1. California’s Common Core State Standards ELA Toolkit
An Overview
of the Modules
Toolkit is an introduction and guide to initial implementation

2. Get Started, Embrace the Challenges, Unpack the Opportunities

3. CCCOE’s Proposed Training Modules
CISC Training Modules
Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee, a subdivision of CCSESA
CCCOE’s Proposed Training Modules

4. CISC Training Sequence
KEY ADVANCES
-Informational Text -Literacy Standards -Text Complexity -Argument -Collaborative Conversations -Integration of Media
BIG SHIFTS
LESSON DESIGN & BEST PRACTICES
-Pyramid of Learning -Rigor/Relevancy Model -Gradual Release
MODELS / LEVELS OF THINKING
MATERIAL SPECIFIC CONVERSATION

5. Module 1: Overview
Intent: To provide an overview of California’s Common Core Standards for English Language Arts & Math
Key Learning: To cover the basic design, benefits, and major shifts in the new common core state standards
Target Audience:K-12 Teachers

6. Module 2: Content and Curriculum
KEY ADVANCES
-Literacy Standards -Informational Text -Text Complexity -Argument -Collaborative Conversations -Integration of Media
Intent: To consider how to begin transitioning to California’s Common Core Standards, focusing on the major shifts/key advances
Key Learning: To explore the structure of the Standards
and College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards
Connect the CCSS to current curriculum
Targeted Audience: K-12 Teachers

7. Module 3: Instruction
Intent: To examine California’s Common Core Standards with a focus on instruction
Key Learning: Digging deeper into effective instructional models
Target Audience: K-5 Teachers
6-12 Teachers

8. Learning Pyramid

9. Rigor and Relevancy Model

10. Teacher/Student Roles

11. Gradual Release of Responsibility

12. “Sudden” Release

13. The “Good Enough” Release

14. Gradual Release of Responsibility

15. Teaching for Transfer of Learning

16. Learning is often not the outcome of all our Teaching

17. Teach so students will have meaningful learning experiences

18. Let’s try this!

19. What is the purpose of text complexity?
To insure that students are prepared to independently and proficiently read and comprehend the variety of text found in college and careers, students need sustained exposure to increasingly more complex texts.

20. The standards’ approach to text complexity
Reading: Text complexity and the growth of comprehension
The reading standards place equal emphasis on the sophistication of what students read and the skill with which they read.

21. Metacognitive Markers
Read “Why Text Complexity Matters”
(from Appendix A), using the following metacognitive markers:
? A question I have…
0 Thoughts that I’m pondering…
! An important point

22. Discuss at your table….
Why does text complexity matter?

24. Module 4: Instructional Materials
Intent: To explore effective utilization of current instructional materials to support learning of the Common Core State Standards.
Key Learning: Alignment of standards to the current ELA instructional materials
Start with standards that are completely new to a grade or significantly different in complexity
Decide on a comprehensive approach—review one of the standards from each strand OR review one whole strand at a time
Target Audience: K-5 Teachers
6-12 Teachers

25. A Teacher’s Perspective
Jessica Heigel, English Teacher Denver, Colorado
EdWeek post, March 2012

26. Surprises?? Questions??