NYS Common Core Learning Standards RTTT Common Core Training Part II

1. NYS Common Core Learning StandardsRTTT Common Core Training Part II Western Suffolk BOCES Victor Jaccarino January 2012 1

2. Overarching goals for today… To review specific standards inNew York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy and Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (CCLS) To Begin The Process of writing modules for our classrooms http://engageny.org/

3. Key Phrases in Reading Anchor Standards Read closely; cite textual evidence to support conclusions Determine central ideas; analyze development; summarize key supporting details and ideas. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media Delineate and evaluate the argument and claims in text Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts . . . from a variety of genres and a wide spectrum of American and world cultures. 3

4. Review Grade Level Standards For Your Grade Level in Reading Write down key words and phrases Underline areas that you believe you might improve in your classroom Discuss with partner at table how you might include in your classroom 4

5. Close Reading Questions • Require students to cite and/or explain all (or the great majority) of the evidence presented in a segment of the text. Far more rigorous challenge than simply asking for evidence. Students can’t “cherry pick” a simple or obvious part of the text. • Ask students to paraphrase a particularly dense and complex (in language) passage that is critical to the understanding of the text.

6. Close Reading Questions •Focus on finite chunks of challenging text that are short, dense and critical to the story/ article. •Come in clusters that build upon one another to reveal how and why a critical passage was written. •Involve re-reading of the passage line by line, multiple times, as well as any sections the passage may allude to.

9. Runners who actually run many miles a day are the winners… • Most students read 30 minutes a day but 50% don’t read at all • Students need “road miles” –actually reading a lot- instead of talking about reading • Study – watched classes with a stopwatch – 17 minutes of reading per hour in reading class- 3-7 minutes of reading per hour in other subjects

10. Non-Fiction and absorption rate • Students are very familiar with narratives • Non-fiction=more domain specific vocabulary words, complex sentence structure, contains both facts and concepts • Multiple texts on same topic • Give them articles related to what they are reading • Re-embed • The rich get richer…

11. Review Grade Level Standards For Your Grade Level in Reading Write down key words and phrases Underline areas that you believe you might improve in your classroom Discuss with partner at table how you might include in your classroom 11

12. Double the amount of dense non-fiction Informational texts should not mimic the narrative structure, i.e., biographies, etc. should be articles, speeches, founding documents More complex texts-2 grade levels above old Lexile levels Microscope replaces the telescope Shift in Balance

13. Lexile Find a Book

14. Reading Types Across the Grade Levels VITAL 14

15. Text Dependent Questions What is (and isn’t) the meaning of “popular sovereignty”? Why does Monk claim that this is the form of government in America? Is Lucy Stone confused when she asks “Which ‘We the People’?” Explain your answer. Why does Monk say this question has “troubled the nation”? What does the phrase “founding fathers” mean? Why does Marshall think the founding fathers could not have imagined a female or black Supreme Court Justice?

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18. Ruby Bridges • Cluster the piece into two or three parts determining what the central concerns might be • Write one text dependent question on vocabulary in context • Write one text dependent question that is explicit and gives the teacher opportunity to assess student understanding or memory (Bloom) • Write two text dependent questions that are inferential • One analytical • One evaluative Remember to answer your questions and cite the evidence

19. The Gettysburg Address Write one text dependent question on vocabulary in context Write one text dependent question that is explicit and gives the teacher opportunity to assess student understanding or memory (Bloom) Write two text dependent questions that are inferential One analytical One evaluative Remember to answer your questions and cite the evidence

20. Key Phrases in Writing Standards Found for All Subjects Write arguments on discipline-specific content Use data, evidence and reason to support arguments and claims Use domain-specific vocabulary Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying data and evidence Produce writing in which the development, organization, style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Develop and strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

21. Key Phrases in Writing Standards Found for All Subjects • Use technology • Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions • Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility and accuracy; integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. • Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. • Write routinely over extended time frames

22. Review Grade Level Standards For Your Grade Level in Writing Write down key words and phrases Underline areas that you believe you might improve in your classroom Discuss with partner at table how you might include in your classroom 22

23. Writing Link to standards and appendices • Opinion K-5 Argument 6-12 • Defend with evidence from text • interpretation & judgments with evidence from multiple sources • claims and conclusions that answer questions or address problems • K-5 – opinion leads to argument 23

24. What Questions Might We Ask to Present an Argument • Is Wikipedia a Legitimate Research Source? • Will Lowering the Drinking Age Solve the Problem of Binge Drinking Among College Students? • Do the Harry Potter Books Deserve Their Popularity? • Should College Lectures Be Available as Podcasts? • Is Being a Vegetarian Healthier than Being a Carnivore? • Should the United States Permit Drilling for Oil in Environmentally Sensitive Areas?

25. Some Elements of an Argument • Claims and Counterclaims • Concessions • Logos: Logic • Ethos: Authority/Evidence • Pathos: Emotional appeal

26. Template Task: An Example After researching ______(informational texts) on _________(content), write __________ (essay or substitute) that argues your position on____________ (content). Support your position with evidence from your research. L2 Be sure to acknowledge competing views. L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate, clarify, and support your position. From: National Writing Project/Literacy Design Collaborative

27. Here’s How it Plays Out… After researching academic articles on censorship, write an editorial that argues your position on the use of filters by schools. Support your position with evidence from your research. L2 Be sure to acknowledge competing views. L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position. From: National Writing Project/Literacy Design Collaborative

28. OR After researching technical and academic articles on the use of pesticides in agriculture, write a speech that argues your position on its use in managing crop production. Support your position with evidence from your research. L2 Be sure to acknowledge competing views. L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position. • From: National Writing Project/Literacy Design Collaborative

29. Take a Shot at It! After researching ______(informational texts) on _________(content), write __________ (essay or substitute) that argues your position on____________ (content). Support your position with evidence from your research. L2 Be sure to acknowledge competing views. L3 Give examples from past or current events or issues to illustrate, clarify, and support your position.

30. Choose a grade level argument exemplar from Appendix C List what is right about the exemplar In your group, discuss what is right and how you might have your students accomplish these points Review Writing Exemplars from Appendix C

31. And Let Us Not Forget . . . Shift happens….

32. ELA/Literacy Shift 1: Balancing Informational and Literary Text 32

33. ELA/Literacy Shift 2: 6-12 Knowledge in the Disciplines 33

34. ELA/Literacy Shift 3: Staircase of Complexity 34

35. Qualitative measures – levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands Quantitative measures – readability and other scores of text complexity Reader and Task – background knowledge of reader, motivation, interests, and complexity generated by tasks assigned Text complexity is defined by:

36. What makes text “complex”? • Uncommon words • Background knowledge requirements • Long sentences • Complicated sentences • Cross-references between sentences

37. ELA/Literacy Shift 4: Text Based Answers 37

38. Instead of… Reading – Talking – Writing We should be Reading – Writing - Talking

39. ELA/Literacy Shift 5: Writing from Sources 39

40. ELA/Literacy Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary 40

42. Choose one of the following Activities Chose an informational text or a literary text used in your own classroom and develop text dependent questions. Be sure the questions are mostly inferential. Some should be vocabulary in context. Develop a module or lesson around the text Choose a text from Appendix B, do a close reading and create text based questions. Be sure the questions are mostly inferential. Some should be vocabulary in context. Develop a module or lesson around the text Develop a process for developing plans for students to write an argument related to a unit, or module, or text, or concept from your classroom. Go to Appendix C, choose a grade level exemplar for writing an argument. Read the annotation of the piece and determine how you would create such an assignment in your classroom

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