1. K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2012 Common Core ELA Session #2 What does it mean to read in a discipline-specific content class?

2. New Opportunities for All Learners California Common Core State Standards (ELA and Math) Next Generation Science Standards 21 st Century Skills

3. CaCCSS Reading K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘08 Reading Standards for Literature (K-12) Reading Standards for Informational Text (K-12) Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (K-5) Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects (6-12)

4. Analyzing your Own Reading K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘08 Think about when you read any informational text, what strategies do you use to make sense of text?

5. A walk down memory lane… K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘08 What do you remember about the ice and the liquids on the table? In groups of 4, share what you remember about the observations and relationships between the ice and the liquids. Generate a few questions about the phenomena and record in your notebook.

6. Looking at Student Work K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 Review the chart. Discuss the explanation given. Add additional questions to your notebook.

7. Accessing Text: Meaning-Making Criteria K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 How to plan for: Perseverance: help students establish a reason to read Making Thinking Visible: design strategies for students to show their thinking so it can be coached Social: provide a safe environment for students to share their confusion with text

8. Strategy #1: Post-its K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 While reading, use post-its to identify 3 different types of passages: 1. * for passages that answer your questions 2. ! for passages that are interesting 3. ? for passages you do not understand

9. Peer Editing & Citations K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 Review the student work chart Using a blue pen, add new information and answers to your questions On the bottom of the chart, cite your reference(s)

10. Accessing Text: Meaning-Making Criteria K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 How to plan for: Perseverance: help students establish a reason to read Making Thinking Visible: design strategies for students to show their thinking so it can be coached Social: provide a safe environment for students to share their confusion with text

11. The Mathematics Connection K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘08 How might mathematics deepen our understanding of the phenomena?

12. Strategy #2: Talking to the Text K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 While reading, write notations that indicate how you are talking to the text Share notations with an elbow partner Using a green pen, edit and add information to the student work Include citation

13. Accessing Text: Meaning-Making Criteria K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 How to plan for: Perseverance: help students establish a reason to read Making Thinking Visible: design strategies for students to show their thinking so it can be coached Social: provide a safe environment for students to share their confusion with text

14. And Now, the Standards K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 Review the 5 th grade standards for Reading Informational Text, and identify which standards specifically addressed. Give examples Review the Literacy in Science standards (6-12) and compare to the Informational Text Standards at your grade level.

15. Quick Write: Setting Goals for the Future K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘13 Select one or two Reading Informational Text or Literacy in Science standards to begin implementing before our meeting in June.

16. Portrait of College and Career Ready Students K-12 Alliance/WestEd ‘08 Demonstrate Independence Build strong Content Knowledge Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline Comprehend as well as critique Value Evidence Use technology and digital media strategically and capably Come to understand other perspectives and cultures

17. K-12 Alliance/WestEd 2012 Common Core ELA Session #2 What does it mean to read in a discipline content class?

18. New Opportunities for All Learners California Common Core State Standards (ELA and Math) Next Generation Science Standards 21 st Century Skills