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Classroom Visits: Is that Common Core?

Classroom Visits: Is that Common Core?. Signature Practice Session ACSA 2013 Leadership Summit Marty Martinez, Elk Grove USD Anne Zeman, Ed.D ., Twin Rivers USD. Session Agenda. What do we expect to observe when we visit a CCSS classroom? Introduction

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Classroom Visits: Is that Common Core?

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  1. Classroom Visits: Is that Common Core? Signature Practice Session ACSA 2013 Leadership Summit Marty Martinez, Elk Grove USD Anne Zeman, Ed.D., Twin Rivers USD

  2. Session Agenda • What do we expect to observe when we visit a CCSS classroom? Introduction • General Expectations for Common Core • CCSS ELA • CCSS Math • Common Core: What support do our teachers need? • Resources

  3. Session Objectives By the end of today’s session, participants will … • Report being more confident in identifying the degree to which a lesson is Common Core-aligned • Report being more confident in assisting teachers in developing and providing Common Core instruction • Be able to identify resources to support Common Core implementation.

  4. Where Are We with Common Core? • How comfortable are your teachers in implementing Common Core? • How confident are you that you could recognize lessons that are truly CCSS? • How confident are you that you can help your teachers to understand the expectations of, and to teach, CCSS?

  5. Common Core Classroom Visit Let’s walk into a classroom of a teacher who has been working on teaching Common Core State Standards. What do we expect to see?

  6. Common Core Classroom Visit As you view this video, you use the handout provided to note visual and auditory artifacts that exemplify Common Core. Also, note evidence of practices that donotexemplify Common Core. http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/standard-3

  7. Common Core Classroom Visit [Discussion about findings]

  8. Common Core Classroom Visit What are the that typify Common Core? BIG IDEAS

  9. Common Core BIG IDEAS • Grapplingwith challenges, whether ELA or math or other subject areas • Collaboration with peers, defending & critiquing ideas • Providing evidence from text or providing reasoning/rationale

  10. Common Core BIG IDEAS, ELA • Balance of Informational Textand Narrative Text • More complex text with higher lexile levels • Text-based evidence (text dependency) • Demands for a strong vocabulary

  11. Common Core BIG IDEAS, Lexiles Facsimile of table in CCSS-ELA Appendix A, page 8

  12. Common Core BIG IDEAS, Math • Deep understanding of concepts • Ability to apply conceptual understanding • Fluency • Dual intensity of practicing & understanding

  13. Common Core Classroom Visit Table Talk: At your table, please find the salmon- and green-colored mats. Working with elbow partners, sort the classroom practices listed into categories of “Possibly CCSS-aligned” or “Not likely CCSS-aligned.”

  14. Common Core Classroom Visit Let’s view another video: http://vimeo.com/54007714 Table Talk:

  15. Common Core Classroom Visit As we visit classrooms, how do we recall the standards?

  16. Common Core: Help for Our Teachers What progression of topics helps our teachers to understand the Common Core?

  17. Common Core: Help for Our Teachers Resources for you: Packet walk

  18. Common Core: Help for Our Teachers Resources for you: • www.engageny.org • www.achievethecore.org • www.tcoe.org • www.doe.k12.de.us • www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc • CCCSS - Appendices A, B, & C

  19. Common Core: Help for Our Teachers Resources for you: • www.acsa.org • Current Issues “Leadership” • 2013 Archives • January/February 2013 OR • http://www.acsa.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/Media/LeadershipMagazine/2013-Archives.aspx

  20. Common Core Classroom Visit Return to objectives: • Did this session help you to feel more confident in identifying the degree to which a lesson is Common Core-aligned? • Did this session help you to feel more confident in assisting teachers in developing and providing Common Core instruction? • Do you now have more resources to support Common Core implementation?

  21. Common Core Classroom Visit Evaluation and Thank you

  22. Classroom Visits: Is that Common Core? Presenter Contact Information: Marty Martinez, Elk Grove USD, (916) 688-8484; maemarti@egusd.net Anne Zeman, Ed.D., Twin Rivers USD, (916) 566-1600 ext. 50024; anne.zeman@twinriversusd.org

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