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Getting There From Here Leading in the Spirit of the Common Core Elizabeth Bassford

Getting There From Here Leading in the Spirit of the Common Core Elizabeth Bassford Director of Literacy Pearson. Why do we need them? Why now?.

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Getting There From Here Leading in the Spirit of the Common Core Elizabeth Bassford

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  1. Getting There From Here Leading in the Spirit of the Common Core Elizabeth Bassford Director of Literacy Pearson

  2. Why do we need them? Why now?

  3. …End of the year, grade-by-grade descriptions of what students should know and be able to do (performances) in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language competency. What are they?

  4. What is the real goal? Make comprehension a verb.

  5. What is the big game-changer? A significant instructional shift that is task-based, requiring rigorous attention to text through close reading of deliberately increasing complexity. cc101

  6. cc101 Lexile RangesAligned to College and Career Readiness Expectations Text ComplexityGrade Band in theCCSS Old Lexile Ranges K–1 2–3 4–5 6–8 9–10 11-CCR N/A 450–725 645–845 860–1010 960–1115 1070–1220 N/A 450–790 770–980 955–1155 1080–1305 1215–1355

  7. What’s the big deal? • Equity.

  8. What We Read Influences What We Learn When some students have access to complex text and others do not, the reading gap (that often causes teachers to assign less complex text to low-performing students) contributes to a knowledge gap. (Stanovich, 2000; Neuman, 2006).

  9. read substantially fewer in-context words, • are asked fewer critical thinking questions, • have fewer opportunities for discussion, • have fewer opportunities to write. • (Allington, 1983; Hiebert, 1983) Children who struggle--

  10. True, but-- Text difficulty resides in ◦ the linguistic characteristics of the text ◦ the characteristics of the reader ◦ the actions of the teacher. (Quantitative/Qualitative)

  11. What’s the big deal? • Equity.

  12. Reading complex text supports: • Acquisition of sophisticated • vocabulary, concepts, and linguistic • structures, and • Development of critical thinking abilities, • Vocabulary, concepts, linguistic structures, • and general knowledge acquired through • reading complex text “anchors” further • reading and learning.

  13. Deliberate Use of Text Types • Complex texts support the acquisition • and use of sophisticated: • Vocabulary • Concepts • Linguistic structures • Rhetorical structures • General Knowledge

  14. Read Like a Detective! Write Like a Reporter! Gather Evidence Ask Questions Make Your Case Prove It!

  15. Achieve Balance…

  16. With the Teacher Community Reading All Children (Large & Small Groups) 40-60 minutes Classroom Teacher Independent Reading With the Teacher Classroom Teacher Just Right Texts and Tasks All Children (Small Groups) 3 - 15-minute groups Learning Center On Your Own Reading/Writing Learning Centers Classroom Teacher Or Reading/SPED Teacher Intensive Intervention 3-5 Struggling Readers 30-45 minutes

  17. 1. Focus on Knowledge 2. Create Connections 3. Activate Student Passion 4. Develop Vocabulary 5. Increase the Volume 6. Build Stamina 7. Identify Benchmarks 7 Actions for Text Complexity

  18. Freddy Hiebert’s National Awareness Campaign

  19. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined by Steven Pinker, 2011 The first major conduit for humanitarianism was the printing press.

  20. #14

  21. Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are one hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground. -Rumi

  22. Love what you teach.

  23. Elizabeth Bassford 917-859-7513 Elizabeth.bassford@Pearson.com

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