Common Core and Librarians …

1. Common Core andLibrarians … …at the Core of Common Core !

2. Outcomes • School Librarians will: • Understand the relationship between PASS, 21st Century, and Common Core Standards • Understand the basic structure and expectations of Common Core • Be equipped and energized to collaborate with teachers • Create or modify lessons/projects that bring learning up to the level of Common Core

3. Where are you? Novice: nearly clueless (Just read the article) Beginner: Starting to understand and deploy Expert: Could teach others if asked (Come on down!)

4. Writing, rigor, critical READ, informational, language arts, social studies, science, gather, analyze, evaluate, compare, argue, synthesize, research, internationally benchmarked, technology, literate, evidence, interdisciplinary, independent

5. 2014 Common Core…It’s all about us!

6. What is Common Core? Based on Research & Evidence Aligned with college & work expectations Benchmarked internationally Defined literacy skills in math, science, and social studies Rigorous!

7. What Is NOTCovered by CCSS: • How teachers should teach. • Totality of content students should learn. • Full range of supports needed for ELL and special needs students. • Intervention methods for students who do not meet grade level goals. CCSS is meant to supplementstate standards – not supplant them. Rigor

8. CCRR Design Components Anchor Standards • General (same anchor standards K – 12) • Cross-Disciplinary • Expectations for students entering college and/or workforce Grade-Specific Standards K - 12 • Define end-of-year expectations by grade • Show cumulative progression through the grades • Result in college and/or workforce readiness

9. Research & Media/Technology Skills Embedded in standards

10. Interdisciplinary LiteracyShared Responsibility

11. Deciphering the Code CCR(College & Career Ready) Anchor Standards CC.5.RL.1 5= Grade 5 RL=Reading Lit. 1= Standard 1 Grade Specific Standards RL Reading Literature RIT Reading Information Text RF Reading Foundational Skills W Writing SL Speaking & Listening Language Arts

12. Examples: General to Specific CCR STANDARD 8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced. GRADE 5 STANDARD 8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).

13. Sample CCSS Performance TasksGrades 2-3: Informational Texts • Students explain how the main idea that Lincoln had “many faces” in Russell Freedman’s Lincoln: A Photobiography is supported by key details in the text. [RI.3.2] Students describe the reasons behind Joyce Milton’s statement that bats are nocturnal in her Bats: Creatures of the Night and how she supports the points she is making in the text. [RI.2.8]

14. Rigor

15. Resources for Librarians AASL Lesson Plan Database http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/commoncorecrosswalk/index.cfm CCSS lesson template TPS Standards and Lexile Searches in Destiny http://librariansatthecore.wikispaces.com/