Common Core State Standards Social Studies & Arts Education

1. Common Core State StandardsSocial Studies & Arts Education Harnett County Schools Spring, 2011

2. Content Objective • We will define CCR Standards, Common Core State Standards and Essential Standards; review the timeline for implementation; discuss implications for all grade levels and content areas; and collaborate with colleagues to build pacing guides and share ideas for curriculum.

3. Language Objective • We will review the CCSSI (Common Core State Standards Initiative); discuss the Literacy Anchor Standards and Math Practices and how they connect to Social Studies; and draft a district pacing guide.

4. College and Career Ready(CCR) Standards • … the culmination of an extended, broad-based effort to fulfill the charge to create the next generation of K-12 standards in order to help ensure all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school.

5. Table Talk • What does it mean to considered literate in the 21st century? • Share out.

6. A 21st century literate person … • will ready closely and attentively. • will enjoy complex works of literature. • will habitually perform critical reading. • will pick carefully through print and digital material. • will actively seek wide, deep, high-quality literary and informational texts that broaden their world view. • will use evidence to reason before deliberation.

7. CCR Standards of Reading, Writing, Language and Speaking/Listening • Serve as the backbone for Common Core State Standards • Skills required in multiple disciplines for college/career readiness.

8. Literacy StandardsGrades 6-12 • Teachers use their expertise in their discipline to help students to meet literacy challenges in their content area. • These standards are not meant to replace content standards, but to supplement them.

9. Common Core and Essential Standards North Carolina Adopted Standards

10. Current Timeline Common Core in ELA and Math; Essentials Standards in all other content areas 10 10

11. Common Core and Essential Standards • Common Core State Standards English Language Arts (ELA) Mathematics http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards • Essential Standards Science, Social Studies, Healthful Living, Arts Education, Information and Technology Skills http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/

12. Common Core … A Shared Responsibility • An integrated model of literacy (CCR) and math practices • Math and technology requirements throughout

13. Common Core Standards Affect Every Content Area: Standards for Standards for Mathematical PracticeLiteracy *Carry across all grade (Reading & Writing) levels *Describe habits of mind Grades 6-12 of a mathematically History/Social Studies, expert student Science, and Technical Subjects (i.e. Math, CTE, Standards for Computer Skills) Mathematical Concepts *Actual math standards by level and specific course

14. The Common Core State Standards… • are based on evidence and research. • are aligned with college and work expectations. • are focused and coherent. • include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills. • build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards. • are internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed to our global economy and society. • are state led.

15. Lessons Learned • Mile wide and inch deep does not work. • The task ahead is not as much about how many specific topics are taught; rather, it is more about ways of thinking. • The change students’ ways of thinking, we must change how we teach.

16. Major Design Goals • Align with best evidence of college and career readiness expectations. • Build on the best standards work of states. • Maintain focus on what matters most for readiness.

17. Intentional Design Limitations • What the standards do NOT define: How teachers should teach All that can or should be taught The nature of advanced work beyond the core The interventions needed for students well below grade level The full range of support for English language learners and students with special needs Everything needed to college and career ready

18. Taking a Closer Look … Anchor Standards

19. CCSSI Design: K-12 Standards • One-to-one correspondence to CCR Standards • Grade specific • End-of-year expectations • Developmentally appropriate • Cumulative progression of skills

20. College and Career Ready? Students who are “College and Career Ready” in Reading, Writing, Speaking/Listening, and Language … 1. demonstrate independence 2. build strong content knowledge 3. respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline. 4. comprehend as well as critique. 5. value evidence. 6. use technology and digital media strategically and capably. 7. come to understand other perspectives and cultures.

21. How does this look in Social Studies and the Arts? Each table will be responsible for reading and discussing an assigned description (1-7). Be prepared to summarize and share what this would look like in your classrooms. Select a spokesperson and share out.

22. Reading When students graduate from high school, they should be reading college material independently.

23. Content area teachers are NOT teaching ELA. They are teaching literacy standards. Percentages reflect total student reading, not just reading in the ELA setting. 2009 NAEP, Reading Framework

24. Design and Organization Three main sections • K-5 Cross-disciplinary • 6-12 English Language Arts (ELA) • 6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects There is a shared responsibility for students’ literacy development. Three appendices A. Research and evidence; glossary of key terms B. Reading text exemplars; sample performance tasks C. Annotated student writing samples

25. An Integrated Model of Literacy Reading • Foundational Skills (K-5) • Literature • Informational Text Writing (Speaking and Listening) (Language) *Broad expectations across grade levels and content areas *Based on evidence about college and workforce training expectations

26. Standards 1-9 Comprehension *Strong and growing emphasis on comprehending informational text *Aligned with NAEP Reading Framework

27. *K-5: Grade-specific end-of-year expectations *6-12: Grade range expectations *Developmentally appropriate; cumulative progression of skills and understandings *One-to-one correspondence with CCR Standards

28. Standard 10 *“Staircase” of growing text complexity across grades *High quality literature and informational text

29. *Strong and growing across-the-curriculum emphasis on student writing*Aligned with NAEP Writing Framework

30. Standards 1-3 Writing Types/Purposes *Writing arguments *Writing informative/explanatory texts *Writing narratives

31. Standards 4-6 Production and Distribution of Writing *Developing and strengthening writing *Using technology to produce and enhance writing Standards 7-9 Research *Engaging in research and writing about sources Standard 10 Range of writing *Writing routinely over various time frames

32. Taking a Closer Look …Common Core Math Practices • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. • Reason abstractly and quantitatively. • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. • Model with mathematics. • Use appropriate tools strategically. • Attend to precision. • Look for and make use of structure. • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

33. Connecting the CCR Standards and Math Practices How do they apply in Social Studies and the Arts? Each table will be responsible for reading and discussing an assigned practice (1-8). Be prepared to summarize and share how you can support this practice in your classrooms. Select a spokesperson and share out.

34. Comments What has changed? Questions? What’s next?

35. Let’s Get Content Specific! • Sixth Grade – Brian Foster, DMS • Seventh Grade – David Crane, CEMS • Eighth Grade – Jared Speight, OMS • Cultural Arts – Susan Morrow, HCMS Nicole Ghanem Kirkpatrick, DMS