English Language Arts Common Core Standards and Model Curriculum

1
English Language Arts Common Core Standards and
Model Curriculum

• Center for Curriculum and Assessment

2
Session Objectives

• Overview of English Language Arts Common Core
  Standards
• Description of English Language Arts Model
  Curriculum
• PARCC Assessment Content Frameworks
• Resources available on the ODE website

3
ELA Common Core Standards Framework
The major areas or disciplines of study within
each content area.
What students should know and be able to do at
each grade level and band.
The main focus of the content within each strand.
4
ELA Common Core Format
Strands
Topics
Standard Statement
5
Common Core Coding

• RL Reading for Literature
• RI Reading for Information
• RF Reading Foundations
• W Writing
• SL Speaking and Listening
• L Language

6
Sample Code

• RL.1.2

7
CCSS Coding Quiz

• W.4.3
• Writing, Grade 4, Standard 3
• RF.2.4
• Reading Foundations, Grade 2, Standard 4
• L.10.3a
• Language, Grade 10, Standard 3a

8
Additional Components Common Core Standards

• Anchor standards (K-12)
• Literacy standards for History/Social Studies,
  Science and other Technical Subjects (Grades
  6-12)
• Appendix A
• Text complexity
• Appendix B
• Illustrative texts
• Appendix C
• Student writing exemplars
• Language Progressive Skills (Grades 3-12)

9
ELA Crosswalk

• Aligns current ELA Standards to Revised ELA
  Common Core Standards (in broad way)
• Available at education.ohio.gov
• (Academic Content StandardsgtEnglish Language
  ArtsgtComparison of the K-12 Ohio Academic Content
  Standards and the Common Core Standards)
• Updated February 1 please use new version

10
Comparative Analysis

• Deeper look at how revised standards align to
  2001 standards
• By grade level, will show
• What is same
• What is new
• What is no longer present

11
What is the Model Curriculum?

• Web-based tool, aligned to standards, that
• Presents information specific to content area by
  grade level, grade band and course
• Provides curricular and instructional guidance
• Includes instructional strategies and resources
• Informs assessment development

12
Model Curriculum Example
English Language Arts Grade 3
Progressions
Standards
Content Elaborations
Enduring Understanding
Instructional Strategies and Resources
13
Instructional Strategies and Resources

• To be updated and expanded every year
• Includes link to www.cast.org for plethora of
  resources and strategies for diverse learners

14
Helpful Websites

• www.corestandards.org
• (Use link at top of page, The Standards)
• www.commoncore.org
• (Curriculum maps linked to Common Core Standards)
• www.education.ohio.gov
• (Academic Content StandardsgtEnglish Language
  ArtsgtComparison of the K-12 Ohio Academic Content
  Standards and the Common Core Standards)

15
New Assessments
Field testing 2012-2013 Standard
setting 2013-2014 New tests begin 2014-2015
16
Quiz
Name the four strands found in the Common Core
State Standards for ELA

• Reading (Literature and Informational Text)

• Writing

• Speaking and Listening

• Language

17
Name the topics found in the Reading Literature
Strand

• Key Ideas and Details
• Craft and Structure
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
• Range and Level of Complex Texts

18
Where can you find more information about
calculating text complexity?

• Appendix A

19
Where can you find exemplars of student writing?

• Appendix C

20
Where can you find deeper explanations about what
the standards expect students to know and be able
to do?

• Model Curriculum Content Elaborations

21
(No Transcript)
22
(No Transcript)
23
(No Transcript)
24
(No Transcript)
25
(No Transcript)
26
(No Transcript)
27
The Comparative Analysis From ODE
28
ODEs Vertical Alignment Tool
29
(No Transcript)
30
(No Transcript)