Common Core Roll-Out

2013-2014 Talent Development FocusCommunity House Middle SchoolCommunity House Middle School, Sep. 2013Welcome, Parents!

11To develop and extend the type of learning and thinking that is characteristic of experts through advanced content knowledge that is organized around key ideas and principles and applied meaningfully in problem-solving exercises.The Goal of TD Education2Community House Middle School, Sep. 20132

What are some key characteristics of gifted learners?Community House Middle School, Sep. 2013ALL students may demonstrate gifted behaviors in varying degrees. It is a matter of the complexity, frequency, and intensity of the demonstrated behaviors that determines whether students require differentiated, TD instruction.Text complexity is the number one indicator of a challenging and rigorous curriculum (not special projects done outside the regular classroom setting). CCSS, Appendix A, 2009The Common Core State Standards, now adopted by 45 states, District of Columbia, and 4 territories, aims to not only target gifted students, but to target ALL students in ALL subjects with a challenging and spiraled curriculum .

3So what do we mean by text complexity?Community House Middle School, Sep. 2012Text complexity is determined by qualitative and quantitative measures. A lexile is a quantitative score assigned to a text that reflects such elements as sentence length and construction, word length and frequency, and text cohesion. In order to exit high school reading at this level, students should be exposed to more complex texts throughout the K12 years, as indicated in the "stretch text" chart (next slide). lexile.com, 2010

Where nation is: 800-1010Where nation needs to be: 955-1155So, where is CHMS on this scale??44Text Complexity at CHMSCommunity House Middle School, Sep. 2012

Where nation IS: 800-1010Where nation needs to be: 955-11552/3 of CHMS = 1100-1400 +55So what does this all mean?Community House Middle School, Sep. 2013All students MUST be reading text that is appropriately challenging for them in all subject areas!

CHMS uses tiers of text complexity (students read texts in a target tier or zone, both in and out of class, and are re-assessed throughout school year to gauge changes in lexiles). Refer to Lexile Framework below: http://cdn.lexile.com/m/cms_page_media/135/Lexile%20Map_8.5x11_FINAL_Updated_May_2013%20(4).pdf

Outside of school, students need opportunities to read real-world texts that are not only complex but informational in nature (i.e., New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.).

66What does TD look like at secondary level?The Inclusive ModelCommunity House Middle School, Sep. 2013All students enrolled in Honors or Standard-level courses based on certain Open Access criteria (TD status a factor)

MAP Measures of Academic Progress (Math and ELA)http://www.nsbsd.org/cms/lib01/AK01001879/Centricity/Domain/41/DESCARTEsEssentials.pdf

Differentiation is provided in every course through content, process, and product changes within a given unit / lesson.

Differentiated Education Planslets take a look!

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