Coffee and Common Core #1_An Overview
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This document provides an overview of a session on the Common Core State Standards for teachers. It includes: 1) Introductions of the presenters and an overview of the session objectives to understand the principles and shifts of the CCSS in English/Language Arts and math. 2) A discussion of the key principles of the CCSS including that it focuses on fewer, clearer, and higher standards that are internationally benchmarked and prepare students for college and careers. 3) An explanation of the three major shifts in both ELA/literacy and math, which emphasize complex texts, evidence-based writing, building knowledge in ELA and focus, coherence and rigor in math. 4) Information about
Coffee and Common Core #1_An Overview
- 1. Coffee and Common Core Session #1: An Overview Dunlap Grade School Mandy Ellis, Natalie Lanser and Samantha Mahrt
- 2. Warm Up 2 I KNOW What do you know and what do you want to know about the Common Core State Standards I WANT TO KNOW Please jot down your “I Want to Knows” on your note card
- 3. Introductions Natalie Lanser Math Leadership Cadre Sam Mahrt ELA Leadership Cadre
- 4. Conversation Norms • Silence your cell phones • Focus on the learning • Communicate respectfully • Ask your questions!
- 5. Objectives • Understand the principles of the CCSS • Understand the 3 shifts in English Language Arts and Math within the Common Core • Have the opportunity to ask your questions Additional Learning Opportunities January: Math February: ELA March: PARCC
- 6. Common Core in 3 Minutes
- 7. A Shift in Focus
- 8. Principles of the CCSS Fewer - Clearer - Higher – Focused, coherent, clear and rigorous – Internationally benchmarked – Anchored in college and career readiness* – Evidence- and research-based Common Core is a set of standards
- 10. Common Core Require a Shift from…. 10 High School Completion College and Career Readiness for All
- 11. College and Career Ready Students • Establish independence • Acquire a strong content knowledge base • Adapt communication to audience, task, purpose or discipline • Comprehend, critique and question • Cite and evaluate evidence • Use technology and digital media thoughtfully • Understand other perspectives and cultures National Governors Association/Chief State School Officers (2010)
- 12. PARCC The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Common assessments aligned to the Common Core in Grades 3-5 Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) •Administered in March •The ELA/literacy PBA will focus on writing effectively when analyzing text •The mathematics PBA will focus on applying skills, concepts, and understandings to solve multi-step problems requiring abstract reasoning, precision, perseverance, and strategic use of tools End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) •Administered in May. •The ELA/literacy EOY will focus on reading comprehension. •The math EOY will be comprised of machine-scorable items Growth Model for student Achievement
- 13. Three Shifts in English/Language Arts Engage in Complex Text Extract and Employ Evidence Build Knowledge
- 14. The CCSS Shifts Build Toward College and Career Readiness for All Students
- 15. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language – Exposure to Complex Texts: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Reader Tasks – Close Reading: read repeatedly with a clear purpose in mind – Use of Academic Language
- 16. Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, literary and informational – Right and Wrong vs. How do you know? – What support from the text can you find as evidence?
- 17. Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction – Topics or Themes: Students can build on prior knowledge – Critical Thinkers
- 18. Three Shifts in Math Focus, Coherence, Rigor
- 19. Focus Teach less, learn more • Put in clusters vs. scope and sequence Clusters were created to identify what skills 75% of our time should be spent. Scope and Sequence describes all the skills that are taught and practiced throughout the text book. The curriculum is defined by the Common Core Standards, not the Math in Focus text books.
- 20. Coherence Math should make sense 1. Make sense of problems and persevere. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
- 22. Rigor Math is a balance of concept, process, skill, and answers • What this looks like in third grade – PARCC journals – Problem solving focus – Answering in sentences – Speed – Defending answers – Explaining to others
- 23. What Are We Doing? • Common Core Communicator Series • Coffee and Common Core Sessions • PROE Center • PLC Meetings • SIP Days
- 24. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #9: Prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in education and training after high school. Competition: The standards are internationally benchmarked. Common standards will help ensure our students are globally competitive. Equity: Expectations are consistent for all – and not dependent on a student’s zip code. Clarity: The standards are focused, coherent, and clear. Clearer standards help students (and parents and teachers) understand what is expected of them. Collaboration: The standards create a foundation to work collaboratively across states and districts, pooling resources and expertise, to create curricular tools, professional
- #11: The Common Core State Standards require a mindset shift for students, teachers, and school level leaders. We need to shift our focus from high school completion to college and career readiness for all students. The Common Core State Standards are for all students, not just students seeking accelerated learning. The Common Core State Standards will impact all teachers, not just ELA and Math teachers. The Common Core is happening now – 46 states have adopted the standards, and new common assessments are being developed. School level leaders will need to play a central role in implementing the new standards and in cultivating this mindset shift.
- #12: The definition of career and college ready students is listed in the Common Core document. Students who are college and career ready in reading, writing, speaking, listening and language establish independence, have a strong content knowledge base, and adapt communication to specific audience, task, purpose and discipline. These students comprehend, critique and question what they consume. They value evidence and cite evidence while communicating. In addition, students evaluate others use of evidence. College and career ready students use technology and digital media thoughtfully and understand and appreciate other perspectives and cultures.
- #13: Visual for those who organize better in their mind with a graphic—next slide is textual based.