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ICSD K-5 ELA CCSS Alignment and Curriculum Revision. August 2011. This week is only the beginning!!!. Goals. Unpack and prioritize the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) . Align existing common quarterly assessments with the identified power standards and identify gaps
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ICSD K-5 ELA CCSS Alignment and Curriculum Revision August 2011
Goals • Unpack andprioritizethe Common Core State Standards (CCSS). • Align existing common quarterly assessments with the identified power standards and identify gaps • Align existing ICSD Curricula with the identified power standards and identify areas in need of revision/development
Organization of the NYS ELA PK-12 CCSS • Strands in current NYS ELA Standards • Reading • Writing • Listening • Speaking 4 Strands: • Reading • Literature • Informational Text • Foundational Skills (preK– 5) • Writing • Speaking & Listening • Language College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards for each strand • Same for pre-K – 12 • Organized by topic under each strand Grade-specific standards corresponding to each CCR for each grade-level • Translates each CCR Anchor Standard into end-of-year expectations for each grade-level
Identifying Standards • Anchor Standards are identified by their strand, CCR Status, and number. • W.CCR.6 • R.CCR.3 • Grade-specific standards are identified by their strand, grade, and number (or number and letter, where applicable). • RI.4.3 • L.K.1a
Shifts in the CCSS • Access the world through books -- text seen as essential tool for gaining knowledge in all content areas • Spend equal time on informational texts and stories • Text complexity matters • Text-based answers • Emphasis on writing to inform or to make an argument • Emphasis on developing academic vocabulary to support access to complex texts
Adding Value to Standards • Unpack and prioritize standards to add: • greater precision • shared understanding • focus • consistency
Unpacking the Standards • Restating standards as agreed upon student learning outcomes (SLO) • What students will know, be able to do or be able to demonstrate when they have mastered each standard • Students will… • May be a series of scaffolded SLOs to show clear milestones of student learning as they work toward mastery of each standard • SLOs should specify an action by the student that is observable, measurable and able to be demonstrated. • These need to be shared expectations in all 8 schools
Example W.1.8
Example RL.1.2
“Power” or “Priority” Standards • Power priority standards are “a subset of state standards that represent the most important elements of the curriculum” (Reeves, 2002) • AKA: Some standards are more important than others........... • Power standards represent the “safety net” of standards every teacher ensures all students learn. • Three Criteria Apply: • Endurance • Leverage • Readiness for the next level of instruction
Endurance • Standards that give students skills or knowledge that remain with them long after a test is completed • Examples include: research skills, reading comprehension, writing, map reading, hypothesis testing, etc. • Years into the future these skills will be used again and again
Readiness • Collaborative effort to reflect on cross grade level curriculum • Consider: What knowledge and skills would students need to have in order to be ready to learn the curriculum and be successful this year, next year, and on state tests?
Leverage • Leverage helps identify those standards applicable to many academic disciplines • Examples include: nonfiction writing, interpretation of charts and graphs • Leverage aids in curriculum planning particularly in integrating thematic units
Nice to Know Important Essential (1 criteria applies) (2 criteria apply) (all 3 criteria apply) Power Standards – Hitting the Bull’s Eye!
Group Norms for Successful Collaboration • Seven Norms of Collaboration and the Four Agreements of Courageous Conversations • Additions? Changes?
Grade-level standards documents • CCSS Vertical Articulation Document • Fountas & Pinnell Continuum for Literacy Learning • F&P Continuum for Literacy Learning CCSS Alignment Document • ICSD ELA Curriculum Documents • Greece Central School District Priority Standards Document • CCSS Unpacked by the North Carolina Department of Education Resources
Capturing Our Work http://icsdk-5literacy.wikispaces.com/ • NYS CCSS Unpacked and Prioritized – click on your grade-level document • Multiple authors can access and edit the document simultaneously
Remember… “It is a process, not an event; a marathon, not a sprint.” (Larry Ainsworth, 2004)