Common Core State Standards English Language Arts

1. Common Core State Standards English Language Arts April 25, 2012 NEWESD 101 Debbie Lahue, Humanities Director Wendy Whitmer, Regional Science Coordinator

2. Common Core State StandardsOur goals for today… Participants will… • Take a glimpse at the past and a peek at the future • Navigate the document • Glance into the content strands • Consider implications for your work • Share resources • Not…walk the plank!

3. Common Core State Standards • Define the knowledge and skills students need for college and career • Developed voluntarily and cooperatively by states; more than 40 states have adopted • Provide clear, consistent standards in English language arts/Literacy and mathematics Source: www.corestandards.org

4. Washington State’s Implementation Timeline

5. Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts A glance at the content

6. Current WA Standards (GLEs) – Grades K-10 Common Core ELA Standards – Grades K-12 Writing Communication (includes Speaking and Listening) Reading Language Media & Tech

7. The ELA Document Structure Introduction page 10 • K-5 page 11 • Reading • Foundational Skills • Writing • Speaking and Listening • Language • 6-12 page 35 • Reading • Writing • Speaking and Listening • Language • Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Appendices A, B, C

8. Introduction • Start with questions 1-4. • You will be working in partners or small groups. • After diving into the standards, what is your first gold nugget? What do you like?

9. Teaching Channel Resource • www.teachingchannel.org/videos/common-core-state-standards-for-ela-and-literacy

10. Reading Strand Abbreviation Grade Levels Strand Sub-heading

11. Reading Standards • Find more treasure! Answer questions 5 and 6. • Note: Your questions are different depending on your role. • Discuss: What are some differences you see in these reading standards?

12. Writing Standards Answer questions 7 and 8. Discuss: What are some similarities you see between the old standards and these standards?

13. Box and T-Chart Similarities Differences Old Standards New Standards

14. Speaking and Listening and Language • Note: You will look at different pages depending on your grade level! • Answer questions 9 to11 • Choose a word or phrase, then find someone you haven’t talked to: • Discuss: Why you chose that word or phrase. • How might vertical alignment be key to effective implementation of these standards?

15. History / Social StudiesScience, and Technical Subjects Task: • Table talk: Question 12, Why is there a separate section for grades 6-12, but not grades K-5?

16. Affinity Diagram • 1. What questions do you have? • 2. What concerns do you have? • 3. What are you excited about?

17. Appendix A • Jigsaw: How could each section help with implementation of the CCSS- ELA? • Note: Share the pages for the Reading: Text Complexity section.

18. Appendix B:Reading Text Exemplars with Sample Performance Tasks

19. Appendix C : Annotated Student Writing Samples

20. What instructional shifts do you see? • Share out

21. ELA / Literacy: The 6 Major Shifts • Balance of Literary and Informational Texts (parrots) • Literacy in the Content Areas (treasure chest) • Increased Complexity of Text (pirate’s cove) • Text-based Questions and Answers (ARRRR!) • Writing Using Evidence (hooks) • Academic Vocabulary (coins)

22. Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium A Peek at the Assessment System

23. A Balanced Assessment System Summative assessments Benchmarked to college and career readiness Teachers and schools have information and tools they need to improve teaching and learning Common Core State Standards specify K-12 expectations for college and career readiness All students leave high school college and career ready Teacher resources for formative assessment practices to improve instruction Interim assessments Flexible, open, used for actionable feedback

24. Support for Special Populations • Accurate measures of progress for students with disabilities and English Language Learners • Accessibility and Accommodations Work Group engaged throughout development • Outreach and collaboration with relevant associations “ Common- Core Tests to Have Built-in Accommodations - June 8, 2011 ”

25. Resources

26. Grade Level One-Pagers created by teachers in Washington State See the Resource page for the link to these documents.

27. Resources for Implementation • ELA overview documents (one-pagers) as connected with WA standards: http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Transition.aspx#ELAGradeLevel • Publisher’s Criteria in ELA and Literacy: http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Resources.aspx • Alignments cross-walk documents: http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Transition.aspx#Analyses • Parent Resource Guides: http://www.pta.org/4446.htm

28. For More Information • Common Core Website: http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards • Common Core Questions: • Email: corestandards@k12.wa.usOR • OSPI CCSS Project DirectorGreta.Bornemann@k12.wa.us • Regional Support: • Debbie Lahue and Wendy Whitmer dlahue@esd101.netwwhitmer@esd101.net • Hunt Institute Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGD9oLofks&feature=player_detailpage (overview) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_2jI010WU&feature=related (writing)

29. Thank you!