2 ND GRADE COMMON CORE SYMPOSIUM Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. ~Author Unknown

Today We Will:  ORGANIZE your binder  FOCUS on a challenging standard  SHARE ideas for teaching Speaking and Listening Standards

Standards Page  The standards page is like the “pacing guide” we are accustomed to having.  For each standard that is to be taught, there are given examples on how to assess.  The suggested assessments can be adapted to meet the needs of YOUR school and YOUR students. The models can be used “as is” but can also be changed.  Specific questions on assessing can be directed towards Rosie! She will follow Session 1!

Resources  Literary Texts are negotiable!  Exemplar Texts are nonnegotiable!  Exemplar texts are a great starting point to reference and check to see what books your school currently has and what they do not.

Theme- A Season for Chapters  It is suggested to teach the theme by using books by Cynthia Rylant, HOWEVER you can still use chapter books you have used in previous years.  ** Four Seasons Poetry** This activity encompasses the theme, generating adjectives, thinking about our senses, and constructing poetry.

Strategies  Currently the strategies page is found in the supplemental support section. It should be moved in front of the first standard divider page (the pink page).  All activities and lessons listed on the strategies page can be found behind the corresponding standard divider page.

Standard Divider Pages  Each “pink page” represents a standard that is to be taught within the first 6 weeks. Remember these are end of the school year expectations.  The standards progression chart for that specific standard is found on this same page. This tells the teacher what the standard should look like 6 weeks into school.  Behind the “pink page” are the lessons and strategies to teach that standard. It is a guide, the TEACHER should put her own spin to it and make it custom!

Making the Binder YOURS  As a teacher, you have previous activities and strategies you have used to teach specific skills. USE THEM!  If you are wondering, “What can I do this summer to prepare myself for Common Core?”. You can organize yourself!  Go through your current files and see what you can use and adapt to teach the required standards for the first 6 weeks. Put them in the binder behind each standard divider page.

Modeled Lesson  I will model for you how I might teach the standards W.2.2, W.2.7, and L.2.2e.  This is not “the way” to teach these standards, this is only to give you an idea of how to teach it.  You, the teacher, will want to put your creativity and personality into the lesson.

Speaking and Listening  For some teachers, teaching speaking and listening skills will be new.  Speaking and Listening standards can be taught in conjunction with your Morning Meeting.  Creating a safe classroom community will help execute these standards. Students will be more willing to speak and share with the class when they feel comfortable.  Setting procedures and STICKING TO THEM will make teaching these standards a little easier.

Which teacher are YOU? The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward