Introductions & Celebrations

1. Introductions & Celebrations Discovery Certificates Reward Schools Carver & Zebulon – High Performing Smith & Wakelon – High Progress Principal of the Year

2. New EVAAS Teacher Value-Added Reports for 2011-12 WCPSS Principals’ Meeting October 24, 2012

20. What to expect in the near future… • Reports available in the very near future (we hope!) • School administrators will have access first, with teacher access to follow later on • Login and password instructions will be sent out by SAS to all teachers • These measurements will eventually be the source for Standard 6 evaluation ratings (for teachers) and Standard 8 for principals • 3-year average, with 2012-13 as “Year 1” for everyone • D&A will offer training for teachers throughout the year (face-to-face as well as through Blackboard); SAS will likely have some online training as well

21. For more information… • Sonya Stephens (sstephens2@wcpss.net) • Brad McMillen (bmcmillen@wcpss.net)

22. BREAK…

23. Desired Outcomes: • By the end of the session participants will … • understand the types of writing in the K-5 ELA CCSS. • understand the implications for writing in all the content areas.

24. You are here

25. The Journey Continues… Are You Packed?

26. Common Core Highway

27. Common Core Overviews Unpacked Standards Cross Walks

28. Common Core Overviews English Language Arts Math Social Studies Science

29. Race to the Top Days Day 1 Assessments Day 2 Rigor Day 3 Student Engagement Day 4 Disciplinary Literacy Day 5 Professional Reflections

30. Focus Groups Formative Assessments Instructional Technology New Principals Orientation Project Based Learning Rigor Writing Across Content Areas Instructional Leadership Common Core Highway Essential Questions

31. A Closer Look at Writing Across the Content Areas October 25, 2012

32. Anchor Standards for Writing • Text Types and Purposes • Production and Distribution of Writing • Research to Build and Present Knowledge • Range of Writing

33. A Closer Look at the ELA Writing Standards

34. Writing in the Common Core Informative/ Explanatory Narrative Argumentative/ Opinion

35. Narrative writing conveys experience, either real or imaginary, and uses time as its deep structure. Taken from Appendix A, Common Core State Standards for ELA

36. Purposes of Narrative Writing • To inform • To instruct • To persuade • To entertain

37. A Closer Look at Narrative Writing

38. An argument is a reasoned, logical way of demonstrating that the writer’s position, belief, or conclusion is valid. Taken from Appendix A, Common Core State Standards for ELA

39. Purposes of Argument Writing • To change the reader‘s point of view • To bring about some action on the reader’s part • To ask the reader to accept the writer’s point of view on a concept, issue, or problem

40. The Staircase “Opinion” is the Common Core label given to argument writing in Grades K-5. It is the stepping stone to argument. “Argument” is the label used in Grades 6-12. It refers to logical arguments which are convincing because of their merit and reasonableness, rather than emotion or the credentials of the writer.

41. K-12 Progression of Argument Writing K Compose opinion pieces; state an opinion or preference 1 – 2 Write opinion pieces Introduce topic, opinion, reason, closure 3 – 5 Write opinion pieces on topics Support point of view with reasons and information 6 – 8 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence 9 –12 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning, relevant and sufficient evidence

42. Opinion Exemplar

43. Informative/ Explanatory writing conveys information accurately. Taken from Appendix A, Common Core State Standards for ELA

44. Purpose of Informative/ Explanatory Writing • To increase readers’ knowledge of a subject • To help readers better understand a procedure or process • Provide readers with an enhanced comprehension of a concept

46. Common Core’s focus on writing De-emphasizes narrative writing Increases bothargument andinformationwriting

47. The 4th Grade Writing Assessment?

48. Dr. Doug Reeves: Nonfiction Writing

49. Connections to Mathematics: • What does writing look like in math? • Where are there natural connections within the Common Core State Standards?

50. Standards for Mathematical Practice • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them • Reason abstractly and quantitatively • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others • Model with mathematics • Use appropriate tools strategically • Attend to precision • Look for and make use of structure • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning