Common Core Day Agenda 8:30 – 11:30       The Six Shifts in the ELA Common Core Standards                   Review and critique of sample CC Instructional Unit                    Next Steps                   11:30 – 12:30      Lunch on your own   12:30 – 3:30         Unpacking the Math Common Core Standards – What do I have to teach next year? 8:30 – 9:30 Six Shifts and Overview 9:30 – 10:00 Play on Engage NY or in the file cabinet 10:00 – 10:45 Common Core Unit Read and Review against rubric 10:45 – 11:30 Next Steps 10

Guidelines for the Day Relax Stay focused Maintain one conversation Look for the donut, not the hole Expect to leave with some answers Expect to leave with some questions and some ambiguities

GETTING THE BIG PICTURE http://engageny GETTING THE BIG PICTURE http://engageny.org/ Common Core ELA/Literacy http://engageny.org/common-core/teachers-get-started-with-the-common-core/ Organizational differences between the 2005 ELA Standards and the Common Core ELA Standards http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/side-by-side-comparison-ccls-and-2005-ela-curriculum.pdf

Six Shifts in ELA/Literacy Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary Text Shift 2: Knowledge in the Disciplines Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity Shift 4: Text-Based Answers Shift 5: Writing From Sources Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/common-core-shifts.pdf

Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary Text

Shift 2: 6-12 Knowledge in the Disciplines

Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity

Shift 4: Text Based Answers

Shift 5: Writing from Sources

Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary Tier 1 Words: Known, common words; basic vocabulary e.g. happy, talk, cold Tier 2 Words: High frequency, high utility words; play a large role in verbal functioning across a variety of domains e.g. analyze, avoid, required, fortunate Tier 3 Words: Low frequency, technical words, often domain specific e.g. isotope, lathe, heparin

Get Practical SED and BOCES have generated Curriculum Unit exemplars to provide valuable support for implementing the Common Core State Standards. Some are further developed than others. SED now has a “Tri-State Quality Review Rubric” for Lessons and Units for ELA/Literacy Grades 3 - 5 http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Tri-State-ELA-Rubric-V2-Slides-04-12-2012.pdf

Sample Common Core Unit Grade 3 four/five day unit Title is “Understanding cultural perspectives through literature” Focuses on five Common Core Standards Uses One Green Apple by Eve Bunting as the text for close reading

Guidelines for the Unit Designed to explicitly identify the teaching and learning for each day Non-negotiable: close reading; balance of fiction and non-fiction; text-based evidence, writing from sources; vocabulary Negotiable: implementation in terms of structure and timing Guided Reading texts may differ by teacher Common scoring of assessment tasks Revisions to the unit, based on the Tri-State Rubric, will be gathered after implementation at the grade level K – 5 ELA Leaders will review suggested revisions and make changes to improve the quality of the unit

Your Task Review the Tri-State Rubric Read both texts for the unit Read the unit Review the unit in light of the Tri-State Rubric In small groups, identify how well this unit meets the Rubric; Make suggestions for revisions, additions, deletions

Common Core Summer Curriculum Work A team of 12 teachers (3 from each building) will work for two days generating a 3-4 day unit using each of following texts for a close read. Texts were selected by the K – 5 ELA Committee with grade level input. Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr

Next Steps By the end of June, provide the curriculum writers in your building with any resources you think would be useful during the Curriculum Writing project. Go to the Grade Level File Cabinet in the fall to access the Units.

Grade 1 Early Literacy Profile   Sept/Oct Oct./Nov Dec Jan./Feb March/April May/June Common Required Assessments Alphabet Knowledge Letter-Sound Knowledge DRA2 Sight Words Sentence Dictation Phonological Awareness Writing Sample None Sight words Written response to a read aloud Writing sample – non-fiction Phonograms Benchmark Expectations These give you a sense of how well a student would typically perform at that point in the year. It provides a reference point and helps the teacher determine next instructional steps. Failure to meet the benchmark does not automatically qualify a student for intervention services, nor does it determine the report card grade. Alphabet Knowledge: 54/54 Letter-Sound Knowledge: 26/26 DRA2: level 4 Sight Words: 25/25 (K list) Sentence Dictation: 17/37 Phonological Awareness: 20/25 DRA2: 10-12 Sight words: 150/220 Sentence Dictation: 30/37 Written response to a read aloud: 2/3 DRA2: level 18 Sight Words: 200/220 Phonograms: 16/37

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