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Secondary Librarians Supporting Common Core. Jim Belair, Ashlee Bryant, Dr. Kristen Driskill. Points to consider. What changes are occurring in classroom instruction? In light of these changes, what do teachers need to know regarding resources, technology, etc. available to them?
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Secondary Librarians Supporting Common Core Jim Belair, Ashlee Bryant, Dr. Kristen Driskill
Points to consider What changes are occurring in classroom instruction? In light of these changes, what do teachers need to know regarding resources, technology, etc. available to them? What am I currently doing to support teachers and the CCSS? What changes can I make to further support the teaching and learning in my school (short-term and long-term)?
But we are going to talk about one of the “shifts”… NY Dept. of Education: Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary Texts Shift 3: Staircase of Text Complexity Student Achievement Partners: “Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts”
How does the Common Core define complex text? 3-Part Model
Quantitative Measures:A Good First Step Observable & Measurable: Word frequency, sentence length, and word count Updated scale
Text Complexity Lexile: 810L In which of the text complexity bands would this novel fall?
Text Complexity Lexile: 810L In which of the text complexity bands would this novel fall?
Qualitative Measures • Purpose • Structure • Language • Knowledge Demands
Text Complexity So, how would we use the rubric for literary text to determine a qualitative measure for The Hunger Games?
Online Databases • Use to locate high quality Informational Text • Teachers need to know how to locate info! • Teachers need to know they can put articles into a Resource List • Mindset Shift: Databases are building wide not just library items • Many Databases contain lexiles Consider purchasing Opposing View Points from Gale
Information Fluency Continuum • Grade Level Benchmark Skills • Inquiry Based Learning • Aligned to Common Core Standards • All the Graphic Organizers are on the SLS Website • Endorsed by SLSA and most SLS Councils
Module 1: Unlocking the text Module 2/3: Author’s craft Module 4: Integration of ideas
Overview of Modules Grades 3-12 • Module 1: Unlocking the Text-Literature and Informational • Module 2: Author’s Craft-Literature • Module 3: Author’s Craft-Informational • Module 4: Integration of Ideas • Module 5: Genre/Author Study • Module 6: Literary Analysis
Support what is taking place in the classroom Know your Standards! What are you doing?
Focus on Subjects Other than ELA • Finding Informational Text • Collaboration • Research • Build Non Fiction Collection
Instructional Technology leader • Be the “go-to” person for the 6 ELA shifts • Offer to grade Works Cited • Curriculum Maps • Do not worry about those that will never come in
ELA • Focus on research element • Offer to grade Works Cited • Build Non Fiction Collection • InterLibrary Loan
Resource Lists • Include Non Fiction Books • Include Database articles • Include videos from Learn 360 • Include websites from Web Path Express • Include eBooks
Collaboration • Introduce faculty to one resource at each faculty meeting • Hold PD workshops for your building • Attend various dept. meetings • Talk to and meet with subject area directors • Forget about those that will never use library
Paddy Hill Library examples • http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/webpages/phlibrary/resources1.cfm • Password: paddyhill
eBooks • http://www.monroe2boces.org/ebooks • All eBooks can be placed in Resource List • All are unlimited Simultaneous Use • New eBook vendor for 1:1 Popular Fiction Axis 360 from Baker & Taylor • Current Vendors: • InfoBase Learning • Gale Cengage • ebrary • Marshall Cavendish • Rosen • Sylvan Dell • Capstone Interactive
Essential Questions: What changes are occurring in classroom instruction? In light of these changes, what do teachers need to know regarding resources, technology, etc. available to them? What am I currently doing to support teachers and the CCSS? What changes can I make to further support the teaching and learning in my school (short-term and long-term)?