California’s Common Core State Standards ELA Toolkit

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Californias Common Core State Standards ELA
Toolkit

• An Overview
• of the Modules

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Get Started, Embrace the Challenges, Unpack the
Opportunities
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CCCOEs Proposed Training Modules
CISC Training Modules Curriculum and Instruction
Steering Committee, a subdivision of CCSESA
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CISC Training Sequence
KEY ADVANCES -Informational Text-Literacy
Standards-Text Complexity-Argument-Collaborativ
e Conversations-Integration of Media
BIG SHIFTS
LESSON DESIGN BEST PRACTICES -Pyramid of
Learning-Rigor/Relevancy Model-Gradual Release
MODELS / LEVELSOF THINKING
MATERIAL SPECIFIC CONVERSATION
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Module 1 Overview

• Intent To provide an overview of Californias
  Common Core Standards for English Language Arts
  Math

Key Learning To cover the basic design,
benefits, and major shifts in the new common core
state standards
Target AudienceK-12 Teachers
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Module 2 Content and Curriculum
KEY ADVANCES -Literacy Standards-Informational
Text-Text Complexity-Argument-Collaborative
Conversations-Integration of Media

• Intent To consider how to begin transitioning to
  Californias Common Core Standards, focusing on
  the major shifts/key advances

Key Learning To explore the structure of the
Standards and College and Career Readiness Anchor
Standards Connect the CCSS to current
curriculum
Targeted Audience K-12 Teachers
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Module 3 Instruction

• Intent To examine Californias Common Core
  Standards with a focus on instruction

• Key Learning Digging deeper into effective
  instructional models

Target Audience K-5 Teachers 6-12 Teachers
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Learning Pyramid
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Rigor and Relevancy Model
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Teacher/Student Roles
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Gradual Release of Responsibility
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Sudden Release
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The Good Enough Release
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Gradual Release of Responsibility
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Teaching for Transfer of Learning
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Learning is often not the outcome of all our
Teaching
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Teach so students will have meaningful learning
experiences
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Lets try this!
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What is the purpose of text complexity?

• To insure that students are prepared to
  independently and proficiently read and
  comprehend the variety of text found in college
  and careers, students need sustained exposure to
  increasingly more complex texts.

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The standards approach to text complexity

• Reading Text complexity and the growth of
  comprehension
• The reading standards place equal emphasis on the
  sophistication of what students read and the
  skill with which they read.

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Metacognitive Markers

• Read Why Text Complexity Matters
• (from Appendix A), using the following
  metacognitive markers
• ? A question I have
• 0 Thoughts that Im pondering
• ! An important point

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Discuss at your table.

• Why does text complexity matter?

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Module 4 Instructional Materials

• Intent To explore effective utilization of
  current instructional materials to support
  learning of the Common Core State Standards.

• Key Learning Alignment of standards to the
  current ELA instructional materials
• Start with standards that are completely new to a
  grade or significantly different in complexity
• Decide on a comprehensive approachreview one of
  the standards from each strand OR review one
  whole strand at a time

Target Audience K-5 Teachers 6-12 Teachers
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A Teachers Perspective

• Jessica Heigel, English Teacher Denver, Colorado
• EdWeek post, March 2012
• http//blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_ahead/20
  12/03/educational_hoarding_unpacking_for_the_commo
  n_core.html

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Surprises??Questions??