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Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Demystifying the Common Core in Public Libraries

Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Demystifying the Common Core in Public Libraries. Westchester Library Association: 2013 Conference Lisa Kropp, SCLS Youth Services Coordinator. What is the Common Core?. A set of standards designed to better prepare PK-12 students for college and careers

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Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Demystifying the Common Core in Public Libraries

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  1. Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Demystifying the Common Core in Public Libraries Westchester Library Association: 2013 Conference Lisa Kropp, SCLS Youth Services Coordinator

  2. What is the Common Core? • A set of standards designed to better prepare PK-12 students for college and careers • Think more critically about what they are reading • Compare multiple sources in different formats • Use more primary resources • Less personal opinion, and more “sourced evidence” displayed in student’s writing • By 2014-15 school year, standards call for 50% informational text in elementary schools; 55% in middle schools; and 70% in high schools

  3. COMMON CORE MISCONCEPTIONS NOT federal standards created by the Council of Chief State School Officers with input from state governors NOT all 50 states are on board non participating states: Texas, Alaska, Virginia, Minnesota and Nebraska Fiction is NOT being replaced by non-fiction Appendix B is NOT a recommended reading list meant to show the types of materials that meet core standards (examplar texts)

  4. Lexile Levels and Text Complexity

  5. What do these four titles have in common?

  6. Lexile Level… Meet Reading Comprehension

  7. Point of View Two biographies: One Man Two genres: One Subject

  8. Picture Books Matter in CC!

  9. Your Library IS the Common Core!

  10. Common Core = BALANCE

  11. The Third C in Common Core - Collaboration

  12. Public Librarians Can: • Share online resources and databases • Joint newsletter to parents with schools • Collection development assistance • Mock Sibert events • Parent Information • Nonfiction storytimes • Pre-K fiction/nonfiction themes • Infuse nonfiction titles into summer reading lists • Create booklists pairing fiction and nonfiction titles • Meet and collaborate with school librarians • Create teacher cards at your library • Host New Book Forums using non fiction titles for teachers • Homework Help Demos • ???? YOUR IDEAS ????

  13. Resources Pre-K standards • Common Core State Standards • Booklist Common Core Resources • SLJ Op-Ed Piece on Appendix B • How to find a book’s lexile • Engage NY page • Common Core Booklists • Project Text • Common Core Wiki • SCLS Youth Services Goodreads page • SCLS Youth Services Pinterest Page

  14. Blogs about Common Core • Interesting Nonfiction for Kids • The Uncommon Corps • Nonfiction Detectives • Nonfiction Monday • The Classroom Bookshelf • Great YA Common Core Nonfiction

  15. Publisher Sites on Common Core Penguin Random House Scholastic Capstone

  16. Remember: Please send your feedback and comments to me: lisa@suffolknet.org 631-286-1600 x1365

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