The library IS the Common Core

1. The library IS the Common Core Amy Power GSLIS Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Program power4@illinois.edu November 5, 2013

2. Common Core: at the starting gates • All states challenged some more than others • Implementation=Appraisal Current Educational Systems • Equal educational opportunity for all? High achievement low-income students and students of color? Top 13 Things Experts Recommend When Choosing a Common Core Program http://www.casamples.com/downloads/Common-Core-Checklist.pdf The Education Trust http://www.edtrust.org/dc/publication/uneven_start

3. Informational eBooks and CCSS • CCSS shifts • Balancing Informational and Literacy Text • Knowledge in the Disciplines • Staircase of Complexity • Text-based Answers • Writing from Sources • Academic Vocabulary

4. Our agenda: figuring out how a variety of standards fit together Big educational shifts • All subjects reading skills • Ratios of types of text: balance informational texts and literature • Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood Text" Sets http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/comparing-fiction-nonfiction-with-889.html 3. New assessment tools • Integrating diverse media 4. College and career ready http://www.iasl-ia.org/2013/05/common-core-college-and-career.html 5. Multiple Roles • Instructional leaders • Technology Innovators • Public and academic librarians

5. Collection Development: focus on literary nonfiction resources • Revaluate collection & gaps CCSS is exposing • Steps • Weed, gaps (administration), fundraising, purchase • Nonfiction Acquisition: excerpts vs. whole books • Organization of collection • Promotion book clubs • Diversity: Guiding principles • Honesty, accuracy, reality, imagination, and appreciation

6. Informational texts great for primary sources, perspectives, and comparing/contrasting information • Focus literary nonfiction resources (Lifelong learning) • Informational texts: “text with primary purpose of expressing information about the arts, sciences, and social studies” • 4 Types (literary nonfiction, expository, argument, or persuasion)

7. Instructional Strategies • Integrate technology skills • “Readability” recommendations and comprehension • Exemplar Texts: Lexile scores=recalibrated ranges based on text complexity • Suggestions to supplement resources • Scaffolding • Text complexity • Qualitative • Quantitative • Reader and task • Guidance for teachers: identify nonfiction & guided reading • Conceptual text sets based on themes • Text styles: introductions, sentence structure, similes and metaphors, verse, and strong conclusions • Teaching text sets (organizing and questioning) • Resources Lists: wide range -distinguish between informational and opinion texts

8. Public Libraries • School librarians communicate clearly with public librarians without overwhelming them • Meet patron needs. • Reference interviews: locate materials • Common language: creation resource lists & reading for readings sake

9. COMMON CORE AND LITERARY NONFICTION: NOW WHAT DO I DO? • Lexile levels (only consideration) good starting place to find complex texts • Examples of codes AD# (picture book with adult) HL=High interest & low readers NC=Non-conforming • Kathleen Odean's recommendations of YA books for grades 6 and up http://www.greatcommoncorenonfiction.com/

10. CCB: Center for children’s books &Webinars English Language Arts Standards » Standard 10: Range, Quality, & Complexity » Measuring Text Complexity: Three Factors • http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/standard-10-range-quality-complexity/measuring-text-complexity-three-factors • Webinar: Common Core and NoveList: What Public Libraries Need to Know http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/news-article/webinar-common-core-and-novelist-what-public-libraries-need-to-know/all-news • Reading Informational Text Focus on Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (edWebnet) http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC52DF89824B • What is text complexity? Steps to Implement Common Core Expectations http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC55D987874F • Reading Informational Text: Focus Integration of Knowledge and Ideas http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC52DF89824B

11. Vendors Notable ones advertising Common Core • ABDO • battelleforkids.org • Benchmark Education • Corwin Publishing • Discovery Education • eLibrary (curriculum search) • Gareth Stevens Publishing • Follett • Holiday House • Orca publishing • Perfection Learning-Informational texts • Reference Point Press • Rosen Publishing • Sharpe Reference • TeachingBooks.net • http://www.teachingbooks.net/show.cgi?f=CN10132

12. The Common Core and the Common Good • How can a librarian sort through the information about this complex topic? • Cultural representation-Debbie Reese • http://www.readworks.org/native-american-heritage-month • Find other schools who have been there done that • How can schools find engaging reading in multiple formats to engage all students with the Common Core? • Funding • Administrators: Impact teachers greatly! • Teachers: How do you think Common Core will change your instruction? What is your commitment for tomorrow? • Digital and test score divides: effectiveness questioned • How impact vocational needs? Assessment?

13. Suggested Resources I-SAIL: http://www.islma.org/ISAIL.htm Suggested list School Library Journal : 20 Outstanding Nonfiction Books l Core Essentials http://www.slj.com/2013/05/standards/common-core/20-outstanding-nonfiction-books-core-essentials Association For Library Services for Children: Common Core Standards Resources http://www.ala.org/alsc/ccss-resources Helping Students Navigate Nonfiction Text http://learningcenter.nsta.org/files/ss1305_68.pdf A Common Core Approach: ‘Teaching with Text Sets’ http://www.slj.com/2013/06/curriculum-connections/a-common-core-approach-teaching-with-text-sets/ Common Core State Standards For English Language Arts Text Exemplars http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/acre/standards/common-core-tools/exemplar/ela.pdf The power of nonfiction: Using informational text to support literacy in special populations http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/every-learner/6554 What Does “Close Reading” Mean? http://www.guilford.com/excerpts/cummins.pdf?viewpdf AASL Learning Standards & Common Core State Standards Crosswalk http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/crosswalk Reading for readings sake http://www.slj.com/2012/12/opinion/on-common-core/the-public-library-connection-the-new-standards-require-that-public-and-school-librarians-pull-together-on-common-core/ TheLibraryISTheCommonCoreWiki http://thelibraryisthecommoncore.wikispaces.com/

14. Conclusion • Work in progress • Revaluate as much as possible • Teacher need to feel refreshed and relevant just as much as we need to

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