Taking a Closer Look at the New Standards

1. Taking a Closer Look at the New Standards Exploring the Toolkits (Crosswalks and Unpacking Documents)

2. Call for Change

3. NC Standard Courseof Study Common Core State Standards • English Language Arts • Mathematics NC Essential Standards • Science • Social Studies • World Languages • Arts Education • Healthful Living • Career & Tech Ed • Exceptional Children • English as Second Language • English Language Development (approved 2008) • Information & Technology *English Language Development and Information & Technology Essential Standards mustbe delivered by classroom teachers through ALL content areas, in appropriate grade levels– in collaboration with AIG, EC, ESL, media coordinators and tech facilitators.

4. Today’s Gift = Time • Time to dive deeper into the structure and content of the new standards • Time to collaborate with colleagues and discuss instructional implications of the new standards

5. Where Will We Start? • Instructional Toolkit • Crosswalks • Unpacking Docs ELA

7. Literacy Across the Curriculum One example: Explicit vocabulary instruction

8. Before we begin break into teams…

9. Anchor Standards

10. Anchor Standards

11. How Anchor Standards are Used

13. NC Resources for ELA http://elaccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net

14. Guide to Discussions& Instructional Planning

15. Let’s Practice…

16. Let’s Practice… Current Standard: 3rd Grade Reading: (3.01) Respond to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes by:making inferences and drawing conclusions about characters and events. What It Looks Like Now In Classroom: (Offer examples)

17. Let’s Practice… New Common Core Standard: 3rd Grade (3.RI.9) Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. What It Will Look Like In Classroom: (Offer examples)

18. Let’s Practice… Instructional Brainstorming: (What will we do differently? Resources? Formative Assessment? Other?) Questions:

19. Our Reportables • Gather back at agreed upon time • Each team will share: • 3 Big Changes • 2 Feel-Goods • 1 question

20. Go Forth andDo Good Work

21. Reporting Out • Each team will share: • 3 Big Changes • 2 Feel-Goods • 1 question

22. Lunch

23. We Gather Together • Huddle with your team • Think of a song to describe our journey to learn the new standards • Each group will share their song and why those selected it

24. Our Reportables • Gather back at agreed upon time • Each team will share: • Something “new” to our grade level • Something we are giving up, giving away, or have less emphasis on

25. Go Forth andDo Good Work

26. Reporting Out • Gather back at agreed upon time • Each team will share: • Something “new” to our grade level • Something we are giving up, giving away, or have less emphasis on

27. Our Next Steps

28. Thank You