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Though Massachusetts now uses the CCR Standards in place of the Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Frameworks, the "Revised Reading Strand" (2010) of the Frameworks is still a good resource for implementing CCR Standards.Included here are the entire revised Reading Strand (see below), and a few excerpts…
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This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a potential STAR student to determine the appropriate level of instruction for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Anna Fernandez-Buehrens is the DAR administrator and Rosemarie Cole is the student at…
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This video shows how to administer the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) to a non-native English speaking student in order to determine if this student is eligible for the STAR class and also to determine the appropriate instructional level for alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and…
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In this video, Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher and she is joined by her students from the Boston Centers for Youth and Families/Perkins Adult Learning Program. Joan demonstrates on how to teach comprehension using the summarizing strategy, Topic and Main point.
Joan uses explicit instruction by…
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The STAR Vocabulary Lesson video demonstrates on how to teach vocabulary to a STAR class using explicit instruction.
Joan Schottenfeld is the teacher and also is a certified STAR trainer. She is joined in this video by her students from the Boston Centers for Youth and Families/Perkins Adult…
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SETTING DIRECTIONS
This CCR Standards-aligned unit with three accompanying lessons was created for ABE students at GLE 0–3.9. You may use and adapt these materials to fit the students and circumstances in your program.
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Our Planet, Our Choices
Thank you to Brooke Machado at the Boston Public Schools Adult Learning Center for this curriculum example. This CCR Standards-aligned unit and its three accompanying lessons were created for ABE students at GLE 6–8. Additional lessons will be added as they are created.
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Thank you to Joan Schottenfeld at BCYF Perkins for this curriculum example. This resource includes the following:
ELA Scope and Sequence for ABE students GLE 4–8 and 9–12
Unit from that Scope and Sequence titled "Human Dignity: WWII and the Holocaust," for both GLE 4–8 and 9–12
Four accompanying…
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This is a CCR Standards-aligned unit with four accompanying lessons and handouts, created for ABE students GLE 6–8. You may use and adapt these materials to fit the students and circumstances in your program.
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An excerpt of the full College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE)—just the ELA standards and related material.
Charts of the leveled ELA CCR standards, formatted for 11x17 paper:
ELA Level A and Reading Foundations
ELA Level B
ELA Level C
ELA Level D
ELA Level D…
