Katie Berger Library Media Specialist/Co-Chair of MLS Implementation Committee

1. JUMP ON BOARD: Librarians and Literacy Katie Berger Library Media Specialist/Co-Chair of MLS Implementation Committee Bueker Middle School Marshall, Missouri

3. Key Ideas • Nationwide-45 states • Backed by Research • Common Test Across the Country • 2 companies creating test • MO-Smarter Balanced • Making Students Better Prepared • College • Careers

4. Key points • Students not reading on grade level is not the responsibility of a few. • The way students read non-fiction is much different than how they read literature. • Many are already using teaching techniques that support the Core Academic Standards. • Using literacy techniques-such as learning to read “rigorously” will help us teach our content areas more effectively and create better readers and writers.

5. VOCABULARY • These words will come up in conversations. • Rigor-creating an environment in which each student is expected to learn at high levels. • Text Complexity- The difficulty of a text based on length, vocabulary, tone and sentence structure. • Not the same as reading level • ELA-English Language Arts • Smarter Balanced- The assessment consortium that Missouri has chosen to use for our new Core-based MAP best

6. What’s in a Name?? Common Core State Standards…. Core Academic Standards…. Missouri Learning Standards MISSOURI LEARNING STANDARDS

7. Two Sets of Standards ELA Standards for Grades K-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects

8. What are the Literacy Standards? Standards for reading and writing in • Science • Social Studies • History • Other Technical Subjects*

9. What does “Other Technical Subjects” mean? *A course devoted to a practical study, such as engineering, technology, design, business, or other workforce-related subject; a technical aspect of a wider field of study, such as art or music. (CCSS Glossary)

10. Why not grades K – 5? The Literacy Standards are based on the assumption that K-5 teachers already teach reading and writing across content areas.

11. What do the writers of the CCSS tell us about the Literacy Standards?

13. Where are the Standards Located? www.corestandards.org Select the tab The Standards at the top of the page.

14. Organization of the Standards

15. Organization of the Literacy Standards

16. Who is responsible for teaching the Literacy Standards? “The Standards insist that instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language be a shared responsibility within the school.” (Introduction to the CCSS, p. 4)

17. Three Big Ideas for Literacy in All Content Areas 1. Literacy is everyone’s job. 2. Students must read complex texts independently and proficiently in every discipline. 3. Students must write argumentative and explanatory texts in every discipline (process writing and on-demand writing.)

18. Increase Informational Text

19. Primary Focus of Common Core Standards INQUIRY

20. How Do Librarians Fit In?

21. Additional Role

22. No More Boring, Poorly-Written Fact Books • Weed out bland books with limited points of view • Hunt for databases and other online resources to supplement collections • Create a wish list for new resources • Show administrators why resources are needed • Keep track of their usage to show how well the money was spent Marc Aronson, kids book editor and Michael L. Printz Award-winning author

23. Media Specialists Media specialists help students with online reading comprehension • Navigating search engines and databases • Using interactive media • Evaluating connected texts New literacies with which many classroom teachers need help.

24. Media Specialists • Introduce students to strategies for interacting with these new literacies • Close reading • Vocabulary skills • Chunking a text • Ask students a series of questions to determine if they truly understand the purpose of a particular website • Walk kids through a site, evaluating it together.

25. Librarians’ Special Niche • Special relationship with students as readers • Not in the role of evaluating students • Undercover agents and know what students are selecting to read. • Share knowledge on curriculum teams and with classroom teachers.

26. Anchor Standard 8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claimes in a text, including the validity of the reasonsing as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

27. Anchor Standard 8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claimes in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

28. Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

29. Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

30. 5 Things About the Common Core • Emphasis on literacy across the content areas • Increase in literary nonfiction • Close reading of shorter texts • The textbook is dead. • Increased emphasis on informational text Christopher Harris How to Get Started Library Journal April 2012

31. 5 Things To Do To Get Started • Become local expert. • Rethink your collection. • Highlight what you have. • Ask for help. • Work together. Christopher Harris How to Get Started Library Journal April 2012

32. Opportunities Abound! Your work will be perceived as urgent and critical. School librarians are indispensable.

33. Take the Lead! • Become masters of the language of the Common Core. • Become instructional leaders on the implementation of the Common Core. • Teach concrete skills embedded in the inquiry process. • Become a participant on curriculum mapping and/or literacy committees.

34. Resources to Explore • www.corestandards.org Select the tab The Standards at the top of the page • www.youtube.com/user/TheHuntInstitute Look for video: Literacy in Other Disciplines • http://hunt-institute.org Select Knowledge Library and then select Common Core Standards • http://vimeo.com/25206110 Close reading demonstration by David Coleman • http://www.teachingchannel.org Video clips of classes implementing the Common Core Standards to use as examples as well as informative clips to use for professional development

35. Other Ideas? • How to support content area teachers in using the Literacy Standards? • How to support the implementation of the Common Core in your building? • How to guarantee your collection aligns with the demands of the Common Core for rich informational texts on a variety of research topics as well as literary nonfiction?