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When? Where? CCSS – Where are we now? What is next? How do we get there? Implementation Grades K-2: 20112012 Grades 3-8: 2012 - 2013 • Grades 9-12: 20132014 • PARCC Assessment 2014-2015 All Districts in AR Summer 2012 Workshops • close reading and disciplinary reading, • writing arguments, • technology in the classroom, and • resources Institutes and Leadership series • • • • • www.Ideas.aetn.org/commoncore/ Institutes available: Strategic plan Assessment Lesson planning for Formative Assessment Learning Progressions in ELA and math Subject Area presentations (disciplinary reading and close reading of complex texts) Where to locate CCSS information • Official CCSS site http://www.coresta ndards.org/ • PARCC Model Content Frameworks http://www.parccon line.org/parcccontent-frameworks • Publisher’s Criteria grades 3-12 http://www.coresta ndards.org/assets/P ublishers_Criteria_f or_3-12.pdf Where to locate CCSS information • ADE CCSS Microsite located on the ADE homepage, click on the common core logo http://www.commo ncorearkansas.org/ • ADE CCSS wiki http://ccssarkansas. pbworks.com Resources abound • “What Every Educator Needs to Know…” document and resources are available on the Ideas/AETN site and ADE CCSS wiki – http://ideas.aetn.org/commoncore/strategic-plan – http://ccssarkansas.pbworks.com • Student Achievement Partners site – http://www.achievethecore.org/ • Arkansas Traveler data base – http://library.arkansas.gov Even more free stuff • Primary Sources—Library of Congress http://loc.gov • Thinkfinity, ReadWriteThink • SAS Curriculum Pathways 9 Now What? • Gather resources • Examine current units • Reflect – what worked well, where can I add more informational reading, how can I add more student research, more writing, more text complexity , more variety in types of text, more variety in sources… • Collaborate – share ideas, lessons, sources CCSS Create New Challenges Unlike mathematics, secondary literacy is not a discipline. It is “homeless” in that it belongs to everyone and no one. Literacy is used in all secondary classrooms, but it is not taught in a systematic way. The Big Shifts • Appropriate Text Complexity • Increased Reading of Informational Texts • Disciplinary Literacy • Close Reading • Text-dependent Questions • Academic Vocabulary--Tier 2 & Tier 3 words •Short & Sustained Research Projects •Argumentative Writing 12 Questions to think about now • How do we help students think in social studies/science/technical subjects? • What types of critical texts are students expected to learn and maneuver? • What types of writing are expected? SCAFFOLDING Definition - a temporary structure put up to allow you to work the text in a way that wouldn't be possible w/o the scaffold. • It is NOT a reading assignment, which treats kids as independent readers. Website evaluation • Tree octopus 15 What CC Literacy Standards are NOT • … just having students read and write more • … assigning more vocabulary words to look up and write definitions for • … conducting basic literacy techniques to struggling readers during class time What CC Literacy Standards are NOT • … giving students Venn diagrams and sentence diagramming assignments in social studies • …assigning more “What did you do during …” essays What The CC Literacy Standards Are • Modeling and scaffolding what reading in your subject area looks and sounds like • Teaching students what is important/vital information in your discipline What The CC Literacy Standards Are • Using the text book as a starting place not the definitive source • Reading a wide variety of texts appropriate for the content area/subject/class – Maps, charts, tables, graphs, photographs, pictures, diagrams, instructions, cartoons, journals, letters, documents, artifacts LDC/MDC • LDC/MDC is the high school training for Common Core in AR • Designed to make literacy and math instruction the foundation of the core subjects • Teachers leading the development • Supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • http://www.literacydesigncollaborative.org/ AR LDC/MDC Project 2011-12; Pilot – 5 districts, 8 schools • • • • • PCSSD – Sylvan Hills, No. Pulaski Co. Fort Smith – Northside & Southside Rogers – Rogers High & Rogers Heritage Cossatot River – Wickes High Monticello – Monticello High AR LDC/MDC Project the beginning • 42 teachers were trained in LDC cohort 1 • 26 teachers were trained in MDC cohort 1 What’s next for 2012-13? • 2012-13 – about 50 high schools from districts across the state have joined the LDC/MDC project • 2 initial training sessions for teacher facilitators –July 18-20 –July 24-26 Essential Elements for a successful program: • Instructional leadership – who should be on team? – Literacy – ELA, Science, Social Studies, & Career ed. teachers – Math – algebra & geometry teachers – Leadership & support – principal, asst. principal, instructional facilitators, district office The LDC Framework & Tasks The tasks students engage are at the center! Courses Modules Tasks • New courses • Existing courses • • • • Task Skills Instruction Results • Prompt • Rubric • Scoring exemplars Close Reading Requires: •Understanding your purpose in reading •Understanding the author’s purpose in writing •Seeing ideas in a text as being interconnected •Looking for and understanding systems of meaning •Engaging a text while reading •Getting beyond impressionist reading •Formulating questions and seeking answers to those questions while reading Disciplinary Reading Range and Content • Critical to building knowledge in content areas • Requires an appreciation of norms & conventions of each discipline • Necessitates an understanding of domainspecific words and phrases • Calls for an attention to precise details • Demands the capacity to evaluate intricate arguments, synthesize complex information , and follow detailed descriptions of events and concepts Tracy Tucker [email protected] 501-682-1991 or Maggie Herrick [email protected] 501-682-6584