Write two different questions about this problem that involve adding or subtracting fractions. i

5 Empowers students to take charge and be accountable for their
own learning with a “Self Check” at the beginning of every unit

B Choose one of your questions to answer. Circle the question you chose. Show how to find the answer using a number line and an area model.

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