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A Guided Tour through NCSC Wiki Resources Reading Literary Text High School Example Ricki Sabia, JD edCount LLC Senior Associate and NCSC Technical Assistance and Parent Training Specialist

National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Background NCSC received federal funding in 2010 and began developing a new alternate assessment in math and English Language Arts (ELA) to be completed by the 2014-15 school year.* Twenty-four states and 5 national centers are part of NCSC: http://www.ncscpartners.org. NCSC also developed curriculum and instructional resources for teaching students with significant cognitive disabilities, which can be used in any state: https://wiki.ncscpartners.org. *Each state may have different implementation timelines for NCSC assessment. Although based on the Common Core State Standards, the NCSC curriculum and instructional resources are applicable to any math and ELA standards as they are used for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Resources for Parents and Others: Links on NCSC Wiki Main Page Numerous summaries about the NCSC project and related concepts can be found by clicking on NCSC Partners - Parent Resources under “Quick Links.” Wiki navigation documents and an eight document series called Wiki Tips for Parents can be found by clicking on Parent Tips and Tools under “Wiki Resources.” Parent Modules about the NCSC curriculum and instructional resources and the NCSC resources for parents (and others) can be found by clicking on Educator Professional Development and Parent Resources under “Wiki Resources.”

How to Locate Curriculum and Instructional Resources on the NCSC Wiki Click on the name of the resource you want to explore on the interactive NCSC Schema, which can be found on the main page of the wiki. Find resources by name on the All Resources toolbar via a link in the navigation toolbar located on the left side of every wiki page and a link on the main page of the wiki under “Quick Links.” Click on the wiki logo to return to the main page from any wiki page.

Key Information for this Presentation The purpose is to demonstrate how to find information on the wiki for a specific topic using the example of reading literary text in high school. The curriculum and instructional resources on the wiki are also provided for other ELA topics, as well as for math topics, covering kindergarten through high school. The references to college and career readiness in the resources focus on communicative competence; fluency in reading, writing and math; age appropriate social skills; independent work behaviors; and skills in accessing support systems. For information on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is an important component of the wiki resources, visit www.udlcenter.org.

NCSC and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) NCSC’s work is based on the CCSS because almost all states had adopted those standards at the time the NCSC Project was started. Some partner states are no longer using CCSS, but still value the NCSC resources. Much of the content covered by the NCSC instructional resources would be covered in any math and ELA state standards.

Curriculum Resources Reference materials created to reinforce educators' understanding of curriculum content (found in the top half of the NCSC Schema with the label “What to Teach”)

Learning Progressions Framework (LPF) Shows the steps students typically take to make progress in a content area (e.g., reading) to get a deeper, broader, more sophisticated understanding Represents the essential core concepts and processes learned in a content area (sometimes called the “big ideas”) This project uses a developed learning progression framework (Hess et al., 2010) in ELA and math to inform what content is taught as well as the stream of content that helps students reach the concept/big idea; The LPF is a hypothesized pathway that typical peers may take, and is meant to inform what typical peers will be working on grade by grade. In the past, we have struggled to understand how to choose content grade by grade to ensure inclusion of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in grade AND age appropriate content even though they may not have built all the skills in a previous grade. The LPFs give us the educational logic to help move these students along with their peers in a logical, educationally sound way. The LPF contain learning targets and progress indicators that are referenced in C & I materials. Learning targets(general/broad performance descriptors) are defined by grade spans, K-4, 5-8 an high school. The related specific skills and concepts are called the progress indicators (PIs). The Curriculum and Instructional materials were developed to help promote how students can engage in the CCSS while following the learning progressions. Hess, Karin K., (December 2011). Learning Progressions Frameworks Designed for Use with the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts & Literacy K-12.

Core Content Connectors (CCCs) CCCs operate as starting points for instruction based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Through the LPF, NCSC identified the key knowledge and skills (the “big ideas”) in the Common Core State Standards that are needed in each grade to make progress in later grades. The “big ideas” were broken down into more teachable and assessable segments of content called CCCs. The CCCs represent academic content designed to frame the instruction and assessment of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in Kindergarten through high school while retaining the grade level content focus of the CCSS and the LPFs. The CCCs preserve the sequence of learning outlined in the LPF to the extent possible while identifying the basic parts of the progress indicators into teachable and assessable segments of content.

ELA Topics for CCCs Throughout the slides, a green outline will indicate which line should be clicked on to get to the information presented on the following slide when using the wiki.

Example of CCC Reading Literary Text There may be multiple CCCs for each ELA content standard.

Content Modules Provide teachers with a deeper understanding of content to support effective planning, teaching, and learning. The Content Modules include: explanations and examples of the concepts; key vocabulary; CCCs for the topic; UDL tables with adaptations and modifications for a variety of student needs; ideas for linking academic activities to real-world uses and college and career ready skills; and additional resources, such as links, articles, PowerPoints, and sample lesson plans.

Topics for ELA Content Modules

Table of Contents for Main Idea, Theme and Details Content Module Floating on Air: Provides CCCs for each grade covered by the Module Sharing the Sky: Provides information about teaching a wide range of students with a variety of learning needs

Sharing the Sky Section of this Content Module: Representation Portion of UDL Table UDL Table also includes strategies for Expression and Engagement (not shown)

Instructional Families Related CCCs that are grouped into families to show how they develop and interact across all the grades, across a grade band (e.g., grades 9-12), and within a grade Help educators see what is coming next so they can prepare students for future learning Can be used to inform standards-based IEP goal-writing Represents “what” should be learned. It isn’t important for purposes of this presentation to understand all the details on the following charts—just understand that they help educators process how learning progresses for related CCCs so that they build the needed foundation for future learning

Topics for ELA Instructional Families

Table of Contents for Reading Literary Text Instructional Families: High School Example

#12 from Table of Contents: Reading Literary Text: Key Ideas and Details Grades 9-12 The instructional family represented in the partial chart below, is Using Details to Describe Text. Other Instructional Families for the topic, Key Ideas and Details, are Describing the Central Message/Theme and Analyzing Relationships. The first number of a code is the grade number (e.g., 910.RL.b1 is a 9-10th grade CCC reference and 9-10.RL.1 is a 9-10 grade Common Core State Standard reference).

Instructional Resources Reference materials created to support classroom teaching for students with significant cognitive disabilities (found in the bottom half of the NCSC Schema labeled “How to Teach”)

Element Cards Each Element Card: focuses on CCCs from a specific instructional family; provides “essential understandings” that include measurable and observable content that is challenging, yet attainable; and provides a wide range of suggested instructional strategies and supports to promote instruction for students with diverse learning needs, including those without prior knowledge. Element Cards are already written for many CCCs, but are meant to serve as models for teachers to make their own, as needed. The Element cards, when used in combination with other NCSC CCSS instructional tools, define the “how” by providing ways in which teachers can address grade-specific academic content for students with significant cognitive disabilities, even if students have not had an opportunity learn this content previously.

ELA Element Cards

Information Found on Element Cards Landing Page for Reading Literary Text Grades 9-12 In addition to Element Cards related to the topic, you will see: References to the applicable Curriculum Resource Guide and Content Module Links to websites for additional information Explanatory information about how to read the element cards

Element Card: CCSS, Progress Indicators and CCCs This slide and the next two slides illustrate the information found on one Element Card.

Element Card: Instructional Strategies for Describing Central Message/Theme

Element Card: Scaffold and Supports for Describing Central Message/Theme

Curriculum Resource (CR) Guides CR Guides provide: examples of how the content is taught in general education; CCCs for the topic; performance examples; ideas for real life use; ways to promote college and career readiness; examples for differentiating instruction for a wide range of student needs (UDL tables); and links to resources. The Curriculum Resource Guides,used with the Content Modules, help teachers to better understand how to teach the CCCs. Both the Content Modules and Curriculum Resource Guides were developed and validated by content experts and special educators with extensive experience in adapting general curriculum for students with significant cognitive disabilities. The Curriculum Resource Guides describe how to teach the content to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities whereas the Content Modules describe the mathematics content (what is being taught) in general education. Together, the Content Modules and the Curriculum Resource Guides provide teachers with the necessary background knowledge to prepare students for the NCSC alternate assessment and offer examples of how the content is taught in general education, ideas for real life use, examples of universal design for learning, and ways to promote college and career readiness.

Topics for ELA Curriculum Resource Guides

Table of Contents for Literary Text CR Guide

5.3 in Table of Contents: What Connectors to the Standards are Addressed in Teaching Literacy Text? Core Content Connector Essential Understandings

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Units and Lessons (for more info on UDL visit www.udlcenter.org ) Purpose: to model how to plan for ALL students using the principles of UDL One unit for math and one for ELA for each grade-span: Elementary School (ES), Middles School (MS), and High School (HS) Several lessons in each unit Provide additional considerations for Emerging Readers and Emerging Communicators Contain objectives, essential questions, vocabulary, and a list of materials Provide links to printable resources The lessons follow a learning progression to ensure the student has been taught the skills needed.  Lesson one begins with a review and practice of foundational or prerequisite skills.  This is an important step for students who may not have been instructed on this concept or have not yet become proficient.  The steps outlined to develop the necessary skills and knowledge are then used within the entire unit, so that the student has repeated practice throughout.  Other concepts taught and used throughout the unit are stressed as necessary to ensure chunking of content knowledge for generalization of the skills and concepts.  Each unit is composed of multiple lessons. Each lesson consists of the following components: Materials and Vocabulary Lesson Introduction Build background knowledge Review of Lesson objectives Body of the Lesson Practice Closure Review of Lesson Objectives Exit Assessment (Formative Assessment)  

ELA UDL Instructional Units The ELA UDL Instructional Units include a unit for each grade-span: Elementary, Middle, and High School. They provide models for creating UDL units for other ELA topics.

High School ELA UDL Instructional Unit Click on the link to this unit to see the contents below as well as a section of links to all the printable resources related to the unit.

High School ELA UDL Instructional Unit-Lesson 1

Practice: Additional Considerations for Emerging Readers and Emerging Communicators There are many strategies listed under Additional Considerations in every section of a UDL lesson. These are just a few of the Additional Considerations that relate to teaching the body of Lesson 1.

Math/Language Activities for Scripted Systematic Instruction (MASSIs and LASSIs) Provide intensive systematic instruction in math (MASSIs) or English language arts (LASSIs), when appropriate, on key concepts and symbols for use in any instructional setting Are generally designed for use with UDL lessons Incorporate evidence-based instructional practices (e.g., prompting) Provide teaching scripts to help teachers with systematic instruction Are designed with graduating levels of difficulty (starting with steps for teaching students with little or no knowledge of the content) The MASSIs/LASSIs offer intensive instruction based on evidence-based practices known to be effective in teaching skills to mastery for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. They identify the concepts and symbols needed to move toward mastery of the Core Content Connectors. Using scripts, the MASSIs and LASSIs present instruction in grades bands 3-5, 6-8 and high school and help teachers plan and prepare for instruction with suggested teacher and student materials. They offer a guide for instruction with graduating levels of difficulty – ranging from the first steps of teaching the content to students with little or no understanding of the content to building understanding of the target concepts of the CCCs using real-life word problems and using hand-on activities aligned to grade-level content. After teaching the UDL Instructional Units and utilizing the MASSIs and LASSIs as appropriate for individual students, teachers will gain practice in instructional strategies that are effective for teaching content to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.

Topics for LASSIs The main LASSI page contains a link to LASSI presentations, the Instructor Cue Key (icons that appear in the MASSIs and LASSIs), plus links to LASSIs for the topics listed in #3-5 of the Table of Contents. You can click on Elementary, Middle or High School for each of these topics.

LASSIs on Narrative Text Click on the Narrative Text on the LASSI landing page to see this set of links. Click on High School to follow our example.

Table of Contents for High School Narrative Text LASSI

High School Narrative Text LASSI This is a small part of the 11th grade script for Building Grade-Level Component: Passage Comprehension Teacher Says/Does Student Response

Printable Materials in High School Narrative Text LASSI Adapted text Story map graphic organizer Plot graph Progress monitoring Skills test Teacher materials

Ideas to Build Toward Grade-Level Competency in High School Narrative Text LASSI Read Marcelo in the Real World aloud to the student(s) or use text to speech if student(s) cannot read text independently , but use the actual non-adapted text. This will provide students with an opportunity to hear more complex vocabulary, literary elements, and author's tone that may have been removed when creating the adapted text.

Instructional Resource (IR) Guide Serves as a source of information about evidence-based best practice in instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities Reviews instructional strategies including prompting, systematic instruction, and use of feedback and data Primarily designed for use with the LASSIs and MASSIs, but can also be used with UDL lessons

IR Guide Table of Contents

This slide captures small pieces of the three different sections of the script: Examples, Interspersed Examples and Non-Examples and Student Responses

Professional Development Communities of Practice in partner states received professional development about the curriculum and instructional resources via webinars that are now publicly available at http://www.ncscpartners.org/resources-cop-presentations. Interactive professional development modules, including a communication toolkit, are available on the NCSC wiki at https://wiki.ncscpartners.org at link called “Educator Professional Development and Parent Resources” Register with name/email (this info will not be used to contact you) Badges are earned for completing modules, and can be used for continuing education credit at the discretion of state/local agencies

Table of Contents and List of Professional Development and Parent Modules