1. Common Core Standards Component 2 Segment 3: Comparing CCSS/DE and district curriculum Summer, 2010

2. Common Core Standard 5 Reading Craft and Structure - Analyze the structure of [Informational] text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter) relate to each other and the whole. Grade 4 [Informational] Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, problem/ solution) of events ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text)

3. DECODE the standard Content: text structure Task (cognitive demand) Anchor standard – analyze Grade level standard - describe

4. Common Core Standard # 5Delaware Performance Indicator/GLE Anchor Standard: Reading Craft and Structure - Analyze the structure of [Informational] text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter) relate to each other and the whole. PI 2.4.b I/T Students will be able to demonstrate an overall understanding of technical and informative texts by (b) identifying text features and text structures.-E Grade 4 Standard – Reading Informational text: Reading Craft and Structure Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, problem/ solution) of events ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text) 2.4.bI/T Grade 4 GLE Describe essential information from text features (e.g., title, author, cover, pictures, captions, maps, chapter headings, information from charts and graphs, illustrations, glossaries, indices) to enhance understanding of text-E Identify text structures in informative/ technical texts (e.g., sequence/ chronological order, classification, simple definition, simple process, description, comparison, problem/ solution, simple cause/effect)-I

5. Common Core Standard # 5Delaware Performance Indicator/GLE Anchor Standard: Reading Craft and Structure - Analyze the structure of [Informational] text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter) relate to each other and the whole. PI 2.4.b I/T Students will be able to demonstrate an overall understanding of technical and informative texts by (b) identifying text features and text structures.-E Grade 4 Standard [Informational] Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, problem/solution) of events ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text) ------------------------------- Grade 3 - Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Grade 5 - Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, problem/solution) of events ideas, concepts, or information overall structure in two or more texts. 2.4.bI/T Grade 4 GLE Describe essential information from text features (e.g., title, author, cover, pictures, captions, maps, chapter headings, information from charts and graphs, illustrations, glossaries, indices) to enhance understanding of text-E Identify text structures in informative/ technical texts (e.g., sequence/ chronological order, classification, simple definition, simple process, description, comparison, problem/ solution, simple cause/effect)-I

6. KUD KNOWUNDERSTANDDO Various text structures: sequence/chronological order, classification, definition, process, description, comparison, problem/ solution, simple cause/effect, conflict/resolution Various text features: title, author, cover, pictures, captions, maps, chapter headings, information from charts and graphs, illustrations, glossaries, indices, key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) Difference between informative, technical, and literary texts Difference between text structure and text feature Relationships between parts of text and whole text (as indicated by text features and structures) Genre characteristics Parts of a text: a section, chapter, scene, or stanza Recognizing how a text is structured is one key to making meaning from text. Text features help the writer chunk and organize the information so readers can deconstruct the text. Understanding genre characteristics works as an advance organizer for reading comprehension. When readers know what to expect from text, they can more easily make sense of what they read. Authors choices of structures, features, etc. control the message and the readers perceptions. Identify genre Identify text type: literary vs. informative/technical Identify text features Identify text structures Identify texts purpose and message Analyze/make connections between text features/sections and the texts purpose/ message Analyze/make connections between authors choice of text structure and the texts purpose/message Make predictions about text based on text features and text structures Explain how structure and/or features enhance texts purpose/message Identify how the message/purpose would be different if different features/structures were used. Describe the relationship between text organization and development of ideas Describe the relationship between form/structure and meaning in text

7. Common Core Standard # 5Local School District Curriculum Anchor Standard: Reading Craft and Structure - Analyze the structure of [Informational] text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter) relate to each other and the whole. New to grade 4 Describe the unique features of various informative texts (e.g., newspapers, magazines, product information, consumer materials, manuals, editorials) Carry-over or review Describe essential information from text features (e.g., title, author, cover, pictures, captions, maps, chapter headings, information from charts and graphs, illustrations, glossaries, indices) to enhance understanding of text. Identify text structures in informative/technical texts (e.g., sequence/chronological order, classification, simple definition, simple process, description, comparison, problem/solution, simple cause/effect) to make meaning of text. Grade 4 Standard - Reading Informational text: Reading Craft and Structure [Informational] Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, problem/solution) of events ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text)

8. CCSS Standard # 5Local School District Curriculum Anchor Standard: Reading Craft and Structure - Analyze the structure of [Informational] text, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter) relate to each other and the whole. New to grade 4 Describe the unique features of various informative texts (e.g., newspapers, magazines, product information, consumer materials, manuals, editorials) Carry-over or review Describe essential information from text features (e.g., title, author, cover, pictures, captions, maps, chapter headings, information from charts and graphs, illustrations, glossaries, indices) to enhance understanding of text. Identify text structures in informative/ technical texts (e.g., sequence/chronological order, classification, simple definition, simple process, description, comparison, problem/solution, simple cause/effect) to make meaning of text. Grade 4 - Reading Informational text: Reading Craft and Structure [Informational] Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, problem/solution) of events ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text) Grade 3 - Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Grade 5 - Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, problem/solution) of events ideas, concepts, or information overall structure in two or more texts.

9. Anthology list of grade 4 skills/strategies TitleGenreSkill/Strategy Inside OutRealistic FictionCompare/Contrast text structure Satchel PaigeBiographySequence Exploding AntsExpository nonfictionGraphics/charts Mystery of St Matthew Island Case StudyText Structure/sequence Journey to the Center of the Earth Science FictionProblem/Solution text structure Special Effects Film and TV Expository NonfictionGraphics Jane Goodalls WildlifeExpository NonfictionComparison/text structure

10. NAEP Framework for Reading GRADELiteraryInformative 450% 845%55% 1230%70% The Standards aim to align instruction with this framework so that many more students than at present can meet the requirements of college and career readiness. In K-5, the Standards follow NAEP's lead in balancing the reading of literature with the reading of informational texts, including texts in history/ social studies, science, and technical subjects. In accord with NAEP's growing emphasis on informational texts in the higher grades, the Standards demand that a significant amount of reading of informational texts take place in and outside the ELA classroom. Fulfilling the Standards for 6-12 ELA requires much greater attention to …informational text…

11. Grade 4 TitleGenreTitleGenre Because of Winn-Dixie Story Realistic The Houdini Box Story Hist Fiction Lewis and Clark and Me Story Fantasy Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon Informational Grandfathers Journey Story Hist Fiction The King in the KitchenDrama The Horned Toad PrinceFairy TaleSeeker of KnowledgeBiography Letters Home from Yosemite Story: Narrative Non- Fiction Encyclopedia Brown Story Realistic Fiction What Jo DidStory Sailing Home: A Story of a Childhood at Sea Story Hist Fiction Coyote School News Story Hist Fiction Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu Story: Narrative Non- Fiction Grace and the Time Machine Play Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride Story Hist Fiction Marven of the Great North Woods BiographyAntarctic JournalJournal So You Want to be President InformationalMoonwalk Story Science Fiction Stranger Story Fantasy My Brother MartinBiography Avelinas WhalesPhoto EssayJim Thorpes Bright PathBiography How Night Came from the Sea Traditional TaleHow Tia Lola Came to Stay Story Realistic Fiction Eye of the StormInformational To Fly: Story of the Wright Bros Biography Great Kapok TreeStory Fantasy The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon Story: Narrative Non- Fiction

12. CCSS Exemplars for Grades 4-5 Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865) Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1888) The Black Stallion by Walter Farley (1941) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (2009) Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet by Melvin Berger (1992) Hurricanes: Earths Mightiest Storms by Patricia Lauber (1996) A History of US by Joy Hakim (2005) Horses by Seymour Simon (2006) Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea by Sy Montgomery (2006) Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1984)

13. Range of Text Types for K–5 Stories: Includes childrens adventure, stories, folktales, legends, fables, fantasy, realistic fiction, and myth Dramas: Includes staged dialogue and brief familiar scenes Poetry: Includes nursery rhymes and the subgenres of the narrative poem, limerick, and free verse poem Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts: Includes biographies and autobiographies; books about history, social studies, science, and the arts; technical texts, including directions, forms, and information displayed

14. Questions: Do the range of genre match NAEP and CCSS recommendations? Do the percentages of fiction and nonfiction match? Is the complexity of the readings similar to the complexity of the CCSS exemplars? In other words, would reading these works prepare students for reading the CCSS exemplars?

15. Alignment checks….. Look for matches between your curriculum and both Common Core and DE standards. Look for a match in both CONTENT and COGNITIVE demand. If your curriculum appears to be misaligned with Common Core, check grade levels before and after – some vertical tweaking may be indicated. Use Common Core Text Complexity and recommended text types/exemplar guidelines to evaluate the appropriateness of your reading selections.