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Lower group than last year so I am already finding that I have to do significant modification to help my students access text and make sense of the story.

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Students are learning that close reading means not reading the whole thing twice. They are learning how to write argument and reading critically!
Challenge: having the tech portion run more smoothly for my classes.

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Success: We were happy with the ability to get all students on and pretested with minimal trouble :)

Challenge: First story was somewhat tough to start with.

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Success:  Students are getting use to writing on the textbook pages.  It is easier to model with the students.  Students are already making connections to vocabulary-such as 'triumph'. Our students wi Challenges:  Finding resources, such as, "Whole-Class Learning Strategies" video.  There are a lot of places to look for resources and at times overwhelming.  We are having to go slow to begin with a lot of modeling.

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Success: Students making connections
Challenge: Struggling with  finding resources on Pearson online.

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Success - Students are gaining a new perspective on the Essential Question, and using evidence from the text to support their perspective.

Challenge - Students are struggling with the first read and close read.  They don't want to complete the annotations.

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S: Students are moving along nicely because last year they were the pilot group. They seem to remember the foundations of myperspectives:)
C: Our technology just got fixed and set up correctly on Thursday. All our workbook pages are ripping out due to the fact that the rip out line was too close to the holes.

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Students have to look closely at the text, and find evidence. Guessing doesn't work...

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Successes--students like the bounce pages & being able to access the book online.

Challenges--students are craving more short stories/poems and less historical documents/articles.

Challenges--for me: planning and pacing.

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Success: The conversation that takes place through the provided comprehension check. Students have the opportunity to apply their understanding to make real life connections based on their knowledge.

Challenge: Teach students to utilize their understanding to think independently. Students are learning that the program is not designed to locate answers within the text word for word.  Therefore, students are applying their understanding word for word through their own perspective.

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Success: Students have been taking the practice questions seriously this year more so than last year.
Challenge: The selection tests continue to be very challenging for students. The bar is set quite high.

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Being able to work with my class under my own name

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Being able to work with my class under my own name

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Challenge - I haven't learned how to do anything on the computer with my students in Pearson.

Success - I was able to pre-test my students with a paper version.

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Success - Close reading has improved noticeably over the past weeks.

Challenge - Selection tests aren't totally covered when going over the text, so adding in useful side information is often needed.

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Students like the Bounce pages app. Even some of my advanced students used it.
The first story in the first unit for grade 10 was TOUGH. It was a rough way to start.
Access to chromebooks for testing was a BIG challenge. I have had a hard time getting chromebooks to try out anything else in Pearson Realize because the carts are always booked.
This has been an adjustment for me too because I feel like I am not really teaching...so much is out of the book. It doesn't feel like there is a lot of room for creativity and it seems like it is the "same old, same old" every day.
I do really like how it forces the kids to interact with text.
When technology doesn't work, you can't access materials.

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We just got the program loaded, so the students have only ripped out the resource section and Rite of Passage. I have assigned page 4 and 5.

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Students are not fond of the selections in the first unit.  They do not find them exciting and do not capture their interest.  They think there must think there are more interesting pieces out there for teens.  I happen to agree.

I do like the consumables, but would like a master print resource guide to use for planning.

It has been an adjustment because since we have been asked to use the book as our curriculum, we have lost some of the creativity as a teacher that we had and it is getting boring!! :(

When technology doesn't work, you are at a disadvantage!!

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Challenges: The classes were expired (students could not access) by the time we did the pretest. Every student had to be removed and reassigned for it to work.....first hour was not fun as I discovered this while testing!!

Sixth graders stink at tearing out pages!!! Countless lost pages already :(

Success: The kids seem to like the write-in textbook format.

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Difficult stuff for special education classes....learning.

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Some success with administering the pre-test. Some students unable to access log-in. Looking forward to learning how to interpret and analyze results.
Love close reading and the engagement among the students. The dens

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Looking forward to a great implementation year ! We are here to help =) OC and Julie

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PBA Anchor Chart

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Presentation Ashlie OC in Alpena on technology and Pearson
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OVvWfxxWF9QA5C9lKlALof5yt552tNEWCgNdx23E-Ps

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Presentation Julie Bastow all districts on curriculum work and TPACK (OC)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G_uVua-A__IYfSjMuciS11L5ktxrRP3DwEhsX3bhAi0/edit?usp=sharing

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On discussion board, if someone makes a comment you cannot reply to that specific comment. This is a big problem. 

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Video Resources for Scaffolding Reading, Socratic Seminar, Small Group Writing and Structured Groups

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Video Resources for Scaffolding Reading, Socratic Seminar, Small Group Writing and Structured Groups

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Videos, Teaching Strategies And Lesson Plans For Teachers: Teaching Channel

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How to Create Your Teaching Channel Account

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How to Report an Issue to Pearson K12 Support

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How to Report an Issue to Pearson K12 Support

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