Superintendents Parent Advisory Committee The Common Core State

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Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Committee The Common Core State Standards: Why is this best for

Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Committee The Common Core State Standards: Why is this best for my child? Presented December 12, 2013 La. Rae Blomquist, ELA Curriculum Specialist Jodie Cooper-Hoffman, K-12 CCSS Instructional Coach Curriculum & Professional Learning

Common Core State Standards: Shifts in English/Language Arts • Increase reading of informational texts

Common Core State Standards: Shifts in English/Language Arts • Increase reading of informational texts • Increased text complexity of reading texts as measured by lexile level • Focus on academic vocabulary within context of texts e h t • Emphasis on text-dependent questions and e n i c m i f a i x c e e performancettasks p s ’ s e o L r tw with frequent o • Connect writingle tofreading a n ! o i s opportunities to research information t t f a i r h s • Provide literacy instruction in all content areas

Increase reading of informational texts Did you know… • Most of the required reading

Increase reading of informational texts Did you know… • Most of the required reading in college and workforce training programs is informational in structure and challenging in content; postsecondary education programs typically provide students with both a higher volume of such reading than is generally required in K– 12 schools and comparatively little scaffolding? • Approximately 50% of CA students who have qualified for a 4 -year university and who take an English Placement Test (EPT) fail to qualify for freshmen composition?

What is meant by increased text complexity? • “Lexile” is a way of measuring

What is meant by increased text complexity? • “Lexile” is a way of measuring how difficult a text is to read based on sentence length and e s word frequency. e h t W O H e ! n d i l i h m c a x r e u o s ’ y t t e c the more complex e f • The higher. Lthe lexile rate, f a s t f i h the text is tosread independently.

Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures Text Lexile Measure (L)

Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures Text Lexile Measure (L) 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 5 Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%) High College Military. Personal. Entry. Use Level School Lit. School Texts Occupa Lit. Texts -tions * Source of National Test Data: Meta. Metrics SAT 1, ACT, AP*

Small Group Discussion What surprised you the most with the information just presented? What

Small Group Discussion What surprised you the most with the information just presented? What questions do you have as a result?

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Reasoning About Multiplication & Division: A CCSS Math Classroom… Play 8

Reasoning About Multiplication & Division: A CCSS Math Classroom… Play 8

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