PRESENTED BY CINDY BAK MAY 15, 2014 COMMON CORE STANDARDS AND BALANCED LITERACY

 Common Core ELA Shifts  Balanced Literacy Components  CCSS per grade level  Implications for instruction  Looking ahead... AGENDA

CCSS SHIFTS IN ELA/LITERACY Shift 1Balancing Informational & Literary Text Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts. Shift 2Knowledge in the DisciplinesStudents build knowledge about the world (domains/ content areas) through TEXT rather than the teacher or activities Shift 3Staircase of ComplexityStudents read the central, grade appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and space and support in the curriculum for close reading. Shift 4Text-based AnswersStudents engage in rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about text. Shift 5Writing from SourcesWriting emphasizes use of evidence from sources to inform or make an argument. Shift 6Academic VocabularyStudents constantly build the transferable vocabulary they need to access grade level complex texts. This can be done effectively by spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts. What are the implications to our teaching practice?

INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD Teacher explicitly MODELS comprehension skills and strategies by fluent reading and thinking aloud. Teacher must pre- read text and thoughtfully plan using CCSS as guide Students interact and engage in the read aloud by trying out the modeled strategies with a partner

INDEPENDENT READING Students need independent practice with leveled texts 50/50 Fiction and Nonfiction in book bag/box Reading partner support Teacher CONFERS/COACHES students

SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION Guided Reading Lessons:  Teacher guides students through a leveled text  Teacher observes reading behaviors and coaches students Strategy Lessons:  Teacher meets with students who have a common need (i.e. getting started right away, tricky word strategies, word work)

SHARED READING Focus on… FLUENCY, WORD WORK 50/50 Fiction and Nonfiction Variety of text types Repeated reading of one text Introduction to new concept Teach skills in context Spiral Review INTENTIONALITY!

WORD WORK Explicit instruction on WORDS Phonemic Awareness Phonics Skills Syllabication/Word Parts Making Words/Word Sorts High Frequency Words Tricky Word Strategies Grammar

GRADUAL RELEASE OF RESPONSIBILITY

COMMON CORE ANCHOR STANDARDS  Study your grade level standards.  What components would be potential structures in which to teach the standards?  What are the implications for your practice?

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