1. Welcome to Parent University! A Shift in Reading Instruction

2. ELA Shifts with the Common Core

3. College and Career readiness anchor standards for Literary and Informational reading

4. How has reading instruction changed? A look at some books…

5. How has reading instruction changed? In the past we have focused the majority of our instruction on Standards 1 – 3: Key Ideas and Details. What is the main idea? What is the theme? What are the key supporting details? What are the important events?

6. Where does close reading begin? Text selection, a look at Text complexity Close reading begins with RL 10 and RI 10: Read and comprehend literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Sentence structure Vocabulary Background Knowledge and motivation Lexile Level Reading Level

7. College and Career readiness anchor standards for reading

8. Progression of Standard 1

9. College and Career Readiness Standards for Writing

10. 10 10 College and Career Readiness Standards for Writing (K-12)

14. Questions?