Making Sense of the Appendices 2010 Arizona English Language Arts Standards

1. Making Sense of the Appendices 2010 Arizona English Language Arts Standards

2. Appendices Appendix A: • Articulates the research that supports the need for increased text complexity K-12. Appendix B: • Applies understanding of text complexity to identify grade level text samples and corresponding performance tasks. Appendix C: • Identifies exemplars of student writing.

3. Appendix A Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards Glossary of Key Terms

4. Appendix A: The Big Picture “Take a walk” through Appendix A • First Thoughts? • Usefulness? • Surprises?

5. Activity 1What is text complexity? Source: Appendix A Jigsaw • Assign a section to each member at your table to read and share your responses. • Share findings with entire group. Respond to the Questions: • What does the research tell us about the need for increased text complexity? • What is the rationale?

6. What is Text Complexity? A teacher, new to your campus, keeps hearing this term “text complexity.” She asks you to explain the meaning and its relevance to her as a classroom teacher. What might you tell her? • Think • Write • Share

7. Figure 3: Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges (In Lexiles)

8. How well do you have to read for college and careers? Williamson, G. L. (2008). A Text Readability Continuum for Postsecondary Readiness. Journal of Advanced Academics, 19(4), 602-632.

9. Appendix B Text Exemplars Sample Performance Tasks

10. Appendix B Goal: Apply understanding of Text Complexity to identify grade level samples of text complexity. Questions to Consider: • Does my reading program have the appropriate level of text complexity? How would I know? • What are examples of appropriate text complexity for specific grade levels? • What type of professional development would teachers need to use the information presented in the Appendices?

11. Background-- Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks Source: Appendix B Exemplars are useful guideposts. • Complexity • Quality • Range

12. Sample Performance Tasks Source: Appendix B • Text exemplars are supplemented by brief performance tasks. • Tasks illustrate specifically the application of the Standards to texts of sufficient complexity, quality, and range.

13. Activity 2: Touring the Titles • Using the Table of Contents for Appendix B, highlight titles currently being used in your grade level. • Identify titles that have been moved from your level to another grade. What “Aha’s” and “Uh-oh’s” did you observe? Source: Appendix B

14. Appendix C Samples of Student Writing

15. Samples of Student Writing Writing samples: • Demonstrate the lowest level of quality required to meet the Writing standards for that grade level Appendix C

16. Activity 3: Take a Peek! Read through the student writing samples from your grade level. Discuss how the annotated writing samples might be used by leadership and classroom teachers. (Annotations refer back to the standards)

17. Resources Common Core State Standards: www.ade.az.gov/standards/commoncorestandards/default.asp Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS Assessment Article www.k12center.org Achieve-Information about PARCC www.achieve.org/ Surveys of Enacted Curriculum http://seconline.wceruw.org/Reference/K12Taxonomy08.pdf

18. Closure: Ticket to Leave 3-2-1 Summary Handout Write: 3 Things you have learned 2 Things you still have questions about 1 Thing you can work on right away Stack your TTL at the center of your tables Bring your Alignment Document and Grade Level Standards See You Tomorrow!!!! (Guest Speaker Sarah Baird at 8:30 am) Our Wiki: http://pcrsc2010elacommoncorestandards.wikispaces.com