Californias Common Core Content Standards An Introduction for

California’s Common Core Content Standards An Introduction for Teachers English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies & Science and Technical Subjects © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association – ELA Teacher Overview 1

Objectives Overview ◦ Key Design Considerations ◦ Additional 15% Organization Similarities Shifts Areas of Emphasis © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 2

The Standards Build toward preparing students to be college and career ready in literacy by no later than the end of high school Provide a vision of what it means to be a literate person in the twenty-first century Develop the skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening that are foundational for any creative and purposeful expression in language © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 3

The Standards Set Requirements for Both. . . English Language Arts (ELA) ◦ ◦ Reading Writing Speaking & Listening Language Literacy in History/Social Studies & Science and Technical Subjects ◦ K-5: Embedded in ELA ◦ 6 -12: Separate section © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 4

Key Design Considerations College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards Grade levels for K-8; grade bands for 9 -10 and 11 -12 A focus on results rather than means An integrated model of literacy Research and media skills integrated into the Standards as a whole Shared responsibility for students’ literacy development Focus and coherence in instruction and © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 5

Intentional Design Limitations Note what the Standards DO and DO NOT cover The Standards DO… The Standards DO NOT… set grade-level standards define the intervention methods or materials allow for the widest possible range of students to participate fully permitting appropriate accommodations define the full range of supports appropriate for English learners and students with special needs define general, cross-disciplinary literacy expectations define the whole of college and career readiness © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 6

Intentional Design Limitations Note what the Standards DO and DO NOT cover The Standards DO… The Standards DO NOT… define what all students are expected to know and be able to do define how teachers should teach focus on what is most essential describe all that can or should be taught establish a baseline for advanced learners define the nature of advanced work © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 7

California’s Criteria for the Additional 15% Substantively enhance Address a perceived gap Be defensible to classroom practitioners Keep the original standard intact Ensure the rigor of California’s existing standards is maintained © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 8

California’s Additional 15% Examples of Additions Analysis of text features in informational text (Gr. 6 -12) Career and consumer documents included in Writing (Gr. 8) “Both in isolation and in text” added to the application of phonics and word analysis skills (Gr. K-3) Penmanship added to Language (Gr. 2 -4) Formal presentations included in Speaking and Listening (Gr. 1 -12) Minor additions and insertions to enhance and © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 9

Standards Organization Three main sections ◦ A comprehensive K-5 section ◦ Two content-area specific sections for grades 6 -12 English Language Arts History/Social Studies & Science and Technical Subjects Four strands ◦ ◦ Reading Writing Speaking and Listening (K-12 ELA only) Language (K-12 ELA only) © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 10

Strand Organization Subheadings are consistent across grade levels within each set of standards Locate the handout at the back of your packet © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association – ELA Teacher Overview 11

Try It! Introducing the Standards Locate the Standards Handout Find and tab the four strands ◦ ◦ Reading Writing Speaking and Listening (K-12 ELA only) Language (K-12 ELA only) Identify an example of California’s additions (bold and underlined font) © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 12

Try It! Strand Organization Quiz Locate the Reading: Informational Text standards Answer the following questions: ◦ The standards on this page are from which strand? ◦ This substrand contains reading standards for what type of text? ◦ How many standards are in the Reading Standards for Informational Text across ALL grade levels? ◦ What are the consistent subheadings? ◦ What does the bold an underlined text in standard 4 indicate? © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 13

Organization of Standards Across Grade Levels K-12 grade-specific standards define end-of-year expectations A cumulative progression designed to enable students to meet college and career readiness expectations no later than the end of high school © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 14

Reading: Informational Text College and Career Readiness - Anchor Standard 2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details. Standard 2 - Note the progression across grade levels: Kindergarten: With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. Grade 2: Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. • ELA Teacher Overview © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association 15

Reading: Informational Text Standard 2 Note the progression across grade levels: Grade 6: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. Grade 8: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. Grades 11 -12: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 16

Try It! Trace a Standard Choose a different standard and trace the progression across grade levels Be prepared to share key findings with the group © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 17

Similar Organization Current CA Standards DOMAINS Common Core Standards for CA STRANDS • • Reading Writing Listening and Speaking Written and Oral English Language Conventions Reading Writing Speaking and Listening Language © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 18

Sample Standards Comparison Grades 1 and 3 California Standard Common Core Standard for California 1 st Grade Writing 2. 1 Write brief narratives (e. g. , fictional, autobiographical) describing an experience. 1 st Grade Writing 3. Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure. 3 rd Grade Reading Standards for Informational Text 1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to text as the basis for the answers. 3 rd Grade Reading 2. 3 Demonstrate comprehension by identifying answers in the text. © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 19

Sample Standards Comparison Grade 6 California Standard Common Core Standard for California 6 th Grade Reading 2. 7 Make reasonable assertions about a text through accurate, supporting citations. 6 th Grade Reading Standards for Informational Text (ELA) 1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview texts. 20

Sample Standards Comparison Grades 9 -10 California Standard Common Core Standard for California 9 th/10 th Grade Reading 2. 1 Analyze the structure and format of functional workplace documents, including the graphics and headers, and explain how authors use the features to achieve their purposes. 9 th/10 th Grade Reading Standards for Informational Text 5. Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e. g. , a section or chapter). a. Analyze the use of text features (e. g. , graphics, headers, captions) in functional workplace documents. © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 21

Placement Shifts Standard California: Domain Vocabulary Reading Conventions/Grammar Written and Oral English Language Conventions Common Core Standard for California: Strand Language © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 22

Try It! Explore the Language Strand Turn to the Language strand in your handout Identify the subheadings in the Language strand Read the Language standards for your grade level Discuss the specific skills that are addressed in this strand © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 23

Writing Applications CA Standards 1. Narratives 2. Expository Descriptions 3. Friendly Letters 4. Personal or Formal Letters 5. Response to Literature 6. Information Reports 7. Summaries 8. Persuasive Letters/Compositions 9. Research Reports 10. Fictional Narratives 11. Biographical/Autobiograph ical Narratives 12. Career Development Documents 13. Technical Documents 14. Reflective Compositions 15. Historical Investigation © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association – ELA Teacher Overview Reports Common Core Standards for CA 1. Write Opinions (K-5); Write Arguments (6 -12) 2. Write Informative/Explanatory Texts 3. Write Narratives 24

A Progression of Writing The Standards cultivate three mutually reinforcing writing capacities: To persuade To explain To convey real or imagined experience Distribution of Communicative Purposes by Grade in the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework Grade To Persuade To Explain To Convey Experience 4 30% 35% 8 35% 30% 12 40% 20% © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 25

Try It! Explore the Writing Strand Turn to the Writing strand in your handout Identify the subheadings in the Writing strand discuss what is included under each subheading Read the Writing standards for your grade level Discuss the text types and purposes for your grade level © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 26

Shared Responsibility for Teaching the Standards A single K-5 set of grade-specific standards ◦ Most or all of the instruction students receive comes from one teacher Two content area–specific sections for grades 6 -12 ◦ One set of standards for ELA teachers ◦ One set of standards for history/social studies, science, and technical subject teachers The literacy standards in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects are meant to complement rather than supplant content standards in those disciplines © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 27

Try It! Literacy is a Shared Responsibility K-5 ◦ Browse the standards and identify how content area literacy skills are embedded across strands ◦ Be prepared to share a specific example 6 -12 ◦ Browse the two sets of standards and discuss how literacy is addressed in both ELA and history/social studies, science, and technical subjects ◦ Discuss Reading: Informational Text Standard 3 in each set and discuss how the literacy skill is related and the nuances within each area © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 28

Areas of Emphasis in the Common Core State Standards Focus on text complexity Address reading and writing across the curriculum Emphasize analysis of informational text Focus on writing arguments and drawing evidence from sources Emphasize participating in collaborative conversation Integrate media sources across standards © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 29

Emphasis on Text Complexity Reading standards place equal emphasis on the sophistication of what students read and the skill with which they read Standard 10 defines a grade-by-grade “staircase” of increasing text complexity that rises from beginning reading to the college and career readiness level © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 30

Try It! Explore Text Complexity Read Standard 10 in Reading: Literature and Reading: Informational Text for your grade level Discuss Measuring Text Complexity: Three Factors located at the end of each grade span © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 31

Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Emphasis on Writing, Grade 5 9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. a) Apply grade 5 Reading standards to literature (e. g. , “Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or a drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e. g. , how characters interact]”). b) Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e. g. , “Explain how an author • ELA particular Teacher Overview uses reasons and evidence to support © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association 32

Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Emphasis on Writing, Grades 9 -10 English Language Arts 9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. a) b) Apply grades 9– 10 Reading standards to literature (e. g. , “Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work [e. g. , how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare]”). Apply grades 9– 10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e. g. , “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning”). History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 33

Try It! Explore Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Browse the standards and identify additional examples of the reciprocal relationship of reading and writing across the curriculum © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 34

Emphasis on Informational Text The Standards aim to align instruction with this National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Distribution framework of Literary and Informational Passages by Grade in the 2009 NAEP Reading Framework Grade Literary Information 4 50% 8 45% 55% 12 30% 70% Percentages do not imply that high school ELA teachers must teach 70% informational text; they demand instead that a great deal of reading should occur in other disciplines • ELA Teacher Overview 35 © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association

Emphasis on Writing Arguments and Drawing Evidence From Sources Writing, Grade 7 1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. a) Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. b) Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. c) Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence. d) Establish and maintain a formal style. e) Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 36

Emphasis on Collaborative Conversations Speaking and Listening, Grade 5 1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one -on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. a) Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. b) Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. c) Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others. • ELA Teacher Overview 37 d) Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association

Try It! Explore Collaborative Conversations Read Speaking and Listening Standard 1 across the grade spans Discuss the progression © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 38

Emphasis on Integrating Media Sources Grade 6 Examples Across the Strands Reading Standards for Informational Text 7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e. g. , visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. Writing Standards 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting. Speaking and Listening Standards 5. Include multimedia components (e. g. , graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in • ELA Teacher Overview presentations to clarify information. © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association 39

Try It! Explore Integrating Media Sources Browse the standards and identify additional examples of how media is integrated within each of the strands © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 40

Not Included in California’s Common Core Content Standards Introduction College and Career Readiness Standards ELA Appendices ◦ Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards ◦ Appendix B: Illustrative Texts Exemplars illustrating the complexity, quality, and range of reading appropriate for various grade levels ◦ Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing Annotated writing samples demonstrating adequate performance at various grade levels © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 41

Wrap-Up and Questions Websites ◦ Common Core State Standards www. corestandards. org ◦ California’s Common Core Content Standards www. scoe. net/castandards © 2011 California County Superintendents Educational Services Association • ELA Teacher Overview 42