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Common Core State Standards
Classroom
Implementation for
English Literature
Illinois State Board of Education
English Language Arts Common
Core Specialists
Hosted by Kathi Rhodus, June, 2012
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Today’s Targets
1. Look at two Common Core State Standards
implementation Ideas.
2. Observe Common Core State Standards
integration ideas.
3. Discover strategies and resources for the
English classroom.
Common Core Implementation
Approaches
School A
School B
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2 Different Approaches
Same Goal
School A
School B
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Small school – 2 teachers per subject
Works with rest of the faculty once a
week for an hour about CCSS
Teachers implemented 2 CCSS across
the curriculum 1st semester. (Reading
#2 – Writing #9).
Each week there were reports “how it
is going” with the rest of the faculty.
Examples of student work for one
class are shared.
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Large School – 20 teachers per
subject
Works within the department and
reports to curriculum coordinator about
the CCSS
Teachers chose to align one new
course semester (World Literature)
completely to the CCSS. Most of the
rest of the department implemented as
many of the 10 Reading Standards as
possible.
Met as a department regularly. All
teachers agreed to cover less and go
deeper.
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Changes, Challenges and Discoveries
Both schools discovered the same things!
Changes
“We had to cut our content. We were covering too much and
not going into enough depth.”
“Our students needed to do more work. We (the teachers) were the ones
working so hard. We incorporated more chunked reading/writing/journaling.”
“We made sure our students were doing more reading and writing under our
nose.”
“We needed to add more productive small group work in class.”
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Changes, Challenges and Discoveries
Challenges
“We needed to add informational text into our classes.”
“Implementation takes time.”
“Our students were not used to working so hard.
They whined about the hard work at first, but
got used to it after a while.”
“We had to talk as a department about how we
teach some of the standards that were
confusing.”
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Changes, Challenges and Discoveries
Discoveries
“Students were able to work hard and learn.”
Teachers said they found they needed to become more of a facilitator of
learning than a speaker.
“Students liked working in small groups and they seemed to like class better
and learn more.”
“Planning took more time (this will lessen with time), but facilitating a classroom
was easier.”
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Integration Ideas
RL.1
SL 1a
& 1c
W.9
RL.1
Cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the
text.
Lesson
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Watch how this high school English
teacher can teach to multiple
Common Core State Standards in one
lesson.
Be ready to participate in a ThinkPair-Share about what you saw!
Strategies for Student-Centered
Discussion
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/strate
gies-for-student-centered-discussion
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Teaching Theme Analysis in Layers
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teachingthemes?resume=0
When encountering standards that seem
difficult for students to master, watch how
the teacher helps students master the
standard.
Task:
On a sticky note, write down ways the teachers
provided effective instruction.
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Resources for English Teachers
http://www.englishcompanion.com/classroom/notemaking.htm
A variety of graphic organizers and strategies for the classroom.
http://www.kellygallagher.org/resources/articles.html
Articles of the week to integrate informational text.
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
Strategies to teach the standards in your classroom.
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/aab/English_Language_Arts/ela_ass
essment_tools.shtml
Sample writing rubrics and assessment questions for the classroom.
Contact Information
Sarah McCusker,100 N. First Street, Springfield, Illinois
[email protected] (217) 524-4832
Erik Iwersen, Area I-A,B,D [email protected]
(708) 544-4891
Amy Robinson, Area I-C [email protected]
(630) 495-6080
Jill Brown, Area II [email protected]
(815) 636-3060
Katy Sykes, Area III and IV [email protected]
(815) 937-2950
Kathi Rhodus, Area V and VI [email protected]
(618) 825-3900
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