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APPlying Common Core Standards in the K-5 Classroom English/Language Arts Math APPlying Common Core Standards in the K-5 Classroom Science— in development APProaching Common Core Standards in the Preschool Classroom— in development

 Task 1: Children’s books  Task 2: Information from articles  Task 3: List of skills for Kindergarten readiness; what Common Core Standards mean to ECE  Task 4 Preparing kids for Kindergarten Common Core Standards

 On the way to Kindergarten  Common Core Standards  Kindergarten Readiness  Kindergarten Common Core Standards  The Brigance Screening Tool  What does all this mean?

The common core Standards initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National governors Association Center for Best Practice and the Council of chief state School Officers. The standards were developed to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare children of college and the workforce. Kentucky was one of the first states to adopt the Common Core Standards.

The Common Core Standards have been a controversial topic for early childhood professionals, but they are a reality in almost all fifty states in the elementary and secondary schools including Kentucky. The “trickle down” effect of this adoption of the Common Core Standards is that Early Childhood providers need to be educated and prepared to help children be successful when they enter school.

 Common Core Standards were created “top down” so that K-3 has little flexibility  They represent “sky-high aspirations”  “Profoundly incomplete”—English Language Arts, Math, and Science—What about socio-emotional development, the arts, self-regulation, motor and physical development? Meisels, Erikson Institute

Seven Skills for School Success by Pam Schiller  Confidence  Curiosity  Intentionality  Self-control  Relating to others  Communication  Cooperation

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Ready to Grow…Ready to Learn… Ready to Succeed In Kentucky, school readiness means that each child enters school ready to engage in and benefit from early learning experiences that best promote the child’s success. Families, early care and education providers, school staff, and community partners must work together to provide environments and developmental experiences that promote growth and learning to ensure that all children in Kentucky enter school eager and excited to learn. The five developmental areas for school readiness are: Approaches to learning; Social and emotional development; Health and physical well being; Cognitive and general knowledge Language and communication development;

School readiness involves more than just children. School readiness, in the broadest sense, is about children, families, early environments, schools, and communities. Children are not innately “ready” or “not ready” for school. Their skills and development are strongly influenced by their families, and through their interactions with other people and environments before coming to school.

 School readiness requires access to opportunities  School readiness must be flexibly and broadly defined  Kindergarten entry should be based on age, not on mastery of skills  Schools must be ready to help children learn

English Language Arts Foundational Skills Literature Informational Text Writing Language Speaking and Listening

Math Counting and Cardinality Operations and Algebraic Thinking Numbers and Operations in Base Ten Measurement and Data Geometry

Science Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions Energy From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Earth’s Systems Earth and Human Activity

These are the KINDERGARTEN Common Core Standards. This is what children will learn in Kindergarten. There are Early Childhood Standards for preschoolers that will help prepare children for Kindergarten.

Starting in school year, kindergarten classrooms in Kentucky’s public schools will use a readiness screener to ensure that all children receive the support they need to be successful in school. The Brigance Screening Tool will be used to provide information and support children’s learning.

 Will not be used to determine eligibility for kindergarten.  Educators will use the screener to observe students as they complete specific tasks.  Data will inform teachers of each child’s readiness to learn.

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