california’s common core content standards an introduction for k-12 teachers

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California’s Common Core Content Standards

An Introduction for K-12 TeachersMathematics, English Language Arts, and

Literacy in History/Social Studies & Science and Technical Subjects

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Presented by San Joaquin and Stanislaus County Offices of EducationSeptember and October 2011

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General OverviewOrganization SimilaritiesContent Shifts ELA - Areas of EmphasisMath – Areas of Emphasis & Grade 8 OptionsNext Steps

Objectives For This Session of ELA and Mathematics

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Build toward preparing students to be college and career ready in literacy by no later than the end of high school

Provide a vision of what it means to be a literate person in the twenty-first century

Develop the skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening that are foundational for any creative and purposeful expression in language

The CA Common Core Standards

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English Language Arts (ELA) Reading Writing Speaking & Listening Language

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science &Technical Subjects K-5: Embedded in ELA 6-12: Separate section

The Standards

Set Requirements …

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MathematicsPractice

StandardsContent

StandardsConceptual

UnderstandingProblem SolvingFocus &

Coherence


Substantively enhance Address a perceived gap Be defensible to classroom practitioners Keep the original standard intact Ensure the rigor of California’s existing standards

is maintained

California’s

Criteria for the Additional 15%

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College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards A focus on results rather than means Grade levels for K-8; subjects/grade bands 9-10 & 11-

12 Research and media skills integrated into the Standards An integrated model of literacy Shared responsibility across subjects for students’

literacy development In Mathematics: Grade 8 Options, Mathematical

Practices, and Conceptual Understanding Focus and coherence in instruction and assessment

Key Design Considerations

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Analysis of text features in informational text (Gr. 6-12) Career and consumer documents included in

Writing (Gr. 8) “Both in isolation and in text” added to the application

of phonics and word analysis skills (Gr. K-3) Penmanship added to Language (Gr. 2-4) Formal presentations included in Speaking and

Listening (Gr. 1-12) Minor additions and insertions to enhance and clarify

(e.g., archetypes, thesis)

California’s Additional 15%

ELA Examples of Additions

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Three main sections◦A comprehensive K-5 section◦Two content-area specific sections for grades 6-12

English Language Arts History/Social Studies & Science and Technical Subjects

Four strands◦Reading ◦Writing◦Speaking and Listening (K-12 ELA only)◦Language (K-12 ELA only)

ELA Standards Organization

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Locate the Reading: Informational Text standards Answer the following questions:

◦ The standards on this page are from which strand?◦ This substrand contains reading standards for what type of text? ◦ How many standards are in the Reading Standards for

Informational Text across ALL grade levels? ◦ What are the consistent subheadings? ◦ What does the bold an underlined text in standard 4 indicate?

Try It!Strand Organization Quiz

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Strand Organization

Subheadings are consistent across grade levels within each set of standards

Locate the handout at the back of your packet

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Locate the Standards Handout Find and tab the four strands

◦Reading ◦Writing◦Speaking and Listening (K-12 ELA only)◦Language (K-12 ELA only)

Identify an example of California’s additions (bold and underlined font)

Try It!Introducing the Standards

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K-12 grade-specific standards define end-of-year expectations

A cumulative progression designed to enable students to meet college and career readiness expectations no later than the end of high school

Organization of

Standards Across Grade Levels

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College and Career Readiness - Anchor Standard 2Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their

development; summarize the key supporting details.

Standard 2 - Note the progression across grade levels: Kindergarten: With prompting and support, identify the main

topic and retell key details of a text. Grade 2: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as

well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. Grade 4: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it

is supported by key details; summarize the text.

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Reading: Informational Text


Note the progression across grade levels: Grade 6: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is

conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Grade 8: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Grades 11-12: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

Reading: Informational Text Standard 2

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Choose a different standard and trace the progression across grade levels

Be prepared to share key findings with the group

Try It!Trace a Standard

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Current CA StandardsDOMAINS

Common Core Standards for CASTRANDS

• Reading• Writing• Listening and Speaking• Written and Oral English

Language Conventions

• Reading• Writing• Speaking and Listening• Language

Similar Organization

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California Standard Common Core Standard for California1st GradeWriting2.1 Write brief narratives (e.g., fictional, autobiographical) describing an experience.

1st GradeWriting3. Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

3rd GradeReading2.3 Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers in the text.

3rd GradeReading Standards for Informational Text1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to text as the basis for the answers.

Sample Standards ComparisonGrades 1 and 3

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California Standard Common Core Standard for California

6th GradeReading 2.7 Make reasonable assertions about a text through accurate, supporting citations.

6th GradeReading Standards for Informational Text (ELA)1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.

Sample Standards ComparisonGrade 6

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California Standard Common Core Standard for California9th/10th GradeReading 2.1 Analyze the structure and format of functional workplace documents, including the graphics and headers, and explain how authors use the features to achieve their purposes.

9th/10th GradeReading Standards for Informational Text5. Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).a. Analyze the use of text features (e.g., graphics, headers, captions) in functional workplace documents.

Sample Standards ComparisonGrades 9-10

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Standard California: Domain Common Core Standardfor California: Strand

Vocabulary Reading Language

Conventions/Grammar Written and Oral English Language Conventions

Language

Placement Shifts

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Turn to the Language strand in your handout Identify the subheadings in the Language strand Read the Language standards for your grade level Discuss the specific skills that are addressed in this

strand

Try It!

Explore the Language Strand

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Writing Applications

Common Core Standards for CA

1. Write Opinions (K-5); and, Write Arguments (6-12)

2. Write Informative/Explanatory Texts

3. Write Narratives

CA Standards1. Narratives2. Expository Descriptions3. Friendly Letters4. Personal or Formal Letters5. Response to Literature6. Information Reports7. Summaries8. Persuasive Letters/Compositions9. Research Reports10. Fictional Narratives11. Biographical/Autobiographical

Narratives12. Career Development Documents13. Technical Documents14. Reflective Compositions15. Historical Investigation Reports16. Job Application/Resume

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The Standards cultivate three mutually reinforcing writing capacities:To persuadeTo explainTo convey real or imagined experience

A Progression of Writing

Distribution of Communicative Purposes by Gradein the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework

Grade To Persuade To Explain To ConveyExperience

4 30% 35% 35%

8 35% 35% 30%

12 40% 40% 20%

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Turn to the Writing strand in your handout Identify the subheadings in the Writing strand and

discuss what is included under each subheading Read the Writing standards for your grade level Discuss the text types and purposes for your grade

level

Try It!

Explore the Writing Strand

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A single K-5 set of grade-specific standards◦ Most or all of the instruction students receive comes

from one teacher Two content area–specific sections for grades 6-12

◦ One set of standards for ELA teachers◦ One set of standards for history/social studies, science, and

technical subject teachers The literacy standards in history/social studies, science,

and technical subjects are meant to complement rather than supplant content standards in those disciplines

Shared Responsibility for Teaching the Standards

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K-5◦ Browse the standards and identify how content area literacy skills

are embedded across strands◦ Be prepared to share a specific example

6-12◦ Browse the two sets of standards and discuss how literacy is

addressed in both ELA and history/social studies, science, and technical subjects

◦ Discuss Reading: Informational Text Standard 3 in each set and discuss how the literacy skill is related and the nuances within each area

Try It!

Literacy is a Shared Responsibility

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1. Focus on text complexity2. Address reading and writing across the curriculum3. Emphasize analysis of informational text

4. Focus on writing arguments and drawing evidence from sources

5. Emphasize participating in collaborative conversation6. Integrate media sources across standards

Areas of Emphasis in the Common Core State Standards

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Reading standards place equal emphasis on the sophistication of what students read and the skill with which they read

Standard 10 defines a grade-by-grade “staircase” of increasing text complexity that rises from beginning reading to the college and career readiness level

Emphasis on

Text Complexity

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Text Complexity Matters ACT 2006 Reading Between the Lines:http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/reading_report.pdf

Students who reached benchmark scores and did well in college had the:

Ability to make inferences while reading or answering questions

Ability to answer questions associated with complex text

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http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/reading_report.pdf


Text Complexity Matters

• Increasing complexity of text in college, careers and everyday life

• College textbooks have maintained levels or increased

• Scientific journals and magazines increased in text complexity since 1930

• Workplace reading exceeds grade 12 complexity significantly

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Lexile Framework for Reading Measures Text Readability/Student Reading Ability

Lexile Measure Reported in Increments from 200L To 2000L

Matches Text with Student Reading Level

Tens of Thousands of BooksTens of Millions of Articles Hundreds of PublishersAll Major Standardized Tests

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Text Complexity Grade Bands and Associated Lexile Ranges

Text Complexity Grade Band

in the Standards

Old Lexile Ranges

Lexile Ranges Aligned to CCR expectations

Changes

K-1 N/A N/A

2-3 450-725 450-790 0-65

4-5 645-845 770-980 125-135

6-8 860-1010 955-1155 135-145

9-10 960-1115 1080-1305 120-190

11-CCR 1070-1220 1215-1355 145-135

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Lexile Literature1500 - On Ancient Medicine1400 - The Scarlet Letter1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed.1200 - War and Peace1100 - Pride and Prejudice1000 - Black Beauty 900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders 800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio 700 - Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery 600 - A Baby Sister for Frances 500 - The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 400 - Frog and Toad are Friends 300 - Clifford’s Manners

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MetaMetrics Survey 2000

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

1230 L

Associated Press 1310 LLA Times 1330 L Miami Herald 1200 LNew York Post 1280 LOakland Tribune 1210 L

Raleigh News & Observer 1220 LWall Street Journal 1320 L USA Today 1200 L 34

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Read Standard 10 in Reading: Literature and Reading: Informational Text for your grade level

Discuss Measuring Text Complexity: Three Factors located at the end of each grade span

Try It!

Explore Text Complexity

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Writing, Grade 59. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts

to support analysis, reflection, and research.a) Apply grade 5 Reading standards to literature (e.g.,

“Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or a drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., how characters interact]”).

b) Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]”).

Emphasis on Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

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Writing, Grades 9-10 English Language Arts9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support

analysis, reflection, and research.a) Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how an

author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work [e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare]”).

b) Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning”).

History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis,

reflection, and research.

Emphasis on Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

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Browse the standards and identify additional examples of the reciprocal relationship of reading and writing across the curriculum

Try It!

Explore Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

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The Standards aim to align instruction with this National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) framework

Percentages do not imply that high school ELA teachers must teach 70% informational text; they demand instead that a great deal of reading should occur in other disciplines

Emphasis on

Informational Text

Distribution of Literary and Informational Passagesby Grade in the 2009 NAEP Reading Framework

Grade Literary Information

4 50% 50%

8 45% 55%

12 30% 70%

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Additional Areas of Emphasis:

4. Writing Arguments and Drawing Evidence FromSources

5. Collaborative Conversations6. Integrating Media Sources

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Writing, Grade 71. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons

and relevant evidence.a) Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims,

and organize the reasons and evidence logically.b) Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence,

using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.

c) Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.

d) Establish and maintain a formal style.e) Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and

supports the argument presented.

Emphasis on Writing Arguments and Drawing Evidence From Sources

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Speaking and Listening, Grade 51. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in

groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

a) Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

b) Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.c) Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute

to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.d) Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information

and knowledge gained from the discussions.

Emphasis on

Collaborative Conversations

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Read Speaking and Listening Standard 1 across the grade spans

Discuss the progression

Try It!

Explore Collaborative Conversations

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Grade 6 Examples Across the StrandsReading Standards for Informational Text7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g.,

visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Writing Standards6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish

writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.

Speaking and Listening Standards5. Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music,

sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.

Emphasis on

Integrating Media Sources

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Browse the standards and identify additional examples of how media is integrated within each of the strands

Try It!

Explore Integrating Media Sources

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Do:◦Set grade-level standards K-8

◦Establish a baseline for advanced learners

◦Allow for the widest possible range of students to participate fully, permitting appropriate accommodations

◦Focus on what is most essential, define what all students are expected to know and be able to do

Common Core Standards

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Do:◦Provide clear signposts along the way toward the

goal of college and career readiness for all students

◦Define general, cross-disciplinary literacy expectations

◦Provide conceptual cluster standards for high school mathematics

◦Identify standards for Algebra 1


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Do not:◦Define intervention methods or materials◦Define the full range of supports for English learners,

students with special needs and students who are well above or below grade level expectations

◦Dictate curriculum or teaching methods◦Describe all that can or should be taught◦Define the whole of college and career readiness


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◦Collaborate with colleagues, compare your curriculum and CCS

◦Know that CCS are focused, coherent, rigorous◦Continue to implement balanced programs◦Implement current math reasoning standards

to support Standards for Mathematical Practice◦Know the importance of literacy being taught in all

content areas◦Use quality assessments to drive instruction

What Is Next For You?

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National/State/COE

Information/web

sessions

States adopt CCSs

States adopt Frameworks

Textbook Dev/Approvals

Complete Assessments

CCS dev in more subjects

What Is Next For Others?

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Districts/Sites

Attend info/web sessions

Hold awareness sessions

Use CCS in LEA/site plans

Implement Frameworks

Examine textbooks/pilot

Examine all subject areas


Possible Timeline?

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Mathematics1. 2013 SBE adopts new

frameworks2. 2014 Common Core

Assessments3. 2016 SBE approves instructional

materials4. 2016 materials available for

schoolsScience 1. Last Framework adopted 1998 2. New National Standards in 2012. 3. Literacy Standards found in

ELA CCS, grades 6-12

English-Language Arts1. 2014 SBE adopts new

frameworks2. 2014 Common Core

Assessments3. 2018 SBE approves instructional

materials4. 2018 materials available for

schoolsHistory/Social Science1. Last Framework adopted 19982. Not aligned to national

standards3. Literacy Standards found in ELA

CCS, grades 6-12Technical Subjects

1. Career Technical Education Framework adopted 2007

2. Literacy Standards found in ELA CCS, grades 6-12


Responses to questions from 5 X 7 cardsComplete Feedback Form, fold, give to a speaker

Questions, Wrap-Up, Thanks!

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Websites1. Common Core State Standards www.corestandards.org2. CA’s Common Core Standards www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cc/3. Common Core Assessments

www.k12.wa.us/smarter/4. San Joaquin County Office of Ed www.sjcoe.net5. Stanislaus County Office of Ed www.stancoe.org

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