Eden Central School District CCLS Training Resources March 6, 2012 ccutler@e2ccb

1. Eden Central School District CCLS Training Resources March 6, 2012 ccutler@e2ccb.org

2. The sad truth… • About 1/3 of first-year students in 2007-08 take at least one remedial course (42% at two-year colleges). U.S. Department of Education • People who cannot write and communicate clearly will not be hired and are not likely to be considered for promotion College Board Survey of 120 major American corporations employing nearly 8 million people

3. The College and Career Ready Student in ELA • Independent, collaborative, self-directed • Strong Content Knowledge • Adapt and Adjust Communication • Comprehend and Critique • Value Evidence • Tech & Media Literate • Cultural Understanding

4. Design • CCR and Grade-Specific Standards • Grade levels K-5,6-12 Bands 9-10 & 11-12 • Focus on Results rather than Means • Integrated Model of Literacy • Research & Media Skills woven through • One document: Literacy for SS/History and Science/Technology

5. College and Career Readiness Standards (CCR)orAnchorStandards

6. 4 Strands, 34 Standards Reading 11 Standards Writing 11Standards Speaking & Listening 6 Standards Language 6 Standards

7. Reading • Progressive development of comprehension • Texts of appropriate complexity & increasing sophistication • Appendix A

8. Reading Strand Text Types and Purposes 1. 2. 3. Literature (P-12) Production and Distribution of Writing Informational Texts (P-12) 4. 5. 6. History/SS (6-12) Research to Build and Present Knowledge Science/Technology (6-12) 7. 8. 9. Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity 10. Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity 11.

9. Reading Strand • 3 Standards- • Deep Comprehension • Determine Importance & Summarizing Analysis Reading Strand 11 Standards Key Ideas & Details Craft & Structure • 3 Standards • Analysis of language and vocabulary • Text Structure • Point of View Integration of Knowledge & Ideas • 3 Standards: • Integrate and evaluate content from various sources • Evaluate validity of text claims • Analyzing and comparing texts Literature (P-12) Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity Informational Texts (P-12) • Independently reading increasingly complex text Responding to Literature • Literary -American & World • Informational Cultures

10. CCR Reading Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. K: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. 3: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. 7: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 11-12: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

11. Foundational Skills • Print Concepts (P-1 only) • Phonological Awareness (P-1 only) • Phonics & Word Recognition (P-5) • Fluency (P-5)

12. Observations on Reading • Very High Literacy and Literary Expectations • Highly Rigorous • Independence with complex literacy tasks • Writing Workshop would address all standards • Seminal/foundational U.S. works

13. Text Types - K-5

14. Informational Text • Greater attention to Informational Text • Informational reading in courses other than ELA must take place

15. Writing • 3 types: arguments/opinion, information/explanatory, narrative • Support with reason and evidence • Research: short and sustained • Technology • Appendix A & B (Samples)

16. Writing Strand 3 Standards- Text Types: 1. Argument 2. Informative/Explanatory 3. Narrative Text Types & Purposes Writing 11 Standards Production & Distribution of Writing 3 Standards: 4. Produce Clear and Coherent Writing 5. Quality writing through Writing Process 6. Publish and Produce &Collaborate through Technology Research to Build & Present Knowledge 3 Standards: 7. Short and Sustained Projects 8. Gather and evaluate information from Multiple Sources 9. Text Evidence to support Analysis, Reflection and Research Range of Writing Responding to Literature 11. Respond to literature in a variety of formats with personal, cultural, thematic and textual connections 10.Writing Routinely for both extended and shorter time frames

17. Writing Types

18. Observations on Writing • Starting in 3rd Grade, Standards 1-3 include increased expectations (a-d/e/f) • Writing Workshop would address all standards • Increased emphasis on technology other than word-processing • NYS additions add creative writing (5-12)

19. Speaking & Listening • Wide range of settings and formats • Effective Communication • Interpretation & Analysis

20. 1. Prepare/participate in meaningful conversations 2. Integrate/evaluate information in diverse media & formats 3. Evaluate speaker’s language & argument Speaking & Listening 6 Standards Presentation of Knowledge & Ideas 4. Clear, effective presentation 5. Digital media and visual display 6. Adapt speech to occasion (formal/informal) Comprehension & Collaboration

21. Observations on Listening and Speaking • Emphasis on diverse media, situations, audiences • Literature Circles, Socratic Seminar • 21st Century Skills: Communication and Collaboration • New York Additions emphasize communication with individuals from different cultural backgrounds • Technology: audio (2nd grade), multimedia (5th), interactive (9th)

22. Language • Conventions (writing and speaking) • Vocabulary • Integrated into reading, writing, speaking, and listening

23. Conventions of Standard English 1. Grammar and usage 2. Capitalization, punctuation, spelling Knowledge of Language 3. Use knowledge of language in different contexts and for meaning, style, & comprehension Vocabulary Acquisition & Use Language 6 Standards 4. Determine meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words 5. Word relationships and meaning nuances 6. Acquire general academic and domain-specific words and phrases

24. Observations on Language • Specific grammar skills at each grade • Beyond definitions: Multiple meanings, connotation, figures of speech, word relationships • “General academic vocab AND domain-specific words and phrases” • Mentor texts as models of high quality language

25. Reading Strand 11 Standards Writing 11 Standards Speaking & Listening 6 Standards Language 6 Standards

26. R-History/SS 11 Standards W-History/SS, Science, &Tech 11 Standards R-History/SS 11 Standards

27. Appendix A • Text Complexity • 3-Part Measurement • Sample Texts • Foundational Skills • Writing Text Types • Speaking & Listening • Language • Vocabulary • Glossary

28. Appendix B • Text Exemplars K-12 • Complexity, Quality, Range • Sample Performance Tasks • Language of standard & standard code • Grade Bands

29. Readability of Text Appendix B Importance of Matching Reader to Text • Flesh-Kincaid • Fry • Guided Reading (F&P) • ATOS (Grade Equiv.) • Lexile • Book Wizard….

30. Appendix C • Student samples (K-12) • 3 types of writing*** • Annotation with evidence

31. RF RL RI RH RST W WHST SL The Strands L

32. grade strand standard RI.5.4

33. SL.3.5 RL.2.1 WHST.9-10.2c RF.5.3a W.9-10.3a R.CCR.4

34. ANCHOR STANDARDS

35. 11-12th Grade 8th Grade 5th Grade 1st Grade

36. Anchor Standard- End Goal Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. Kindergarten: With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.