1. Overview of California’s Common Core Content Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
April 2012

2. Today’s Presenter Marsha Tokuyoshi
ELA/Common Core Standards Coordinator
Contra Costa County Office of Education

3. English Language Arts and Literacy Standards
Build toward student preparation for college and career readiness in literacy by the end of high school
Provide a vision of what it means to be literate in the 21st Century
Develop the foundational skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening

4. Common Core State Standards Documents
College and Career Readiness Standards
Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements
Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample
Performance Tasks
Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing

5. Common Core State Standards Documents
Includes California’s additional 15%

6. Organization of the Standards
Three main sections
A comprehensive K-5 section
English Language Arts specific sections for grades 6-12
History/Social Studies & Science and Technical Subjects for grades 6-12
Four strands within the main sections
Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening (K-12 ELA only)
Language (K-12 ELA only)

8. Reading Strand Reading Foundational Skills (K-5)
Literature & Informational Text
1. Key Ideas and Details
2. Craft and Structure
3. Integration of Knowledge
and Ideas
4. Range of reading and
level of text complexity
Foundational Skills (K-5)
1. Print Concepts
2. Phonological Awareness
3. Phonics and Word
Recognition
4. Fluency
Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science,
and Technical Subjects (Grades 6-12)

9. Writing Strand Writing Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science,
Arguments, Informative/Explanatory, Narrative
1. Text Types and Purposes
2. Production and
Distribution of Writing
3. Research to Build and
Present Knowledge
4. Range of Writing
Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science,
and Technical Subjects (Grades 6-12)

10. Listening and Speaking Strand
Listening & Speaking Text
1. Comprehension and
Collaboration
2. Presentation of
Knowledge and Ideas

11. Language Strand Language 1. Conventions of Standard English
2. Knowledge of Language
3. Vocabulary Acquisition
and Use

13. Organization
Subject Area
Grade Level
Strand
Subheading
Standard

14. Sample Page from CCCS - ELA
Strand
Subheading
Standard

15. Major Shifts—The Big 6 Literacy Standards for Content Areas
Increased Emphasis on Informational Text
Text Complexity
Writing Arguments
Focus on Collaborative Conversations
Integration of Media Sources

16. 1. Literacy Standards for Content Areas
A single K-5 set of grade-specific standards
Most or all of the instruction students receive comes from one teacher
Two content-area specific sections for grades 6-12
One set of standards for ELA teachers
One set of standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subject teachers
The literacy standards in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects are meant to compliment the existing content standards in those disciplines.

17. CCSS-ELA Target for Alignment
2. Informational Text
CCSS-ELA Target for Alignment
Grade
Literary
Informational
4th
50%
8th
45%
55%
12th
30%
70%
This does not mean that 70% of 12th grade ELA is informational, but that across all subject areas the ratio is 70%.

18. 3. Text Complexity
Reading standards place equal emphasis on the sophistication of what students read and the skill with which they read.
3 Dimensions

19. Text Complexity Qualitative evaluation of the text
Levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality & clarity
knowledge demands
Quantitative evaluation of the text
Readability measures and other scores of text complexity
Matching reader to text and task
Reader variables (such as motivation, knowledge, and experiences)
task variables (such as purpose and the complexity generated by the task assigned and the questions posed

20. 4. Writing Arguments 4 30% 35% 8 12 40% 20% Grade
Distribution of Communicative Purposes by Grade in the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework
Grade
To Persuade
To Explain
To Convey Experience 4
30%
35% 8 12
40%
20%
The Standards cultivate three mutually reinforcing writing capacities:
-to persuade
-to explain
-to convey real
or imagined experience

21. 5. Focus on Collaborative Conversations
Speaking and Listening: Participation in Collaborative Conversations
Grade 5 Example
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led with diverse partners
Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

22. 6. Integration of Media Sources
Research and media skills are blended into the standards as a whole.
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Integrate information presented in different media formats (visually, quantitatively) as well as words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Speaking and Listening Standards
Include multimedia components (graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
Writing Standards
Use technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.

23. Major Shifts—The Big 6 Literacy Standards for Content Areas
Increased Emphasis on Informational Text
Text Complexity
Writing Arguments
Focus on Collaborative Conversations
Integration of Media Sources

24. California Additions
Analysis of text features in informational text (grades 6-12)
Career documents included in writing (grade 8)
Penmanship (grades 2-4)
Formal presentations (grades 1-12)

25. Not included in the CCCS Document
Introduction
College and Career Readiness Standards
ELA Appendices
Appendix A: Research Supporting
Key Elements of the Standards
Appendix B: Illustrative Text
Appendix C: Samples of Student
Writing
Documents available at:

26. Resources Implementation Plan For California A Look At Kindergarten-
A Look At Kindergarten-
Grade 6: Transitioning
to the Common Core Standards

27. Conclusion of the ELA Overview of the Common Core State Standards
“Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity.”
-Henry Hartman
Please join us for our upcoming webinar featuring
Math Overview of the Common Core State Standards
View our archived webinar
Introduction to the Common Core State Standards 27 27

28. Conclusion of the ELA Common Core State Standards Overview
For questions or more information, please contact Marsha Tokuyoshi, ELA/Common Core Standards Coordinator, Contra Costa County Office of Education
(925) 28 28