Common Core ELA Standards Across the Disciplines Georgian Court University May 28, 2015 Kimberley Harrington Chief Academic Officer

So the question is… What is your role in graduating all students career and college ready?

College Readiness: Grade 11 ELA Write arguments to support claim(s) in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence Introduce precise knowledgeable claims(s), establish the significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that logically sequences claim(s), counterclaim(s), reasons and evidence. Develop claim(s) and counterclaim(s) fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases.

How are your assessments & lessons developed? Claims Design begins with the inferences (claims) we want to make about students Evidence In order to support claims, we must gather evidence Tasks Tasks are designed to elicit specific evidence from students in support of claims PARCC utilizes Evidence-Centered Design

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Grade 11 – PARCC Practice Test

Redesigning the lab report

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Why not let your students become a personal trainer using an avatar like me? Students can create a diet and exercise plan for their client. They can complete their research and write a script for the avatar. They can then record their plan and have the avatar deliver the presentation to their peers! Health & PE Or … have students create a training book for the weight room with instructions for proper technique …

Students investigate an immigration issue in the US and a target language country, analyze and synthesize the information, and propose a solution in the form of a letter to editors in the U.S. and in the target language country. World Language

Cooking

Mathematical Practices 1.Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 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 sense of structure. 8.Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Resources NJDOE Resources Model Curricula for K-12 Mathematics and ELA Unit Assessments Scaffolds for ELL and Special Education Model lessons, units, videos, materials and resources Assessment bank Educator Resource Website (njcore.org) PARCC CCSS

PARCC Resources for Educators

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Parent Academy for Student Success (PASS) New Jersey Department of Education

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National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)- a grade-by- grade Parent Guide to students’ success on the CCSS Council of the Great City Schools- Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core Standards (ELA and Math). Provides guidance to parents about what their children will be learning and how they can support that learning in grades K-8. (Available in English and Spanish) Resources to Support Parents

This is our moment. What will you do?

Thank you for all you do! Kimberley Harrington Chief Academic Officer New Jersey Department of Education