Librarians UniteResources for the CCSS

Denise TromblyLibrary Media

SpecialistNew Searles Elementary

Tromblyd@Nashua.edu

Key Components of Presentation

• Library Media Specialists/School Librarian role

• Resources for ELA, (reading, writing and research) Math, Science/Social Studies

• Generally Useful tools • Supporting Info re CCSS changes Changes in ELA (easy version) What’s in and what’s out (easier yet) Changes in Math and sample progressions

What is going on?

• Common Core• Testing• Devices galore• Frantic Teachers seeking resources• Districts scrambling to develop

curriculum and find resources• Increasing need for PD,PLC, XFTs, Lots of

testing

Who do they call at you school?

I really need X for this morning

Can we get?

Can you help me find?

How do I?

Do you know where?

What’s a good book about?

But it is in appendix B

Do we have anything about?

ELA Reading…think multimodal

• Pairings: “Rainy, Windy, Snowy, Sunny Days” Phyllis Perry or Snowflake Bentley, link to weather , Ladybug book tied to non fiction, Mr. Lincoln’s Wishers, Esperanza Rising” “Bud not Buddy” music or history

I love My White shoes Pete the Cat to music/video

Imag-n-o-tron “The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore” also on Youtube

Wizards Poetry pickle Book reviews…on video Non fiction….scavenger hunt

ELA Writing

Share my Lesson or poetry Xtranormal ( simple text to video) Six word poetry or memoirs or

biographies• Word Clouds (taxedo, wordle, text is

beautiful)• Poetry “Its Fun to Write Fairy Tales”• Newspaper clipping generator• Fairy Tales Lessons plans

Research

• If you can Google it, it is not a good or robust research project… eliminate simply fact fetching

• Repackage…country reports, state reports, biography reports ..how, why, which, what if, should, so what

• Evidence (Stossel, longer school days, video games, Best quarterback)

• N is for Nashua Alphabet book• Sample format for evidence based research• WISE model for research• The Ultimate Expedition Game (Upstart) • Bogus research…students get punked• Reference Where to look for information

Math Resources

• Books like: “Analyzing Data in the Jungle Park Case” by Einspruch, “Baseball: the math of the game” by Adamson, “The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math” by Connolly

• “Sumdog” subscription: Set up like a game where students can complete from school or home

• Bill McCallum mathematical practice• cool math games, IXL, Learning

progressions University of Arizona,

Social Studies/Science Resources

• AV2 Books (Geography and History)• Odesseyware ( software) • Teacher sharing sites Learn zillion &

Teachers pay teacher• Scholastic ( tours and tools)• Discovery Education (videos+)• Culturegrams (database)• History

http://teachinghistory.org/quick-links-elementary

More General Resources to use

• Big Universe (non-fiction read to or research)• Noodlebib• Culturegrams ( social studies)• Achievethecore ( lessons)• The Hunt Institute (CCSS videos from multiple states)• “Implementing the Common Core State Standards” (Role

of the School Librarian) AASL November 2013 Gettysburg Schools good examples for many of the

CCSS areas Pinterest has many great ideas Mrs Mitchell activities...many topics BEST EVER !

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Even More to Highlight

Non fiction games Digital Library (Eno/Smart) Also articles KIDS Online resources White board Interactive games Fairy Tales Lessons plans All topics 15-30 minute activites Technology: Adam Walsh video on Internet

Safety, Webanots, Welcome to the Web, FauxPaws (Digital Wish)

More General Resources on Common Core Pro and Con

AASL Choice Literacy….articles Educore Lots of info on Livebinders NYC curriculum information Article Libraria CTA GREAT

critical article by Publishers weekly July 2012 International Reading Association You Tube...value of libraries and librarians

Opportunity sometimes just pops up

Holiday Research… Recipes, Holidays around the World, The invention of Toys

• “N is for Nashua” ( community, research, arts)

• Literature and real life: Amherst St School Cynthia Lord book with special needs class

• Adopt a Book Birch Hill• Manners module

Your ideas…to be included in final posting

• Answers to questions like ..How do we resource-up?, Sourcing and budgets? Where is the best stuff? New or retrofit? Library and or classroom book sets?

• And don’t forget…Digital Wish, DonorsChoose, Liverealchange, Wegivebooks for $$$

• What is your one best go to resource?

Summary

“Not in his goals but in his transitions is man great”…Emerson

CCSS is hereProvides opportunity for creativity and,

our strength, research and sourcingHave fun with it

Summary of Changes ELA

• Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction

• Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational

• Regular practice with complex text and its academic language

What’s in What’s out

1. Daily encounters w/complex texts

2. Texts worthy of close attention

3. Balance of literary and info text

4. Coherent sequence of text5. Mostly text dependent

questions6. Evidence based analyses7. Accent on academic

vocabulary8. Emphasis on reading &

rereading9. Reading strategies10. Pre-mediation

1. Leveled texts (only)2. Reading any ‘ol text3. Solely literature4. Collection of unrelated

texts5. Mostly text-to-self

questions6. Personal opinions

about issues7. Accent on literary

terminology8. Emphasis on pre-

reading9. Reading strategies10. (Just) Remediation

Summary of Changes MATH

• Focus: Depth not breadth• Coherence: Think across grades, and

link to major topics• Rigor: In major topics, pursue

conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency and application

Math Examples Progression Grade K-6

• Add/subtract within 5• Add/subtract within 10• Add/subtract within 20 (know single-digit sums from

memory)• Add/subtract within 100• Multiply/divide within 100 (know single-digit products

from memory)• Add/subtract within 1000• Add/subtract within 1,000,000• Multi-digit multiplication• Multi-digit division• Multi-digit decimal operations