Common Core for Youth Services

1. Common Core for Youth Services May 17, 2013 Jim Belair- Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES School Library System

2. What do you know about Common Core Learning Standards?

3. Why the new standards: • College & Career Readiness • Problem Solving Skills • Critical Thinking Skills • Vocabulary • Informational Text The standards will help prepare students with the knowledge and skill they need to succeed in educational and job related training after high school.

4. College Instructors and Employers Say GraduatesAre Not Prepared for College and Work Source: Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies, Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? prepared for Achieve, Inc., 2005. Average estimated proportions of recent high school graduates who are not prepared

5. Doodle Poll Result (34 responses) • I know very little about Common Core: 9 people • I know a little about Common Core: 19 people • I know enough about Common Core to do my job: 5 people • I know a lot about Common Core: 1 person My goal- have a take away item for EVERYONE!!

6. Shifts in: ELA and Math Social Studies and Science are almost finished!

7. Shift 1Balancing Informational & Literary Texts • Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts. Elementary school classrooms are, therefore, places where students access the world – science, social studies, the arts and literature – through text. At least 50% of what students read is informational.

8. Shift 1: What is Read in School • Informational Text • Narrative Non-Fiction • Literary Text • Appendix B • ELA Module list (in a later slide) • At least 50% is informational • Research shows students do not read informational text and remember what they read- College and Career Ready

9. Shift 2Knowledge in the Disciplines • Content area teachers outside of the ELA classroom emphasize literacy experiences in their planning and instruction. Students learn through domain specific texts in science and social studies classrooms – rather than referring to the text, they are expected to learn from what they read.

10. Shift 2: Reading in Other Areas • Read in Science • Read in Social Studies • Read in … • Students will learn from what they read

11. Shift 3Staircase of Complexity • In order to prepare students for the complexity of college and career ready texts, each grade level requires a “step” of growth on the “staircase”. Students read the central, grade appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and space in the curriculum for this close and careful reading, and provide appropriate and necessary scaffolding and supports so that it is possible for students reading below grade level.

12. Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity • Every year, student climb a “step” of knowledge • Students not reading at levels needed • Teachers provide scaffolding • Lexile, Fountas and Pinnell, DRA, Accelerated Reader, Reading Counts We understand argument around leveled reading!

13. Shift 4 Text-Based Answers • Students have rich and rigorous conversations which are dependent on a common text. Teachers insist that classroom experiences stay deeply connected to the text on the page and that students develop habits for making evidentiary arguments both in conversation, as well as in writing, to assess comprehension of a text.

14. Shift 4: Text Based Answers • Read closely for information • Information based directly on text • Evidence comes from text to support argument

15. Shift 5 Writing from Sources • Writing needs to emphasize use of evidence to inform or make an argument rather than the personal narrative and other forms of decontextualized prompts. While the narrative still has an important role, students develop skills through written arguments that respond to the ideas, events, facts, and arguments presented in the texts they read.

16. Shift 5: Writing from Sources • Evidence from text • Written response • Use of multiple sources • Analyzeand synthesize

17. Shift 6 Academic Vocabulary • Students constantly build the vocabulary they need to access grade level complex texts. By focusing strategically on comprehension of pivotal and commonly found words (such as “discourse,” “generation,” “theory,” and “principled”) and less on esoteric literary terms (such as “onomatopoeia” or “homonym”), teachers constantly build students’ ability to access more complex texts across the content areas.

18. Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary • Build vocabulary • Words chosen strategically across disciplines • Meaningful words

20. ELA Anchor Standards • They are the same skills for each grade level • They indicate what kids should be able to do • The specific standards are different for each grade level.

21. ELA Anchor Standards

22. Information Fluency Continuum • From New York City Department of Education • Recently endorsed by SLSA, Most of NY State SLS, State Librarian, NYLA • Information and inquiry skills required for in-depth learning • Process not content http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/27A1E84E-65EB-4A54-80DF-51E28D34BF4F/0/InformationFluencyContinuum.pdf

23. School & Public Library Collaboration Ideas

24. Collection Development • From ENGAGEny: Text List for P-12 ELA • http://www.engageny.org/resource/text-list-for-p-12-ela • Click on the Text List for P-12 ELA • Looking for high quality & interesting informational texts • Especially look for history and science

25. Collection Dev. Cont’d • Looking for Book Pairing Ideas: Fiction with non fiction • Audio books for texts being used • Books with multiple (opposing) viewpoints • Online databases- talk to the schools! • Still purchase fiction!!!

26. Programming Ideas for Kids • Connecting ideas and books to real life (not just for science or social studies) • More experiential • When doing a story time or a program, have informational texts available or on display • Ask questions that refer back to book or illustrations • Content creation classes for kids • Book trailers • Video production • Vodcast book talks

27. Programming for Adults • Primary Resources for Parents • Information Literacy for Parents • Many think this means informational technology • How to use online databases • Website evaluation • Searching online catalog • For teachers: What resources are available from Public Library

28. Work With the Schools • Ask for curriculum maps • Work together on summer reading • Offer to have a library department meeting at public library • Joint non fiction book club for kids

29. Other Items • Reading Levels in Online Catalog • Repeat from earlier: Book Pairing • Reach out to PTA: Tell them resources and services YOU can provide around Common Core • Text based answers- have kids use them when discussing a book with them

30. Lending books to schools • Schools are very grateful for ILL • Waive late fees when a school borrows • Help with finding class sets of a text • If you have large quantities of the same texts not being used, offer to loan to schools

31. Virtual Presence • Create a virtual presence for kids and parents • Easy access to online resources • 24-7 access for patrons • Primary source documents • eBooks • Institutional websites • WHAT DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE???

32. What message can I share with our school librarians on your behalf?