CA Common Core Content Standards A Closer Look at English Language Arts

1. CA Common Core Content Standards A Closer Look at English Language Arts

3. History & Timeline I

4. Timeline II

5. Organization • Introduction to Standards/Anchor Standards • Made up of three separate sets of standards • K-5 ELA (Literacy in content areas embedded) • 6-12 ELA • 6-12Literacy Standards for History, Science, and Technical Subjects • Appendices • A- Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards & Glossary of Key Terms • B- Text Exemplars & Sample Performance Tasks • C- Samples of Student Writing

6. Portrait of a Proficient Student They demonstrate independence. They build strong content knowledge. They respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose and discipline. They comprehend as well as critique. They value evidence. They use technology and digital media strategically and capably. They come to understand other perspectives and cultures. from CCSS Introduction page 7

7. Text Complexity • Reading standards place equal emphasis on the sophistication of what students read and the skill with which they read • Standard 10 defines a grade-by-grade “staircase” of increasing text complexity that rises from beginning reading to the college and career readiness level

8. Text Complexity From CCSS Appendix A page 8

9. Text Complexity From CCSS Appendix A page4

10. Performance Tasks • Students explain how Mark Teague’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed in Cynthia Rylant’s Poppleton in Winter to create the mood and emphasize aspects of characters and setting in the story. [RL.3.7] • Students analyze how the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in his film Throne of Blood draws on and trans-forms Shakespeare’s play Macbeth in order to develop a similar plot set in feudal Japan. [RL.9–10.9] From CCSS Appendix B

11. Assessment The Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC) http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/

12. Assessment

13. Grade Level Implementation

14. Implications for Instruction • Creativity • Critical Thinking • Collaboration • Communication • Rigor • Research • Integration of Media

15. A Closer Look at the Standards ENGLISH Three sets: • English Language Arts (ELA) K-5 & 6-12 • Reading • Writing • Speaking & Listening • Language • Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects • K-5: Embedded in ELA • 6-12: Separate section SOCIAL STUDIES SCIENCE HISTORY TECHNICAL SUBJECTS

16. Shared Responsibility for Literacy Subject area teachers are not responsible to teach reading and writing, rather they are responsible for teaching the content areas and incorporating reading and writing.

17. Four Strands

18. Progression of Learning

19. CA 15% • Substantively enhance • Address a perceived gap • Be defensible to classroom practitioners • Keep the original standard intact • Ensure the rigor of California’s existing standards is maintained

20. break

21. Sally Hampton • How will Common Core change instruction for teachers? • How will Common Core change the expectations for students? • What are the goals of ELA Common Core State Standards? • How do you define rigor in ELA? • What would ELA Common Core State Standards look like? • What are the implications of the standards in our classrooms?

22. Note Taking • Strength vs. Need • In Place vs. Work to Do • Current vs. Coming

23. Reading for Literature

24. Reading Anchor Standard #1:Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. • Reading Standards for Literature Standard 1 (RL1) • Ask and answer questions about details in a text (K-1st) • + 5 Ws (2nd) • + reference the text (3rd) • +draw inferences (4th) • +quote accurately (5th) • +support analysis (6th) • +cite several pieces of textual evidence (7th) • +cite evidence…most strongly supports (8th) • +cite strong & thorough evidence(9-10th) • +determine where the text leaves matters uncertain (11-12th)

25. Reading Standards (RL & RI) Summary Jot List 1. Details & Inferences 2. Theme 3. Development of events, characters, ideas 4. Word Choice/Vocabulary 5. Text Structure 6. Point of View 7. Format & Media 8. Argument & Claims 9. Compare Texts 10. Text Complexity

26. Reading for Informational Text from CCSS Introduction page 5

27. Reading Foundational Skills • Concepts of print and the alphabetic principle • Phonological Awareness • Phonics and Word Recognition • Read accurately and fluently *May require differentiated instruction

28. Writing The Writing Standards are divided into four sections: • Text Types • Production & Distribution of Writing • Research to Build & Present Knowledge • Range of Writing

29. Writing: Text Types The Standards cultivate three mutually reinforcing writing capacities: • Arguments and Opinions (W1) • Informative & Explanatory (W2) • Narratives (W3) from CCSS Introduction page 5

30. Writing: Production & Distribution of Writing Writing Anchor Standard #6:Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. • Writing Standard 6 (W6) • Explore & use a variety of digital tools (K-2) • + Use technology (keyboarding) to produce & publish writing(3rd) • +Use the internet; type a minimum of one page in a single sitting(4th) • + Type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting (5th) • + Type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting (6th) • +Link & cite sources (7-8th) • +Shared writing products; display information flexibly & dynamically (9-12th)

32. Speaking & Listening • Collaborative conversations (SL 1) • Structures for collaboration • Formal presentations (SL4) • CA 15%

33. Language • Command of conventions • Correct and sophisticated punctuation • Vocabulary • Figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings • Tier 2 and Tier 3 words

34. Resources • Jigsaw “A Closer Look” document

36. erslibrary.org (select Consultants tab)instruction.ers.tcoe.org

37. Implementation Plan

38. Thank You • Evaluations