The Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations

The Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations with Key Early Education Resources September 18 th, 2012 3 -4 p. m. Presenters: Cecelia Fisher-Dahms Peter Mangione Osnat Zur This presentation is drawn from a project of the California Department of Education, Child

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A Comprehensive Look at Alignment of the Preschool Foundations with: � California’s Infant Toddler Learning and Development Foundations � Kindergarten Content Standards � Kindergarten Common Core Standards � Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework 3 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org

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The Purposes of Alignment: �Make connections between the preschool foundations and the standards in other resources �Show the developmental progression in different domains along a continuum: �Infant/toddler - Preschool- Kindergarten �Inform and guide the planning and 7 development of curriculum and assessment Formaterials questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org

Alignment of the California Preschool Learning Foundations with the Common Core State Standards

The Preschool Learning Foundations Goal: To strengthen preschool education and children’s school readiness �Developed by researchers, early childhood educators, and other stakeholders. �Age Range: Describe key knowledge and skills that children acquire with appropriate support �At around 48 months of age �At around 60 months of age �Cover nine developmental domains 9 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org

Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1 Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 2 Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 3 History-Social Science Social-Emotional Development Visual and Performing Arts Language and Literacy Physical Development English-Language Development Mathematics 10 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org Health Science

The Common Core State Standards Goal: Clear and consistent goals for learning, to prepare America’s children for success in college and work �Led by the National Governors Association (NGA), and the Council of Chief State School Offices (CCSSO), and developed in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders �Age Range: Standards for every grade level (K-12 th grade) �Domains: �English-Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. �Mathematics For questions, please email: 11 asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org

The Alignment �Draws the connection between the preschool learning foundations in the domains: �Language and Literacy �Mathematics �and the corresponding common core state standards. �Illustrates the developmental progression of key foundations in these domains, as they relate to specific common core state For questions, please email: 12 asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org standards

Domain: Language and Literacy Alignment of the Preschool Learning Foundations and the Kindergarten Common Core State Standards

Language and Literacy Alignment at Strand Level: Common Core Standards Preschool Foundations -KG �Listening and Speaking �Speaking and Listening �Language Standards �Reading Standards for �Reading Literature �Reading Standards for Informational Texts �Reading Standards: Foundational Skills �Writing Standards 14 �Writing

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Language and Literacy Alignment Analysis: � Substantial correspondence in content between the preschool foundations and the common core state standards in all areas � Certain common core standards focus on skills that emerge in kindergarten, and therefore have no corresponding content in the preschool foundations: � Reading � Fluency (Read text with purpose and understanding) � Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity �Writing � Production and Distribution of Writing � Research to Build and Present Knowledge 17 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org

Levels Example: Concepts about Print Common Core Standards. Preschool Foundations K At around 60 months 18 Concepts about Print Concepts 1. Demonstrate understanding 1. 1 Display appropriate of the organization and book-handling basic features of print. behaviors and �Follow words from left to knowledge of print right, top to bottom, and conventions. page by page. �Recognize that spoken 1. 2 Understand that words are represented in print is something that written language by specific is read and has sequences of letters. meaning Forspecific questions, please email: �Understand that words are asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org separated by spaces in print.

Domain: Mathematics Alignment of the Preschool Learning Foundations and the Kindergarten Common Core State Standards 19

Mathematics Alignment at Strand Level: Preschool Foundations � Number Sense � Algebra and Functions Common Core Standards -K � Counting and Cardinality � Operations and Algebraic Thinking � Number and Operations in Base Ten (Classification and Patterning) � Measurement and Data � Geometry � Mathematical Reasoning 20 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org � Mathematical Practices

Mathematics Alignment at Strand Level: � Even though the preschool foundations and the common core standards are organized somewhat differently, overall, both cover the same key areas in mathematics. � Differences in organization: �Content related to number sense in the preschool learning foundations is represented in two key area in the common core state standards: counting and cardinality, and operations and algebraic thinking. �Content in number and operations in base ten of the Common Core State Standards is too advanced for it to have corresponding content in the preschool foundations. �Content related to Classification appears under algebra and function in the preschool foundations, and under measurement and data in the Common Core State Standards. 21 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org

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Mathematics Alignment at Substrand Level: �For almost every substrand of the preschool learning foundations, there is a category in the common core state standards with corresponding content. �The Common Core State Standards �Include differentiated standards in mathematical reasoning �Do not include standards related to patterning, subitizing (number sense), and measuring length (measurement). �Developmental progression across age-levels in 25 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org every substrand

Developmental Progression Across Age -Levels Example: Number Sense (Counting) Preschool Foundations At around 60 months � 1. 1 Recites numbers in order to twenty with increasing accuracy. 26 For questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org Common Core Standards -K Know number names and the count sequence �Count to 100 by ones and by tens. �Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

In Summary, �The alignment indicates substantial correspondence in content between the preschool learning foundations and the common core state standards. �The two documents cover the same key areas in language & literacy and in mathematics, even when the content is organized somewhat differently in the preschool foundations and in the common core standards. �The alignment illustrates a developmental 27 progression across age-levels, and the differentiation of. Forcompetencies as children learn and develop. questions, please email: asandoval@preschoolcalifornia. org