English Language Arts Common Core Standards Overview Daviess County Public Schools

1. English Language Arts Common Core Standards OverviewDaviess County Public Schools

2. Welcome • Welcome • Overview – • Why This? Why Now?— • Vision of a K-12 School — • Standards Progression— • Assessment— • Emily Activity— • Venn Diagram Activity— • The Important Book— • Where Do We Go From Here?—

3. Introductions • Choose one important attribute of a leader. • Share with team or entire school.

4. Group Norms • Be present and engaged in the work. • Keep cell phones on silent. • Keep sidebar conversations to a minimum.

5. Essential Questions for Orientation Meeting • What is my role in the school common standards network? • What is the structure, organization, and progression of the standards? • What is formative assessment and why is it the foundation of this work? • What are the next steps?

6. How Are the Standards Organized?

7. ELA Standards

8. Why This? Why Now?

9. Vision of a K-12 School

10. Standards Progression • Find the one page technology standards page. • Highlight differences in the descriptors by grade level. • Share out with group.

11. New Common Core Standards

12. New Common Standards

13. Standards Activity • Work with a partner to complete this activity. • Pick one of the reading standards. • Trace the standard’s progression from K-12. • Use the graphic organizer to show the learning progressions. (Large legal size paper.) • Share your findings with others at your table.

14. Why is Assessment Important? Our Charge—Senate Bill 1 Understand how to translate Kentucky’s Core Standards into clear learning targets in order to: • Design high quality formative and summative assessments and to… • Plan/select rigorous and congruent learning experiences.

16. Emily Activity • Read “A Good Example: Emily” p. 4-6 in handouts. • What did this teacher do to enhance student motivation and learning? • Turn and talk to your neighbor. • Share out with large group.

17. Comparison • Choose one Common Core Reading Standard. • Choose one Core Content for Assessment Standard that is similar. • Using the Venn Diagram work individually to find the similarities and differences. • Share with a partner. • Share with the group.

18. The Important Book Written by Margaret Wise Brown

19. The Important Book The important thing about the sun is that it shines. It is the center of the Solar System. It’s hot. It sustains life. It gives us light. It gives us a tan. It gives us warmth. The important thing about the sun is that it shines.

20. The Important BookAs a Table…Please work together to complete this frame on chart paper. Share with the large group The important thing about a school leadership network is____________. It is ___________________________. It is ___________________________. It is ___________________________. --And since failure is not an option, the important thing about a school leadership network is_________________.

21. Where Do We Go From Here? • Next Steps— • Ensure all teachers have copies of the LA common core standards this semester. • Engage teachers in an LA overview of the standards and include at least one of the activities used during the Teacher / Staff Developer training.

22. Why This? Why Now? It’s all about student learning!