July 1, 2014 CCSS Full Implementation

1. School District of Lee County – Countdown to Common Core July 1, 2014 CCSS Full Implementation Middle School Level High School Level Elementary School Level

2. Common Core State Standards are a state-led effort to establish clear world-class educational standards for English language arts and mathematics that are benchmarked to international standards to guarantee that Florida‘s students are prepared to be competitive with students from other countries. Countdown to Common Core Action Plans Discussion on District and School Action Plans Model Videos Model CCSS lessons and videos to view Ongoing PD Sustained professional development for all stakeholders SharePoint Accessing the district site for Common Core resources and support Instr Materials & Resources Aligning district instructional textbooks and software applications

3. District and School Action Plans • Schools Plans will be reviewed with Zone Executive Directors and at the fall Principal Meetings. • District Plan draft – School Wish Lists and Team Formation Countdown to Common Core

4. Ongoing Professional Development for All Stakeholders • Why is Professional Development so important? • Administrators, Teachers, and Family/Community Members Countdown to Common Core

5. District Instructional Materials and Resources • Aligning Existing and New Instructional Resources • Software Applications • Textbooks and Digital Content Countdown to Common Core

6. District SharePoint Site for Common Core State Standards http://leeschools.net/dept/curr/ccss/SitePages/Home.aspx Countdown to Common Core

7. Model CCSS Lesson Videos– Teaching Channel https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos Countdown to Common Core

8. Let‘s take a brief look at the standards.. • Vertical Alignment is the key to a successful implementation Countdown to Common Core

9. Webb’s Depth of Knowledge and Bloom’s Taxonomy The CCSS standards incorporate Webb’s Depth of Knowledge and Bloom’s Taxonomy. The cognitive demand of the standards rises across the grades.

10. The “Demands” of the Standards The cognitive demand of the standards incorporates Bloom’s Taxonomy and Webb’s Depth of Knowledge. How is this accomplished? The standards “ramp up” the demands made on student thinking.

11. How is the demand of this standard rising across the grades?

12. How is the demand of this standard rising across the grades?

13. How is the demand of this standard rising across the grades?

14. How is the demand of this standard rising across the grades?

15. Text Complexity • Complex Text versus Simple Text • Is there a place for both? Countdown to Common Core

16. One hot summer's day a famished fox was strolling through an orchard until he came to clusters of grapes just ripening on a trellised vine. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. His mouth was watering and he could feel gnawing hunger pains. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give up. Once a fox walked through the woods. He came upon a grape orchard. There he found beautiful grapes hanging from a high branch. “Boy those sure would be tasty,” he thought to himself. He backed up and took a running start and jumped. He did not get high enough. Simple Complex

17. What is right with “simplified” text? • Provides for scaffolding for ELL students, students with disabilities. • They can become a foundation for understanding complex text as long as students have the opportunity to read complex texts as well. • Gradated Text Collection – a collection of texts on a topic that advance in degrees of complexity. Some students may read simpler texts first, then move on to complex text (a form of instructional support).

18. School District of Lee County – Countdown to Common Core Text should be challenging but not frustrating Close Reading activities with Anchor Standards Basic Steps Tell me what you are thinking Tell me what you are reading PLC Isabel Beck ”Questioning the Author”