A Guide of Common Core Shifts for Students and Parents

1. A Guide of Common Core Shifts for Students and Parents

2. Shifts in the CCGPS 6 Shifts in ELA/Literacy 6 Shifts in Mathematics Focus: learn more about fewer, key topics Build skills within and across grades Develop speed and accuracy Really know it. Really do it. Use it in the real world Think fast AND solve problems • Read as much non fiction as fiction • Learn about the world by reading • Read more challenging material closely • Discuss reading using evidence • Write non-fiction using evidence • Increase academic vocabulary

3. ELA/Literacy Shift 1:Read as much non-fiction as fiction Student must… Parents can… Supply more non-fictions text Read non-fiction texts aloud or with your child Enjoy non-fiction text in front of your child • Read more non-fiction • Know the ways non-fiction can be organized • Enjoy and discuss the details of non-fiction

4. ELA/Literacy Shift 2:Learn about the world by reading Students must… Parents can… Provide series of texts on topics of interest Find books that explain Discuss non-fiction texts and the ideas within the text • Learn more Science and Social Studies through reading • Use “primary source” documents • Learn more by using texts

5. The more we read, the more we can read! • By age 3, children from affluent families have heard 30 million more words than children from parents living in poverty. (Hart and Risley, 1995). • Children who have larger vocabularies and greater understanding of spoken language do better in school (Whitehurst and Lonigan). • If children aren’t reading on grade level by third grade, they are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma (Hernandez, 2011).

6. ELA/Literacy Shift 3:Read more complex material carefully Students must… Provide more challenging texts AND provide text they WANT to read and can read comfortably Know what is grade level appropriate Read challenging text with them Show that challenging text is worth reading and discussing Parents can… • Re-read • Read material at comfort level AND work with more challenging text • Break down text to understand • Handle frustration with text and keep reading

7. Support their Reading.Read Challenging Texts Aloud.

8. ELA/Literacy Shift 4:Discuss reading using evidence Students must… Talk about text Ask for evidence in every day discussions/ disagreements Read aloud or read the same book and discuss with evidence to support conversation Parents can… • Find evidence to support their arguments • Form judgments • Become experts through reading • Discuss what the author is trying to do with the text

9. ELA/Literacy Shift 5:Writing from Sources Students must… Parents can… Encourage writing at home Write “books” together and use evidence/details • Make arguments in writing using evidence • Compare multiple texts in writing • Practice writing well

10. ELA/Literacy Shift 6:Academic Vocabulary Students must… Parents can… Read often and constantly with babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and children Read multiple books about the same topic Let your children see you reading Talk to your children; Read to your children; Listen to your children; Sing with your children • Learn the words that they can use in college and career • Read more to develop a larger vocabulary

11. UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1860 In fifth grade, students continue their formal study of United States history. As with fourth grade, the strands of history, geography, civics, and economics are fully integrated. Students study United States history beginning with the Civil War and continue to the present. The geography strand emphasizes the influence of geography on U. S. history. The civics strand emphasizes concepts and rights as outlined in amendments to the U. S. Constitution. The economics strand uses material from the historical strand to further understanding of economic concepts.

12. Daily 3(for fifth grade) • Read to Self • Word Work • Writing

13. Additional Common Core Resources • www.georgiastandards.org • www.pta.org/4446.htm • www.corestandards.org