Oct 01, 2019 - Student Outcomes
Students use the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations that cannot be easily factored.
Students understand that the discriminant, b2 - 4ac, can be used to determine whether...
Aug 27, 2019 - NYSED is working on an initiative to translate the mathematics curriculum modules into the top 5 languages spoken in New York State, including Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic,...
May 22, 2019 - Specialists at the Center for English Language Learners at the American Institutes for Research (AIR) have developed routines and scaffolds for English Language Learners (ELLs)/Multilingual Language...
Apr 22, 2019 - The lesson exemplars for English Language Learners (ELLs)/Multilingual Language Learners (MLLs) in Grades 3-9 demonstrate ways to support these students in mastering the English language arts lessons...
Apr 02, 2019 - This is the first lesson in Unit 2. As noted in the introduction, AIR provides scaffolding differentiated for ELL students at the entering (EN), emerging (EM), transitioning (TR), and expanding (EX)...
Apr 02, 2019 - In this End-of-Unit Summative Assessment, students will demonstrate their ability to describe complex characters and analyze paired texts. Using their notes, worksheets, and rubrics from previous...
Apr 02, 2019 - In this lesson, students will be introduced to the End-of-Unit Summative Assessment prompts, one of which they will respond to in the next lesson: How might Rilke’s counsel also apply to Jason? Or...
Apr 02, 2019 - This lesson concludes the first close reading of “Solarium” in Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, from “One moment we were watching the twitch ...” to “… the English have an irresistible urge to...
Apr 02, 2019 - In this lesson, students will continue reading a section of “Solarium” from Black Swan Green, from “’A young man needs “to” The last drops were the thickest” (pp. 145–148). Students will consider the...
Apr 02, 2019 - In this lesson, students begin their study of “Solarium,” a chapter from the novel Black Swan Green with thematic connections to Rilke’s Letter One. Over the next several lessons, students will...
Apr 02, 2019 - In this lesson, students will conclude their study of the excerpt from “Hangman” that they began in the previous lesson. Students will read from “It must have been around then (maybe that same...
Apr 02, 2019 - In the next two lessons, students will read closely and discuss an excerpt from Chapter 2,“Hangman,” from the novel Black Swan Green. Students will read from “So anyway, Mum dropped me at Malvern …”...
Apr 02, 2019 - This is the final lesson in the series of close reading lessons on Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet. Students will prepare for and complete an assessment of standards RI.9-10.1 and RI.9-10.4 using the...
Apr 02, 2019 - In this lesson, students will consider one of the key ideas in Letter One of Rilke’s Advice to a Young Poet. Students will read and analyze from “Then come close to Nature” to “to whom his whole life...
Apr 02, 2019 - In this lesson, students will continue to analyze Rilke’s Letter One, building upon the understanding they have developed of the purpose and context for Rilke’s letter. Students will dive deeply into...
Apr 02, 2019 - Lesson 17 is the final lesson of Unit 1. Students have finished their close reading of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (pp. 225-246) and will write a formal evidence-based essay about the...
Apr 02, 2019 - The purpose of Lesson 16 is to prepare students for the following lesson’s (Lesson 17) end-of-unit assessment. This lesson prepares students to write formally using strong and thorough textual...
Apr 02, 2019 - This lesson is a continuation of Lesson 13. Student groups will participate in a presentation that shows their group’s analysis of a stage of development from St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by...
Apr 02, 2019 - The lesson begins with a brief share out of the previous lesson’s Accountable Independent Reading homework assignment. In prior lessons, students have closely read St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by...
Apr 02, 2019 - Lesson 12 has two goals; the first half of the lesson focuses on revisiting the Mid-Unit Assessment, and the second half focuses on close reading the remainder of the short story, St. Lucy’s Home for...
Apr 02, 2019 - The lesson begins with a brief share out of the previous lesson’s Accountable Independent Reading homework assignment. Next, students will review their reading annotation of St. Lucy’s School for...
Apr 02, 2019 - Lesson 10 is the mid-unit assessment for this unit. Students will individually write responses to an assessment prompt based on the close reading completed thus far of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls...
Apr 02, 2019 - Lesson 9 focuses on close reading through annotation and answering text-dependent questions culminating in a class discussion about St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. This lesson is focused...
Apr 02, 2019 - Lesson 8 focuses on close reading through annotation and answering text-dependent questions in a class discussion using St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves. This lesson is focused on the Stage...
