[BHS Etree] VOLUNTEERS: Constructed Response, Feb. 27 (Fri)

[BHS Etree]

PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Tamara Friedman
tamarafriedman at berkeley.net 

 

Dear Parent Volunteers,

 

We are continuing our work with the Constructed Response effort to get kids
reading more informational texts and writing expository essays.  

 

In the fall, during the first weeks of school, English teachers across the
school targeted writing instruction along with strategies for close reading.
In October over 1,6000 freshman and sophomores read articles and wrote
argumentative essays. Subsequently, ALL BHS teachers scored student essays
and talked about student work.  All of this efforts have contributed to a
sense of collaboration around making sure that we provide academic rigor to
all of our students.  

 

In November, we repeated the efforts through our History courses.
Constructed Response is a critical piece in our school wide transition to
the Common Core State Standards and we'd love your support in making it
happen!!

 

Thanks so much to the parent volunteers who have worked in the past to make
this effort possible.  We had several volunteers help with organizing and
distributing materials across the school in October and November.  We
couldn't have done it without you.

 

Now, we're approaching "round 3" of Constructed Response through our Science
classes and we'll need your help again!

 

We'll need volunteers on Friday, February 27 to organize the materials for
our second Constructed Response effort. Anytime between 8:30 and 11:30.

 

Thank you in advance,

 

Tamara Friedman, NBCT

Berkeley High School Professional Development Co Coordinator

ELD Coordinator

 

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