Classroom Tested Activities to Teach under CC

I particularly liked this summary article because the selected RLA activites have been tested in the classroom as teachers moved to incorporate Common Core standards.  This is the same approach our LE team did when we tested out ideas for ELL lessons. We got rid of those that didn't work and refined those that did to become better.
Even though two activities were tested in New York we could do parallel activities in Milwaukee.  Another two excellent ideas for Informative Writing and  Argumentive Writing,.  These activities involve writing, but the reading counterpart is right on.
As we compile and try our own activities this year it will be important to evaluate how they work with our Title I students.  Keep track of them and we can share them with your supervisor and present them at our staff meetings.

Common Core Practice / Floating Buddlas, MacArthur 'Geniuses' and Fracking.  Sarah Gross, Jonathan Olsen and The Learning Network.  New York Times.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/common-core-practice-floating-buddhas-macarthur-geniuses-and-fracking/