Welcome to Common Core ELA Training

1. Welcome to Common Core ELA Training Presenters: As you come in, please start putting the handouts/ tabs in your notebook.

2. Common Core ELA TrainingFebruary 20, 2012 • Notebook Assembly • Overview of ELA section • Vertical Progression Activity • Unpacking the Common Core for ELA • Video – 6 Shifts • Shared Inquiry • Common Core ELA Units of Study Overview

3. NormsPLC Norms • Be Respectful • Be Responsible • Be a Learner • Cell phones off • Take bathroom breaks as needed

4. Parking Lot Questions??? Comments….

5. Common Core ELA – Section 1 • Common Core State Standards for ELA • Appendix A-Research and Glossary • Appendix B-Text Exemplars • Appendix C-Student Writing Samples • Unpacking Document from DPI • Common Core ELA Units

6. Vertical Progression Purpose: Recognize the K-12 progression of grade level expectations for the Standards and their connection to the College and Career Ready Anchor Standards. • Read the College/Career Ready Standard. • Beginning in Kindergarten, Underline/highlight the new information in each standard to compare the skill requirements between grade levels.

9. Vertical Alignment Reflection • Why is vertical alignment important? • How does vertical alignment help teachers understand where scaffolding might be needed as they assist all students in accessing the content?

10. Appendix C • Look at your grade level exemplars for writing.

11. Unpacking document Grade Level Standard College Anchor Standard Unpacking Information

12. Jigsaw • Divide into groups by table/school • Reading Literature (p. 2-6) • Reading Information (p. 7-11) • Reading Foundational Skills (p. 12-15) • Writing (p. 16-19) • Speaking and Listening (p. 20-21) • Language (22-end)

13. Close Reading of a Cluster of Standards 1. Read with a pencil in hand, annotate the text. Mark the big ideas and skills 2. Look for patterns in the things you’ve noticed about the text – repetitions, contradictions, similarities. Find the commonalities 3. Ask questions about the patterns you’ve noticed – especially how and why? What is a student to know and be able to do? 4. Create a poster with your group for your cluster.

14. ELA Inventory Worksheet

15. Break Time – 10 minutes Gallery Walk Look at Posters

16. Key Shifts in CCSS for ELA http://neric.welearntube.org/?q=node/146 http://usny.nysed.gov/rttt/resources/bringing-the-common-core-to-life.html

17. 6 Shifts in ELA Common Core • 50/50 Balance of Informational/ Literature Texts • Application to 6-12 Content Areas • Text Complexity See Appendix A and B • Text Based Answers • Argumentative Writing • Academic Vocabulary

18. Text Complexity • Common Core requires a balance of independent and instructional leveled texts. • Students must read increasingly challenging texts. • Work with smaller amounts of text in more depth. • Teachers must scaffold for students that need support in reading difficult text. • Goal: College and Career Ready Reading

19. Text based Answers • Students should have rich, rigorous conversations around a common text. • Students should produce arguments/present information orally and in writing using evidence from the text.

20. RATIONALE Shared Inquiry Approach Thought provoking literature to facilitate student centered, collaborative discussion through interpretive questioning • Teaches students how to think ….not what to think • Provides teacher strategies that help students master essential skills • Moves students towards excellence in: Reading Comprehension, Critical thinking, Writing, Speaking & Listening

21. Communication Skills Shared Inquiry Discussion …..Students “dig” collaboratively in a text ….test their ideas. …….develop critical thinking ….. form habits for well-informed global citizens practicing civil discourse. Student centered exploration of key ideas Interpretations with text evidence Allows learning from ideas of others

22. CRITICAL THINKING Critical Thinking Seek Text EVIDENCE Consider All RESPONSES Clarify IDEAS Student Centered Exploration of Core Ideas Interpretive Questions

23. SHARED INQUIRY • Pre Reading • First Reading with Sharing Questions • Second Reading with Directed Notes • Vocabulary • Shared Inquiry Discussion • Writing Activity

24. SHARED INQUIRY RULES 1. Everyone reads the same version of the text 1 2 3 4 2. Discussion is limited to the text 3. All answers are respected, but must be supported by the text 4. Leaders only ask questions

25. GETTING READY • STUDY THE STORY • FORMULATE QUESTONS • REVIEW RULES • USE A SEATING CHART Focus Question:__________Answer_______ Why do you think so? What so you think of ___ideas What do you mean by DISAGREE AGREE NEW IDEAS QUESTIONS Where do you find that in the text Have you heard an idea you disagree with

26. First Reading with Sharing Questions • LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Reading Comp Ask question about the story identifying different types of questionsACTIVITY: Connections Write a “C” where you make a connection with the story Write a “?” Where you have questions about the story • Note personal connections to the story • Flush out meaning through questioning • Turn NOTES into QUESTIONS • Turn questions into a search for meaning • Factual ?’s - Only one correct answer • Interpretive ?’s - Several answers supportable by the text • Evaluative ?’s - Asking for a judgment based on prior knowledge

27. Second Reading with Directed Notes LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Reading Comp ACTIVITY: Reread with purpose and articulate ideas • Mark with an C = the girl feels comfortable and taken care of O = the girl feels she is on her own • Annotating the Text • Search for examples of literary & vocab skills • Practice noting contrasting ideas, • Identify areas of curiosity, different options, etc.

28. Vocabulary LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Vocabulary ACTIVITY: Place words in context & use --and other activities • Targeted words pre-selected • Stories rich in language, ideas, imagery, similes, metaphors, personification, cultural and historical references

29. Shared Inquiry Discussion • LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Critical Thinking To explore and clarify ideas in response to an interpretive question ACTIVITY: Shared Inquiry discussion Write focus question –explain you do not have an answer Students write question and their answer before discussion Ask for evidence and follow-up with questions Stay on track, dig deep, look for different opinions and agreements Offer alternatives “Susie, do you agree with Don or are you saying….” Test ideas “If this is true then why did she…………….”

30. Comprehension • Quality Interpretive Writings • Multiple Readings • Models Strategies • Interpretive Questions • Directed Notes • Vocabulary

31. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Effective Teachers--The most important factor affecting student achievement

32. Common Core Curriculum Maps/Units of Study • 6 units per grade level • Developed by teachers for Common Core • Demonstrate the integrative nature of common core • RCS will use these units as springboards for further curriculum planning. • Planned additions to the Units of Study • NC Science/Social Studies Connections • Alignment of current instructional resources (Calkins Writing Units, Comprehension Toolkits, Jan Richardson) • Essential questions/Learning targets (NC Falcon) • Performance tasks (Backwards Design) • Online subscription for 2nd edition - $20 a year to access a grade span of units http://commoncore.org/

33. Kindergarten Units outline